What Recording Software Do You Use and Why?

[Uzie]

Originally Posted by brandondrury

I decided to create a sticky thread for all of us to post what recording software we use and why.? I remember years ago when I didn't know which program was "best" for my money.? It's very difficult buying software because you have no idea what you are really going to be getting.? In fact, most people don't even know if they are going to stick with recording.

Please Answer The Following Questions In Your Post
1)Which recording software do you use?

2)What sort of work are you doing?? ?Live rock bands?? Video game music?? Samples? Midi? etc

3) What do you love about the program you currently use?

4) What do you hate about the program you currently use?

I do not want this particular thread to be a discussion. I simply want people to list why they use their current program. Feel free to create a spinoff thread to discuss each program. If necessary.
Brandon

Hello, Brandon...
1)Which recording software do you use?

I am using :
Cubase SX
Cakewalk Sonar 7 Producer Edition
Fruity Loop
Cool Edit Pro 2.0
WaveLab

But I still using my on board PC sound card for recording...and I always have got many problems for recording my track, that's very noise and many pops and clicks....

Please give me solve of my problems.....!!!

2)What sort of work are you doing?? ?Live rock bands?? Video game music?? Samples? Midi? etc
I am recording for myself and some for my project.

3) What do you love about the program you currently use?
I'd love it all...

4) What do you hate about the program you currently use?
The sound is not clearly enough....

[jagcmos]

Originally Posted by Uzie

Hello, Brandon...
1)Which recording software do you use?

I am using :
Cubase SX
Cakewalk Sonar 7 Producer Edition
Fruity Loop
Cool Edit Pro 2.0
WaveLab

But I still using my on board PC sound card for recording...and I always have
got many problems for recording my track, that's very noise and many pops
and clicks....

Please give me solve of my problems.....!!!

2)What sort of work are you doing?? ?Live rock bands?? Video game music?? Samples? Midi? etc
I am recording for myself and some for my project.

3) What do you love about the program you currently use?
I'd love it all...

4) What do you hate about the program you currently use?
The sound is not clearly enough....

With all of the money you have invested in software you need to get another
soundcard. Buy something that has decent connections (rca, xlr, trs), stay
away from the cards that only offer I/O via stereo sub-mini jacks.

That will solve a lot of your problems.

[sover]

1)Which recording software do you use?

Reaper

2)What sort of work are you doing?? ?Live rock bands?? Video game music?? Samples? Midi? etc

Home recording, mostly midi


3) What do you love about the program you currently use?

Useability and very affordable for the functions it includes.

4) What do you hate about the program you currently use?

The name.

[raweber]

Originally Posted by brandondrury

1)Which recording software do you use?

2)What sort of work are you doing?? ?Live rock bands?? Video game music?? Samples? Midi? etc

3) What do you love about the program you currently use?

4) What do you hate about the program you currently use?

1) Cakewalk Sonar 7 Producer

2) Lately I've been describing it as Neo-Classical Folk. I also help a girl out who's been recording some lullabies lately, and my current big project is some new praise videos for our church where I recorded our band live, and am currently adding a childrens choir, one kid at a time. I also record a little pop, and am working (slowly) on two jazz big-band projects, both in the writing/arranging vein.

3) It works. Plugs that came with it are great. I rarely reach for 3rd-party plugs any more (major exception is SIR vs. Perfect Space - SIR is much more user-friendly). It works.

4) Sometimes it doesn't work. When mixing complicated songs with lots of tracks I will get drop-outs when I press "Play." I just have to press play twice, but that's annoying. There are a few other odd bits of behavior - sometimes if I have split up clips, and then use the "Set Time at Now" to make tempo changes, all of the clips expand out to their original length, overlapping each other.

[thejusticelair]

logic and cubase. theyre both simple and intuitive, logic is really powerful, you can do so much, the downside is it neds lots of cpu power

[BDowell]

1)Which recording software do you use?
Cakewalk Sonar 8 PE

2)What sort of work are you doing?? ?Live rock bands?? Video game music?? Samples? Midi? etc

I am making demos of original songs, some Christian Rock and blues stuff that I write.

3) What do you love about the program you currently use?
Easy to use. I recently purchased an M-Audio midi keyboard to use with Dimension Pro which has a gazillion sounds and effects. Just a whole new world of possibilities with this software that came with Sonar 8.

4) What do you hate about the program you currently use?
Nothing really. I wish the recordings sounded..brighter or more clear, but that's probably my shortcomings as much as anything.

[eduardoxm]

1)Which recording software do you use?
Pro Tools 8 LE (working on a Digidesign002)

2)What sort of work are you doing?? ?Live rock bands?? Video game music?? Samples? Midi? etc
Live rock/metal bands, some pop bands too.

3) What do you love about the program you currently use?
I love the easy interface to plug in some plugins, the algorithim do not make that sound "plastified", works great with midi inputs and rtas plugins.

4) What do you hate about the program you currently use?
it only opens when i turn on the digi002 interface :S

[johnmcf]

1)Which recording software do you use?
Sonar 7 Producer


2)What sort of work are you doing?? ?Live rock bands?? Video game music?? Samples? Midi? etc
I do Private studio recordings mostly one on one. People come in and want special work recorded or the old made new.

3) What do you love about the program you currently use?
Does just about everything, except start the coffee in the morning. I chose it mostly for the Midi handling on the keyboard. Last addition allows me to make corrections on recordings. It is amazing to watch the demos on utube.

4) What do you hate about the program you currently use? It is a peace work program. It strings you along a peace at a time and before you know it you have the whole thing and spent over a thousand for it. Well almost the whole thing, they are always coming up with just one more thing.

[shadrick16]

1)Which recording software do you use?
adobe audtion 3.0

2)What sort of work are you doing?? ?Live rock bands?? Video game music?? Samples? Midi? etc
Music producing with most metal bands and acoustic solo projects

3) What do you love about the program you currently use?
Its very easy to use, alot of the controls are on the actual multitrack menu, so you dont have to go surfing throug a bunch of menus trying to find a command, and the built effects and modulation is very in depth, allowing alot of options.
4) What do you hate about the program you currently use?
Its hard using the EQ, unless your using the select presets in the graphic EQ, then again, im used to cubases EQ band system, which was alot easier to use.

[cubasehead]

i have been using an apple imac with a presonus firebox,Audix i5 mike ,Alesis M1 active monitors and been bouncing from cubase studio to garageband just for the versatility.Although there are a lot of advantages and disadvantages to the 2 softwares i find gargeband is a little more user friendly.I have also bee using ez drummer (which i can't stop using).But i am still new to the DAW.It's been more hit and miss with each recording and any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.