I am a begginer in computer music which program do you recommend for my pc laptop?
protools or sonar?
thanks!
Hip Hop and R&B

I use Sonar. It is cool. It really depends on how deep u want to go with it. People claim that Mac is better for music but I don't know that to be true.

talmuzic said:

thanks...what other software do you use with it?

I've been wrestling with this one for about a year! I've been hearing that tech support for Sonar sucks.

It's really about the money and I don't have a ton so I bought Sonar. I love it although I've never called tech support but never had the need to. The software is capable of so much and I use the minimum, input record, mix, export WAV files.

I installed on my laptop but my sound card was average. It's so much better on my PC with a Soundblaster sound card, it's just not a laptop.

funkyguitar2007 said:

I'm not into MIDI or samples so I just drag my WAV files into Itunes, create MP3's and burn CDs. Again though, I'm using 20% of what the software is capable of.

Slave2daGroove said:

Which version are you using?

Adisa said:

Producer's Edition

funkyguitar2007 said:

I use T-Racks 24 for mastering and EXP Studio Audio Editor to edit Wav. files.

Slave2daGroove said:

Cool. I'm considering this or the Power Studios.

Can you use these programs for Mac? Any mac suggestions?

talmuzic said:

Talmuzic, are you using Producer's Edition also?

heartbeatocean said:

Garageband is the cheap version for the Mac. My friend has created some amazing stuff just by plugging his guitar into his mac and using samples from grageband. Protools is on the Mac primarily but it's just a lot of Ca$h

Slave2daGroove said:

protools isnt expensive its teh hardware thats expensive
least it use to be
the M-box mini is 280 and that comes with protools le,
i have that on my sites

as a mac user
i only Use Logic Pro 7,
fuckin amazing, but the only problem i have with it is its lacking in control with the audio realm
its fucking great for midi and plug ins, but when it comes to audio its lacking
hence the reason im getting protools

back in the recording studio i use to work for, my boss told me that the best solution
was to use Logic Pro for midi and creation inspiatation,
bounce everything to audio waves or aaif , and just import the session into protools for audio editing, mixing,
etc
which is what im gonna do when i get my studio up and adam
sonar is alright but if u want more bang for your buck
id choose cubase
its just like protools, just cheaper

It's Mackie Tracktion for me hands down!

Cubase is the best all-around solution for midi & audio (editing audio in Logic has always sucked, altough I wouldn't know about the more recent mac-versions). I use an old version of Sonar myself though, and don't see a reason at the moment why I should use something else.

Protools is yesterday.

EmbattledWarrior said:

Thanks, guys. First I have to settle on my recording method, then I'm going to deal with this software issue. This forum has been a great resources, thanks everyone.