Recording Software

[Sober]

Ok im about to buy a behringer MX1604A mixing board and a R0DE NT1a condenser mic. I will have the Triton, monitors, and mic pluged into the mixer and then the mixer into the pc then the pc sound back out to the mixer, does anyone have any suggestion of which software i should use? anything other than cool edit for recording vocals ha ha "no offense to those who use it for recording vocals"

[Guevara]

I GOT A GOOD VERSION OF CAKEWALK, I PERSONALLY HATE COOL EDIT TO RECORD VOCALS MYSELF.

[Cold Truth]

yeah cakewalk and sonar are the cheapest out there in the higeher end market, and they are very good judging by what i have read so far. either that or try and find cubase vst on ebay, you can get that for dirt cheap these days.

[vitaminman]

Hey,

When choosing software, you should think about what else you want to do with it on top of recording vocals. If all you wanted to do was record vocals, you could easily get away with using the little Sound Recorder program that comes with Windows, it will give you exactly the same results as if you recorded them with CEP or Sonar.

It's the extra features of CEP and Sonar which make them worth having, like eq, noise reduction, compression, effects, and the ability to edit and layer multiple takes in the multitrack.

You should also consider what soundcard you use to record everything. If you're recording with the soundcard that came built into your motherboard, you can expect to get only so-so results next to a higher quality card, regardless of what mic, preams or software you record into. You haven't mentioned what card you're using, forgive me if you've already taken care of this.

Take care,

Nick

[young le]

I have also seen acid used to record vocals. It is easy to edit recording mistakes in acid, and it is cheap

[Guevara]

vitaminman u can only record on sound recorder for 60 seconds, but u are right about it recording i use sound recorder to import my samples, i even chop em up in there too but its so much harder cuz u have to listen and u cant directly control the wave forms...its good if u aint lazy, i rarely have a sound quality problem.

[Sober]

My sound card is good enough its a delta 44. I want to know which is the best for recording vocals. This also means what vitaminman says

"eq, noise reduction, compression, effects, and the ability to edit and layer multiple takes in the multitrack"

I have worked with cool edit but its to basic and the options it carries are somewhat weak.

I have not worked with pro tools , sonar , or cakewalk. And these seem to be top of the line products when it comes to recording.

Hit me up with more info

Thanks

[StressWon]

i used n-track studio and actually liked it,,,it's very easy and i have soundforge 6 as my wav editor!!! It's not bad,,,anyone need programs,,holla at me!!!!

[Fade]

StressWon, there's no talk in here about pirated software. Thanks.

From the rules:
"-No posts related to warez, p2p programs, or offers of distributing software."

http://www.illmuzik.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=789

[StressWon]

sorry

[luxx]

hey stress I might need to holla at u. not about programs of course. and not for a mac. anyway Sober take a look at emagic logic platinum. not a lot of people use it but it is nice. powerful and pretty easy.

[nas2000xl]

yo you would be better off with a version of steinbergs cubase. like vitaminman said it also depends on your sound card. but with cubase you can do so much more. and vst plugins you can get all day for free on the net. i know for a fact that once you start recording your vocals you are going to want to do more. so just get cubase and a decent sound card and you will be in business. oh you can get the gina 24/96 for about $399 and it dont sound bad at all.