Members Gremson Posted October 5, 2010 Members Share Posted October 5, 2010 I use Audacity because it's free. I really want Reaper though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr.Pain-MD Posted October 5, 2010 Members Share Posted October 5, 2010 i love trackers they are so awesome !!!Hell yes they are and Renoise is king of them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members V Posted October 5, 2010 Members Share Posted October 5, 2010 I use Sonar 8.5 Producer because i started with cakewalk and i know it well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IamBurnout Posted October 5, 2010 Members Share Posted October 5, 2010 I use the defunct Mackie Tracktion 2 which cost me virtually nothing.yeah, laugh at me, go ahead.I use it because I do not want to spend the money to upgrade my hardware or software (and then spend the time to troubleshoot and learn the new setup). I'm not one of those constant upgraders. I still use Vista on a core2 duo laptop. The software runs my VSTs, it records and plays back multiple tracks, and it is fast and uncluttered (yet obsolete, admittedly).I use a yamaha 01x, and I love it (there is nothing currently available that I would deem equivalent to what Yamaha was doing a couple years ago. I don't know why mLAN never took off). Wow. Our setups share similarities. I have a habit of feeding Tracktion3 with a Yamaha AW16g. The stuff works, and that's not obsolete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Agreed Posted October 5, 2010 Members Share Posted October 5, 2010 REAPER is the god-king of DAWs. I was an Ableton Live 6 user and found REAPER and went from annoyed to overjoyed. It just clicks with my workflow so, so well. Great audio engine, great plugin bridging and general functionality, excellent bundled plugs, friggin' 6MB installer, 64-bit native, Wet/Dry knob for every plugin so you don't have to set up a ludicrous routing chain for simple parallel tasks, nice project management features once you get a little bit familiar with it, stupidly well-documented with a massive manual, oh and it's like $40 if your studio makes less than $20,000 a year. Yes I will take it thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Druhgz Posted October 5, 2010 Members Share Posted October 5, 2010 Ableton Suite 8. Really really user friendly and perfect experimenting with ideas. Most guitarists could get along fine with just the lite version though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grueller Posted October 5, 2010 Members Share Posted October 5, 2010 I use the defunct Mackie Tracktion 2 which cost me virtually nothing. That's what I started out with, about six years ago. I like its filing system, and its VST compatibility, as well as all of the editing functions. The CPU usage improved with T3. Now I'm on Logic and wish that that's what I started with, although I can't write off Tracktion altogether since it does get the job done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fever606 Posted October 6, 2010 Members Share Posted October 6, 2010 Primarily Live 8, with a little Logic and Cubendo on the side. I still miss Studio Vision, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tantamo Posted October 6, 2010 Members Share Posted October 6, 2010 REAPER is the god-king of DAWs. I was an Ableton Live 6 user and found REAPER and went from annoyed to overjoyed. It just clicks with my workflow so, so well. Great audio engine, great plugin bridging and general functionality, excellent bundled plugs, friggin' 6MB installer, 64-bit native, Wet/Dry knob for every plugin so you don't have to set up a ludicrous routing chain for simple parallel tasks, nice project management features once you get a little bit familiar with it, stupidly well-documented with a massive manual, oh and it's like $40 if your studio makes less than $20,000 a year. Yes I will take it thank you. Reaper is great. It's easy to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soulsonic Posted October 6, 2010 Members Share Posted October 6, 2010 I gotta put in another good word for Live. It really is an incredible program. But, I don't really use it as a recording DAW, so it doesn't really apply to this conversation (for me anyway, I know alot of other people use it for a DAW).I use it for writing and constructing songs... basically anything that uses alot of loops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Solid Snake Posted October 6, 2010 Members Share Posted October 6, 2010 Reaper, because it's easy to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fever606 Posted October 6, 2010 Members Share Posted October 6, 2010 I gotta put in another good word for Live. It really is an incredible program. But, I don't really use it as a recording DAW, so it doesn't really apply to this conversation (for me anyway, I know alot of other people use it for a DAW).I use it for writing and constructing songs... basically anything that uses alot of loops. Ah yeah, good point and one which I alluded to but did not make clear. I also use Live for composition and demos, and use its sequencer for playing back MIDI (and some audio loops), but will slave it to Logic and record everything into that for mixing (on the rare occasion that anything makes it to that point). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members less_cunning Posted October 6, 2010 Members Share Posted October 6, 2010 Hell yes they are and Renoise is king of them all. i've been using Milky Tracker but maybe i should try Renoise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jubb Posted October 6, 2010 Members Share Posted October 6, 2010 Logic because it gives me indie cred I record to my iphone. booyah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr.Pain-MD Posted October 6, 2010 Members Share Posted October 6, 2010 i've been using Milky Tracker but maybe i should try Renoise. I use Milky to make chiptunes, but Renoise is lightyears ahead of it in terms of depth. It is by far the most modern tracker and it just spews creative energy. Give it a shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faldoe Posted October 6, 2010 Members Share Posted October 6, 2010 Ableton 8.1.3 cracked software FTW. I use the loopers a lot. I also use Mobius looper as a plugin with Ableton. Fun times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ben_allison Posted October 6, 2010 Members Share Posted October 6, 2010 Logic because it's the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 cracked software FTW. I just submitted this thread earlier today for inclusion into the HC Confidential weekly newsletter, which comes out on Thursday, and is read by tens of thousands of people - including a LOT of professional MI products people. You might want to reconsider the wisdom of putting something like that into a public post on an open forum.Besides, we do NOT promote the use of illegal software on Harmony Central, and it's against the site rules to do so. Do the right thing and pay for the software you use folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AnderMocs Posted October 6, 2010 Members Share Posted October 6, 2010 Logic. I just like it. I'm honestly not very picky about DAWs. I can use just about anything and figure it out. I learned how to record and mix on cubase SX3 so I'm pretty proficient with that. Never had the opportunity to mess with pro tools and I kind of don't want to. I hate that you are locked to certain hardware. The last record I engineered I did in SAW studio and I really love that program for tracking. Really straight forward and has a cool feature where you can do different takes on different layers. Then you just have to move the good takes to one layer and you have your full track. Really quick and simple to save different takes. I usually track in garageband because it's really fast and simple. And then I import that garageband session into logic to mix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ambient Posted October 6, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 6, 2010 Logic. I just like it. I'm honestly not very picky about DAWs. I can use just about anything and figure it out. I learned how to record and mix on cubase SX3 so I'm pretty proficient with that. Never had the opportunity to mess with pro tools and I kind of don't want to. I hate that you are locked to certain hardware. The last record I engineered I did in SAW studio and I really love that program for tracking. Really straight forward and has a cool feature where you can do different takes on different layers. Then you just have to move the good takes to one layer and you have your full track. Really quick and simple to save different takes.I usually track in garageband because it's really fast and simple. And then I import that garageband session into logic to mix it. I agree about the hardware thing, and with Pro Tools LE (at least with 7) ypou don't have the layers feature. Have to pay the BIG bucks to get that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members devi Posted October 6, 2010 Members Share Posted October 6, 2010 Logic because Trent Reznor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members less_cunning Posted October 6, 2010 Members Share Posted October 6, 2010 I use Milky to make chiptunes, but Renoise is lightyears ahead of it in terms of depth. It is by far the most modern tracker and it just spews creative energy. Give it a shot! i will when i get a neuCPU & 58 Euros... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sad Darwin Posted October 6, 2010 Members Share Posted October 6, 2010 Logic because Trent Reznor. No, no, no! A. _ Logic because fantastic. B. _ Logic because ponies. C. _ Logic because Trent Reznor. D. _ Logic because MIDI controlled weather machine. E. X A and maybe a little C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members less_cunning Posted October 6, 2010 Members Share Posted October 6, 2010 Logic. becuz David Byrne & Brian Eno (& Nite Jewel...). or rather. i would use Logic if i had a Mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ambient Posted October 6, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 6, 2010 If is worth getting a MAC just to use logic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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