Does anyone own, or have any experience with, this software? I just ordered it off Amazon cheap. Is it pretty simple to use?
Thanks!

My dad has it and is sending it to me soon. If he can work it, you can work it.

i have it and its pretty easy to use and figure out. i record all my songs with it, although sometimes i have trouble with mixing the volume levels and stuff, but thats probably just me and my ametuer-ness

would anyone happen to konw how much a copy of protools usually runs for [i think acid is about 60 bucks], and which one is better for beginners?

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would anyone happen to konw how much a copy of protools usually runs for [i think acid is about 60 bucks], and which one is better for beginners?

protools usually costs around $225 or up. i wouldnt get protools, cuz its more professional and probably more confusing and has alot of features etc. that beginners wont need. so acid is alot better for beginner i guess.

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would anyone happen to konw how much a copy of protools usually runs for [i think acid is about 60 bucks], and which one is better for beginners?

protools usually costs around $225 or up. i wouldnt get protools, cuz its more professional and probably more confusing and has alot of features etc. that beginners wont need. so acid is alot better for beginner i guess.


ProTools is a more expensive program because when you buy it you also buy a "sound card" to make a bridge between your computer and your mixing console so you can run a professional or semi-professional recording studio, as far as i know ACID is more editing & Loop-oriented, I personally use Adobe Audition formerly Cool Edit Pro, is very easy to use, especially for beginners, for a more professional thing i would say "Digital Performer" or "ProTools".

If you just want it to record yourself for "demo" purposes i'd say any program is good enough even "Audacity" (and it's free to download).

thanks for all the info
i'm taking an audio engineering class/summer camp thing in a few weeks and i think it said they were gonna use protools... so if the class is good enough at explaining it i might as well get it b/c my sound card really sux...

i agree that as free software goes, audacity is pretty good, but the brief glimpses of the user interfaces of other non-free programs looked like they'd be easier to handle [if that makes sense]

also-- what's the best way to record guitar? a while ago i tried simply plugging some 1/8 in. audio cord w/ a 1/4 adapter into my microphone port.... it sounded like crap! i think i saw a 1/4 to usb cord at target once...

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...also-- what's the best way to record guitar? a while ago i tried simply plugging some 1/8 in. audio cord w/ a 1/4 adapter into my microphone port.... it sounded like crap! i think i saw a 1/4 to usb cord at target once...


mm.. the best way to record guitar is to mic your amp, there are many ways to place the mic, and many types of mics, Do not plug your guitar directly to your mic jack on your computer the sound is just not right, conecting your guitar directly is just aceptable if you do it through a mixing console and even if you want to mic your guitar you need a mixing console, if this is not the case, i'll recomend buying a computer microphone in an office depot, plug it in, and experiment in the best ways to place it (near or far from your amp),volume , position etc etc...

The 1/4 to usb cord you mention is a nice way to record, but when you are recording a guitar, the amp gives a different "sound", it's not the same thing to record your guitar through a little imitation amp, than in a vintage one, than in a big fat Marshall, etc... the amp adds reverb, body, eq, etc..., that's why for example the pumpkins record and play with their own amps to keep the "distinctive" sound .

in that case i have one question [sorry for hijacking the thread]... what if i just go guitar-->amp-->usb-->comp?