Question About Music Software For Beginners. :), Cubase Elements 6, EZdrummer |
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Question About Music Software For Beginners. :), Cubase Elements 6, EZdrummer |
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Jun 6 2012, 12:22 AM |
I agree with Todd. REAPER is a really good app, plus Todd and several others on this forum are acquainted with it so I'm sure they'd be willing to answer questions concerning it.
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Jun 6 2012, 09:39 AM |
Hi GMC! ... I always thought that bought software works better than illegal version, that why I want to buy them. Illegal versions often have siginficant issues that may result in drop outs/clicks/pops or even white noise in recording/mixing. They may include malware. Also, the use of and promotion of cracked software would be a breach of GMC forum guidelines. QUOTE I found these two to be in my price range: Cubase Elements 6, and EZdrummer. Do they work well together? Are they a good choice for a beginner (in musical software) like me? I'm connecting my guitar via Tone Port (Line6). What I generally need: To record guitar tracks, midi instruments (I compose some strings for example in guitar pro then I could export midi), easy drums, some effects like reverb, delay, compression etc. It seems that these two programs have all of that, am I right? I just want to prepere some backing tracks, record some solos, or maybe someday prepare a whole song. I have only a little expercience in recording in Reaper (mostly RECs take for GMC). Please give me some advice. There's no particular reason why that version of Cubase wouldn't work but if you already have and use Reaper why change? Those are good choices! I don't think there is such thing as software for beginners:) I would suggest Logic instead of Cubase because it used in more studios and places and also it works very well with a very friendly interface! DAW software for beginners - maybe Cakewalk. Logic is indeed used on many Mac based platforms and is also popular in the USA particularly with project studios. In Europe however Cubase has a much wider studio and user base, particularly on pcs. Pro end mixing and post however tends to be dominated by PT-HD and to a lesser extent Cubase/Nuendo . Pro end mastering is more SADiE, Pyramix and Sequoia. -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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Jun 8 2012, 09:37 PM
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Thanks again.
Btw. Is it true that Machintoshs are more popular than PCs in the USA? In Poland it's really rare to see someone using MACs (moslly because of the prices ). |
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Jun 9 2012, 08:45 PM
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hehe thats almost exactly the same I'm going to use
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Jun 10 2012, 11:28 AM |
Cool, it works for me. I'd also recommend the book "Guerilla Recording" by Carl Coryat, it explains the science of things like compression which makes them easier to learn when you understand their relevance. If you don't read it all the way through it can be used like an encyclopedia for whatever you might be doing at the time. I'd also add that compressors are maybe the dynamic processor that people struggle most with initially. It's not helped as many manufacturers use different words and labels for the same controls and what controlls are included often depends not only on the type of compressor but on what features the manufacturer wants to emphasise. So I'd strongly recommend that you supplement reading with actual hands on experience starting with the most basic compressor that you can find. Use it and get experience of hearing what the different controls do and how they affect the dynamics both for an individual instrument/track/group and also when on the main bus. Once you're confident with a simple compressor then look at the more complicated ones. -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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