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Post by vivace on Dec 5, 2010 14:17:30 GMT -5
I know we have a lot of musicians around here. Just wondering what if any music software people are using....could composition, mixing or accompaniment or whatever... i would be curious to know the name and what you use it for and of course if you like it or not. I wonder what Kevin uses  |
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Post by justabaldguy on Dec 10, 2010 12:51:18 GMT -5
I only use free stuff. I have Windoze so my choices aren't as robust as a Mac or Linux user would have. Audacity is a gold-standard for free when it comes to recording, and I've found Krystal to be a competent sequencer.
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Post by unalaguna on Dec 10, 2010 14:53:57 GMT -5
For writing music, I use TuxGuitar, which is essentially a free version of Guitar Pro. It's got a few limitations (it still can't do key signatures, for examples), but is good for most stuff you'd want to do. I have used PowerTab in the past, but it's much more guitar-oriented and not designed for writing music for a full band.
I would disagree about Audacity. I wouldn't use it for anything apart from the most basic recording or processing. For anything which requires several tracks, though, it quickly becomes a nightmare. I use Ableton Live (which is what Kev uses to record his vocals!) - I've also dabbled with Steinberg Cubase, which didn't seem too horrible, but I just found Live easier to pick up. For a drum machine I use the EZ Drummer Drumkit from Hell (as used by Devin Townsend and Meshuggah).
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Post by justabaldguy on Dec 10, 2010 17:27:53 GMT -5
I would disagree about Audacity. But do you know of a better free one? I don't, and that's all I meant by my post above is for free I have not found anything better. I'm sure the ones you mentioned are good, but from what I can tell they're not free!  |
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Post by unalaguna on Dec 11, 2010 7:27:20 GMT -5
Haha, true say. Well it's definitely not designed with multi-tracking for entire songs in mind.
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Post by vivace on Dec 11, 2010 20:08:34 GMT -5
I only use free stuff. I have Windoze so my choices aren't as robust as a Mac or Linux user would have. Audacity is a gold-standard for free when it comes to recording, and I've found Krystal to be a competent sequencer. What are some good choices for Linux? |
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Post by lukeduke on Dec 14, 2010 11:11:25 GMT -5
I usually use Cakewalk Sonar, with Reason3 and Acid as rewire devices. And also tons of VST plugins and addons.
It seems a nightmare, but altogether they are a very powerful workstation!
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