what's the simpliest recording software?

bassman74 · #1 05-03-2007, 06:57 AM

Hi, i'm new to home recording, I have a PC. I'm looking for a dumbproof recording software. I'm new to all this and don't want to get headache.

Thanks

hyperlitem · #2 05-03-2007, 07:18 AM

With simplicity comes limitations. I think garage band is the easiest to use, but im a pro tools user. Everytime I wanna do something i cant in garage band becuase its pretty stripped down. Great for learning though. If your a PC user then hmmm maybe audacity. Its just as easy as anything else but its free so if you get frustrated and hate it at least your not out any money.

emcf25 · #3 05-03-2007, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by hyperlitem

With simplicity comes limitations. I think garage band is the easiest to use, but im a pro tools user. Everytime I wanna do something i cant in garage band becuase its pretty stripped down. Great for learning though. If your a PC user then hmmm maybe audacity. Its just as easy as anything else but its free so if you get frustrated and hate it at least your not out any money.

I did drop out of school and I DID join a punk band and I WAS in London in 1977 and I was on the boat in the Thems when the Sex Pistols played god save the queen and I was at CBGBs when david burne first sang Psycho Killer and I did play Bass and love it and I still play bass and love it ....But knowone knows me .... that why I use ......CUBASE4 and wavelab6 , Audacaty is cool but really hard to set up... My advise is buy a handheld recorder Zom H4 Korg MR1000 or anything

tourigny · #4 05-03-2007, 07:45 AM

Power Tracks Pro. You can't get any simpler than this, and it gets the job done! Priced like a shareware, from the makers of Band in a Box.

jetstream · #5 05-03-2007, 07:49 AM

since you're in canada take a look at PGMUSIC ProTracks, if your looking for recording software. Inexpensive, does a lot of things that the big boys does at a fraction of the cost. i've been using for years. pgmusic.com

these_go211 · #6 05-03-2007, 10:13 AM

i'm a huge tracktion fan now after using protools le for a few years.

**Bryan R. Tyler** · #7 05-03-2007, 10:20 AM

I never found Audacity hard to set up- it's pretty "dumbproof." Simple and has really large, well, everything, so it's also very easy to see if you have poor vision. Not a fancy program, but fine if you're doing simple stuff.

bassman74 · #8 05-03-2007, 11:05 AM

thank you very much for all your suggestions, i'll take a deeper look at it,tonight

thanks

blipndub · #9 05-07-2007, 01:15 AM

I'm a devote Cakewalk user. The Home Studio line is set up like Sonar but it's just a snap to learn.

shifter · #10 05-08-2007, 06:35 AM

simple and cheap/free i think for a pc

REAPER

Check it out fairly simpple i would say much like PT

seamonkey · #11 05-08-2007, 11:53 AM

Sony Soundforge 9 now does multitrack. Very easy to record, push the record button. But Soundforge has always had an issue of allowing you to listen to a "wet" (with effects) while recording. If you use an external mixer, and reverb/effects, you can listen to the wet signal this way. Soundforge includes Acoustic Mirror which is a great convolution reverb for post. processing.

Stupid Jerk · #12 05-08-2007, 02:59 PM

Does Audacity come with effects and amp models and stuff like GarageBand does? What about Cubase LE?

seamonkey · #13 05-08-2007, 04:29 PM

Pick up the Audacity VST bridge
Then google search for "Free VST"

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bassbrock · #14 05-08-2007, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by these_go211

i'm a huge tracktion fan now after using protools le for a few years.

Mackie's Tracktion is awesome! And VERY easy to use, especially if you haven't used other recording software yet.

http://www.mackie.com/products/tracktion2/

El Bajo · #15 05-09-2007, 04:05 AM

Do any of the software programs have inbuilt drum machines?

PilbaraBass · #16 05-09-2007, 05:49 AM

I use the Cubase LE that came bundled with my zoom b2.1u...it's a pretty decent program, not hard to use, at all...

for drum machine, I use a couple of freeware and shareware programs, that aren't too bad...one is called Hammer and does this cool "hip hop" beat box sortof stuff...I then save the program to a .wav and import it into Cubase to lay down the drum track...

i don't have to put the drum track down first, only a click track using hammer. It's accurate enough, that a subsequent full-blown track will be synchronised.

El Bajo · #17 05-09-2007, 06:19 AM

Cool, I can practice funk with it! Thanks

Richard Lindsey · #18 05-09-2007, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by bassbrock

Mackie's Tracktion is awesome! And VERY easy to use, especially if you haven't used other recording software yet.

http://www.mackie.com/products/tracktion2/

+1 for Tracktion. The new version, Tracktion 3, is just coming out.

bullshark · #19 05-09-2007, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by shifter

simple and cheap/free i think for a pc

REAPER

Check it out fairly simpple i would say much like PT

+1 on REAPER

http://reaper.fm/download.php

Not free, 40 buck for a non-commercial license. The demo is unrestricted thought. Unlimited tracks count, unlimited routing possibilities, multi-core/multi CPU native support, DX/DXI/VST/VSTI support, rock solid and one of the best customer support in the DAW software market.

Chili · #20 05-13-2007, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Bryan R. Tyler

I never found Audacity hard to set up- it's pretty "dumbproof." Simple and has really large, well, everything, so it's also very easy to see if you have poor vision. Not a fancy program, but fine if you're doing simple stuff.

how can i record two tracks on thism, like 2 basses and not have one slightly behind? i cant get them to record exacly together...