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Recording software
Recording software
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hot4blues
83 posts
Aug 26, 2017
8:05 PM
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Sometimes boredom actually causes me to become inventive. I decided to look into personal music recording software for my PC. Since I am a Windows XP die-hard, I needed the software to be compatible. I came across MixPad by NCH Software. I downloaded a free copy (for personal use. Commercial version must be purchased). It's not the greatest thing since the invention of the six pack, but with some planning, layout, as well as various equipment, it's got enough features to turn your bedroom, den, or even a section of the basement into a no frills version of Electric Lady Studios in NYC.
Last Edited by hot4blues on Aug 26, 2017 8:07 PM
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johan d
74 posts
Aug 27, 2017
4:07 AM
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Why don't you buy a Tascam device and edit it with Audacity on every operating system you want? The tascam is portable and some not bigger than a harp itself, so...
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Dox
10 posts
Aug 27, 2017
5:08 AM
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Have you tried Reaper? May be is compatible...
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snowman
282 posts
Aug 27, 2017
8:17 AM
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mixcraft is not to expensive for windows
johan is right audacity for mixing or do it all in mixcraft
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AppalachiaBlues
45 posts
Aug 27, 2017
9:24 AM
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There is a wide choice of software apps on the market today: MixPad, Audacity, Reaper, Cubase, Ardour, Adobe Audition, etc. I have only ever used Avid ProTools and Apple GarageBand. ProTools has been the "standard" of pros and semi-pros for the past few years, but it's maybe over-kill for amateur use at home. I play around with GarageBand on my Mac, but it's just experimentation rather than any productive recording.
It would be good to hear what others out there are using... and the pros/cons of the various apps.
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WinslowYerxa
1416 posts
Aug 27, 2017
12:49 PM
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Audacity is free and runs on every major operating system. It does much of what $$$ packages do, maybe not as elegantly, but for free it's a good deal.
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nacoran
9589 posts
Aug 27, 2017
5:21 PM
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I had GarageBand at one point. I don't know if the computer I had at the time just wasn't up to audio editing, but it crashed constantly. I use Audacity mostly. The interface is kind of clunky, but it's free, powerful, and has a pretty good support community. I don't do a ton of fancy recording, but I've gotten as far as multitracked recording with effects on some of the tracks in Audacity, and even been able to remove a what essentially was a plosive P from a track I played on my LLF harp (popped p). You can record multiple tracks, mute specific ones in playback, adjust the left right balance and volume of each track at any point, add reverb, pitch shift, adjust track speed... all sorts of good stuff.
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