Taking the Dive......
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Posted on Oct 22, 2004 08:17 pm
Pingaso5446
Member Since: Jul 11, 2004
Hi all, Well I am getting a yamaha 16 track recorder soon and I would like to edit on the machine itself, but people keep telling me the way to go is computers.
Well im going to go to school for sound engineering and I might as well learn as much as I can so yeah......Whats a good entry level program?. I was looking at cakewalk homestudio 2, and cubase se. Are these good?, what are the differences?, Can I send all my seperate tracks from my recorder on seperate tracks on the program? Can I edit them then mix down?
If there is a better program for about 50$ more that has a moderate learning curve I am game for it aswell.
Thanks in advance for reading this and taking the time to comment.
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Oct 22, 2004 08:45 pm Welcome to HRC.
Home Studio and Cubase SE are both worthy starter apps. You can edit and keep all tracks seperately. Here is the rub...if you are going to record a full band at one take, you will need a sound card that has as many input as you want track.
For example, if you have guitar, bass, and a drum set miked with 4 mics, you will need a sound card with at least six input if you want to keep them all seperate. Such a sound card can be had for as little as $280 or so up to as much as you can imagine...
We will need to know your budget and needs (regarding how many tracks at once and such) before recommending any specific products.
Oct 22, 2004 09:21 pm Cakewalk Home Studio 2 is a great program. I have the 2004 version (the version before this one) and it has served me very well. If you are saying that you want to record to the Yamaha and then transfer to the pc, yes this setup will work great. The advantage of that over a multi-input soundcard is that you can take it anywhere and record a lot of tracks in one take then fly them over to your computer for editing.
Oct 22, 2004 09:33 pm "For example, if you have guitar, bass, and a drum set miked with 4 mics, you will need a sound card with at least six input if you want to keep them all seperate. Such a sound card can be had for as little as $280 or so up to as much as you can imagine...
We will need to know your budget and needs (regarding how many tracks at once and such) before recommending any specific products"
First off thanks for the welcome.
I will be recording on the 16 track then transfering it to the computer, I am going to be micing the drums with 7 mics, I dont know if I am going to mix down on the machine or put it in the program and do piece by piece (track 1: snare, track 2: floor tom, etc. etc.)
Oct 22, 2004 09:39 pm Also, one additional thing I forgot to mention,is how does the yamaha connect to the computer?,do I need a soundcard? From what I have seen it,does not have USB out.
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Oct 22, 2004 09:50 pm OK then, well if you are going to be recording on the Yamaha, then mix/master in the PC, then, it appears you will need to use the wav file export feature, burn the wav files to CD and move them to your PC via the CD. Maybe I am missing something, but I don't see any USB or firewire connection options on the Yamaha...
Oct 22, 2004 09:57 pm Thanks, its just I am so used to my Fostex MR-8 right now, so, I would just convert the files to wav files, thorw it in my computer and I'll be fine.
Thanks again.
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