Colin Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 My brother-in-law wants to be the next big thing, he knows how to play music, but little about PCs, what should he get for a music editing software that has the most features and yet the easiest to use for the money. He plays guitar in a band he is particularly interested in adding in audio effects, additional tracks, etc. (making professional quality CDs)? <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Doesnt something like this often come with a sound card? Wont he need midi interfaces to his electronic keyboard? If so, what is the best value, and why? Thanks [H] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 What kind of budget you talkin here? There really isn't any music creation software out there that doesn't have some form of learning curve - and it will really take some computer know how to get the AD converters up and running. Also, does he need to track multiple tracks at once or will he be tracking one thing at a time? No offense, but if he's not technically minded he would be much better off going to a studio where there is someone that knows what he's doing behind the board. A lot of studios don't charge that much for noobs and they will definetly offer advice if they think he's worth recording. And it will also save him and his friends countless hours of frustration. That said, is he running a Mac or PC? Garageband by Apple is probably the best direction to go as far as "easy" is concerned. And just about any sound card or AD converter comes with its own multitracking package. I'm also a big fan of CuBase, which comes bundled with the EMU cards. If he doesn't need to track multiple channels at once, then there are quite a few free editors out there...so you can record up to 2 tracks at a time, but you can end up with like 32 tracks by the time you're done and then mix them all together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay481985 Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 DrWho said noob lol but really, I worked at the apple store where I found that GarageBand did 85% or so of the things that many expensive programs do and most people just use in a convient somewhat easy to learn program. Also the person that did the instore review of garageband was a musician that showed the capability of the program and was glad to help you advance. Actually if you live near an apple store you can goto their free instore demo of the program and other various ones. I think it is www.apple.com/stores to find the closest one and they should if you click on the store closest have a schedule of what their doing this week. Also one note, GarageBand is free with a new apple system. Also M-Audio has nome nice external midi soundcards etc etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 Here's Audacity - a free program: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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