Does anyonehere know of a decent "recording studio" set of

[truedelphi]

Software?
Something I can use to record my poetry, music and what not? With all the usual features a person would have inf they were in a recording studio.

[ChromeFoundry]

1. Cakewalk has always been ranked highly.

http://www.cakewalk.com/

Audacity is free and much more basic in it's feature set.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

KRISTAL is free and has many more features.
http://www.kreatives.org/kristal/index.php?section=news

[truedelphi]

4. Thanks ChromeFoundry.

I will check these out. And see if any seem worthwhile.

[Fumesucker]

2. Reaper will do a great deal but the learning curve is pretty steep..

It has many layers of bells and whistles..

The limited commercial use license is $60 which seems like quite a bargain.

http://www.reaper.fm/

[truedelphi]

3. Sixty bucks is rather cheap isn't it -

Especially given how many thousands of dollars a person would have spent on a recording studio twenty years ago.

Does this program have detailed explanations? I don't mind spending time learning
something, but the documentation of many programs is rather inadequate.

[Fumesucker]

6. I have mostly used it for removing tape hiss and environmental noise from spoken word cassettes..

It's by far the most powerful software I've found at a reasonable price for that sort of digital audio restoration but I haven't used enough of the other functions to really have a good handle on the instructions. It didn't take me too long to get up to speed on what I wanted to do but I've barely scratched the surface on what Reaper is capable of doing.

Reaper has an active message board for questions, hints and tips, you might try asking there, I've found that a strong user base you can get help from is often more important and useful than thorough documentation.


http://forum.cockos.com/forumdisplay.php?f=20

[hobbit709]

5. I've used Audacity for years.

in conjunction with a M-Audio Delta 1010LT 8 ch audio card to record some friends' bands.