Recording Programs?

[fokof]

Unfortunately, I suspect whoever designed the interface is brain-damaged.

What ?????

I think you're confused with Logic .....

 

[lemur821]

What ?????

I think you're confused with Logic .....

I've never used Logic, so probably not. DP ignores every interface convention there ever was, is gray on gray so all the windows blur together (not to mention being ugly), has one of those brain-dead mixer windows that tries to look like a real mixer, and is a mess of unintuitive quirks. Like if I want to draw with CC 91 I have to know to select it from the bottom "other" in the popup menu rather than the top one or it won't work. Who thought that was a good plan?

 

[Hawkeye]

I've always used the Cakewalk products.... Sonar 4 is my current.

The "Home Studio" versions are pretty cheap

I've used Cakewalk since the early 90's when it was MIDI only on MS-DOS. I recorded some demos last weekend in SONAR 5 Studio for a local Christian artist (a terrific singer) who's forming a new group.

The workflow is logical, the process of recording is easy, and the result was stellar. I recorded three sets of bass tracks over imported mp3's from her website using a Presonus MP20 preamp direct into my Edirol UA-1000 interface, added a touch of Sonitus FX compression, a lilttle lift in the bottom end EQ all from the bundled plug-ins and voila!, exported the tracks to WAV files. Burned a CD, and handed it to her after my audition. I said; "This is what your songs would sound like if I played bass on them". And yes, I got the gig over two other bassists. "And I owe it all to SONAR! Thanks SONAR!"

Seriously SONAR is very solid. I defy you to find a bad review of it in any magazine. They also have a few different flavors depending on your budget (Home Studio, Studio ver. and Producer ver.)

 

[Hawkeye]

I use Sonar 4 for midi-tracking keyboards. It's awesome for that.

SONAR is renowned for rock solid MIDI timing.