stillplaying Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Something simple (for PC) for two fellow band members just starting out. Both sing and play guitar. Just audio - no midi stuff though one can play keyboard. They don't like the look of Cubase (I'm a long time user - and like the Rex file thing). It came with their USB hardware (one got an older Lexicon and the other has a newer Tascam box). Something that does basic multitrack recording (with cut and paste, and mixdown). Any suggestions? I've told them to give Audacity a go. I've recommended n-Track in the past to a sound effects creator (theatre) - but she was quite techie to start with. Thanks in advance. I'm the piano player "off of" Borrowed Books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seannn Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Audacity is the first program that comes to mind. Have they tried it yet? It will do everything they want to do and then some. I just found old clips on my old PC of a song I jammed to with my father and pasted it together using Audacity on my Mac. Flawless mix. ~ Sean Juno-60, Juno-G, MicroBrute, MS-20 Mini, PX-5S, R3, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnchop Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I'm a big fan of Presonus Studio One 2. Free to try. Harrison Mixbus crossed my radar recently. Looked very intriguing as a sort of "everything's included", audio-focused tool: http://www.harrisonconsoles.com/mixbus/website/ -John I make software noises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillplaying Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 Thanks for the replies and yes I've suggested Audacity. I may need to recompile an ASIO version of it - it seems it doesn't support ASIO due to a license issue with Steinberg - but can if you do it yourself and it's for non-commercial use. Steinberg Sequel: EDIT- No good - specs too high for current version - won't run on their PCs. Studio One: Studio One - I see there's a free version that supports ASIO. I'll download it and give it a go - though what I think is easy and what they think is straight-forward .... Thanks for the suggestion though. Never heard of it before. I'm the piano player "off of" Borrowed Books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnus64 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 http://ntrack.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveCoscia Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 I use GoldWave. http://www.goldwave.com/ Steve Coscia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smanzella Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Reaper Yamaha CP-73, Hammond SK Pro 73, Yamaha MODX 7, Roland Fantom 06, Roland VK-8M, Yamaha FS1R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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