O/T Simple PC DAW for newbies

[stillplaying]

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.

[Seannn]

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.

[johnchop]

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

 

 

 

[stillplaying]

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.

 

 

[Cygnus64]

http://ntrack.com/

[SteveCoscia]

I use GoldWave.

 

http://www.goldwave.com/

 

[smanzella]

Reaper