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I guess it's a matter of getting used to something after all. Exploring will only tell from my perspective!
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Nov 15 2011, 11:57 AM
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Well, Cubase/Nuendo are a somewhat standard in audio production industry based on PC platform, although any DAW can be used to achieve the results that you want, DAW is just a tool, and idea always comes first. Bottom line: you won't make a better table using a better quality hammer, you will just make it with a bit more comfort and speed.
I would suggest you install and tryout Reaper, it's a very good DAW that has a free and non-limiting evaluation license. As far as plugins, it depends on your budget and the things you want to compose. If you want to work on rock/metal genres, you will need drum and bass VST instruments to get started and a guitar modeling software. Guitar Rig 5 is IMHO everything you need to get started with guitar processing, it produces very satisfactory quality. I would also advise that you record straight into interface and process the clean signal as it enables better reamping and editing possibilities. As for drums, the majority of people start out with EZDrummer, very comfortable and solid sounding drum VST instrument with premade MIDI grooves. Another competitor's product is Addictive Drums which offers more features but costs twice the price. IMO, EZDrummer is enough for starting. As for bass, you can use any bass VST Instrument, there are bunch of free ones out there. You can run the VST instrument channel through Guitar Rig 5 bass preset and have more realistic bass tone. I'm using Spectrasonics Trilian which is not as real bass, but it comes very close, specially if you tweak it a bit and program the MIDI properly. -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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Nov 18 2011, 02:13 PM
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QUOTE (zeus @ Nov 15 2011, 03:27 AM)  Hi everyone, ... I tried running those through the sequencer in Audition and I find it to be a real pain in the butt to get the sound and timing I want. D... The multitrack side of Audition only really got added when Adobe bought Syntrillium and so acquired Cooledit which they then rename Audition. Audition started life as Cooledit (we even have an old version of Cooledit 2 on an old pc here). Originally Cooledit wasn't really meant for mixing but for editing the final stereo file to make it broadcast ready. In some ways it was more a post production editor than a mixing daw. So a lot of the sequencing and vst handling therefore were not as part of the original design/intention for the program. If you want to stay with Audition (and there's no real reason to change if you're generally happy with it) my main suggestion would be to upgrade it to the latest version as Adobe have done some improvements to the way it handles multitrack and vsts etc. Most DAWs for recording/mixing are pretty similar except for some workflow design issues. You are nearly always better off spending time learning the one you have rather than jumping between different ones. IMHO you should only change DAWs if you really can't get on with the workflow or if there is a major issue/feature that is a deal breaker. note: When I say recording/mixing daw I'm really referring to Cubase/Nuendo/Sonar/One/Pro tools/Reaper/etc. Live! and Reason are different to them but otherwise they are pretty much the same. Mastering daws like Sadie/Pyramix and Soundblade are different though because they have a very different focus and intent. -------------------- 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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