| Author | Topic | | AXEMAN2415
Guitar Weenie
USA
740 Posts |  Posted - 16 Feb 2006 : 07:44:36 
| Anon, I must ask you what you know about particular recording software.You are a programmer, but I wonder if that kind of knowledge gives any benefit to how you choose your software? Personally, I would pick one based on ease and practicality of use and smallest use of resources. Is my determination based on that criteria the right way to choose? Or should I look for more complex options? I don't think that I should have a degree in computer engineering to utilize the software.But then again, I'm a lazy sot anyway!
Gee, you don't have to agree with my last statement so fast, do ya? |
"C'mon Dave, Gimme a break!" |
| AnonJr
Absent-minded Webmaster
USA
621 Posts | Posted - 16 Feb 2006 : 21:11:33
| I guess it would really depend on budget and features as well as ease-of-use.
If I found a program that did everything I would ever dream of needing it to do, but it was a resource hog, I'd probably get it and use a high-end computer.
If it free, but not as easy to use as the $500 program that does the same thing, I'd probably go with free... but then again I am paying for college. 
If there was a lower cost/striped-down version that did what I needed without the fluff, at a significant price difference, I'd go with the cheaper one... as long as that didn't sacrifice any "must have" features or compatibility should I upgrade.
The big thing I've noticed is that there really isn't a "universal" file format that allows for editing of individual tracks. (unless you export each track as an individual .wav file ... hope you bought one of those new 500GB hard drives) Because of this, whatever software line you buy into (figuratively if not literally) you need to be prepared to continue with that brand for the foreseeable future. Check things like company history. Visit the support forum and see how prompt support is. If there is an active community its usually a good sign.
Or just hire someone like me to take care of it...  |
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
- Will Rogers |  |
| AXEMAN2415
Guitar Weenie
USA
740 Posts | Posted - 21 Feb 2006 : 16:59:18
| | Who are you, again? |
"C'mon Dave, Gimme a break!" | |
| AXEMAN2415
Guitar Weenie
USA
740 Posts | Posted - 10 Mar 2006 : 20:25:45
| | Question: What do you think of some of these new instrument plug-ins, specifically designed for guitar? I think it's a wonderful invention, in that they are relatively inexpensive and they have a lot of flexabilty.But, again, I am not really computer savvy.But what little I understand suggests to me that they are a great value. And I have a few friends that concur with that sentiment. Of course, I have FEW friends, but I digress... |
"C'mon Dave, Gimme a break!" | |
| AnonJr
Absent-minded Webmaster
USA
621 Posts | Posted - 11 Mar 2006 : 17:40:59
| I'm more concerned over how this effects live performances... are you going to lug a PC on the stage?
Or worse yet, "Excuse us for a second while we re-boot our drummer... he's a little blue at the moment."
Seriously though, I think it depends a lot on need, cost, and how it will ultimately work with your music. I wonder how they sound compared to the items they are intended to emulate. Do they sound the same? |
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
- Will Rogers | |
| AXEMAN2415
Guitar Weenie
USA
740 Posts | Posted - 12 Mar 2006 : 00:00:35
| | Well, as digital tecnology continues to improve, sound modeling becomes ever increasingly versatile and accurate. Most people cannot tell the difference between what is a sampled sound and what is an analogue sound.Tube sounds are still much more lifelike and, to my ears, "warmer." But I will say that that paradigm is slowly, yet ever surely, fading into obsolescence.It won't happen tomorrow, but be sure that digital technology will eclipse analogue hardware for a lot of sounds that we prefer to hear. And it will happen before anyone actually realizes the analogue is gone. Digital still cannot replace tube sounds for guitar,but it is only a matter of time before some enterprising young programmer will find a solution to this issue, and then tubes will fall by the wayside the way the horse and buggy did a century ago. |
"C'mon Dave, Gimme a break!" | |
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