What recording software do you use?

Whistle
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What e sed

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everyonce in a while it always good to google free VST plugins and see what is new out there. Some really good stuff for free.

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I use Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 for midi, and Cool Edit Pro 2.1 for recordings/mastering.

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Sony Soundforge 8.0

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I was previously using Cubase SX3 but now I have Pro Tools LE/mbox. The quality of the (Focusrite) mic pre-amps is superb and the software is a breeze to use. You can make very smooth edits and the bundled plug-ins are far superior to the VST ones. Another neat thing is that the mbox will phantom power 2 mics off USB, so it’s truely portable!

I’m still using Cubase to record/sequence on projects where I have Reason in the background providing virtual instruments.

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Software:

    Gentoo Linux - http://www.gentoo.org Ardour - digital audio workstation - http://ardour.org/ Jamin - Audio mastering - http://jamin.sourceforge.net Audacity - for smaller samples and messing about (all software is Open Source and free)

Hardware:

    Creative Sound Blaster 24-bit Advanced (192KHz) Behringer Eurorack MX 602A mixer MXL-992 Cardoid Condensor Mic
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I’ve used ProTools (too big and scary for my work), Logic (was very nice, flexible, good on Macs and PCs, and my students liked it) but I’m using Cubase and Audacity now. Outboard, I use an AT dynamic for vocals and strings (I’d rather have a medium diaphram condenser) and a Barcus Berry Wind Instrument System mic for winds. It’s a nice little condenser, but a little weak on the lows; the plus is, I get to use the same rig on stage and in the ‘studio’.

I want to upgrade from Finale to Sibelius for notation, but not today.

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I have a fairly recent PC running XP with USB ports and the standard 1/8" stereo mike input on the sound card, and two SM57’s (lowZ).

Assuming I were going to use Audicity, what hardware (mixer?, preamp?) would I need to do simple demo-type recording?
Other additional software (besides VSTs)?

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Now, I don’t know too much about stage/mixing electronics, but you’d probably just need a small board with a built-in preamp – setup the mikes, grab a 1/4" to 1/8" converter to run a cable from your board into the PC and record away.

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Yeah, it’d definitely be Audacity, as well as Anvil Studio.