I recently used Soundforge and thought the program was cool. Is there any 'free' older version of the software or is their a freeware program which has similar features of 'Soundforge'?.

Thanx in advance!

thetimefan said:

yes there is. It's called N-Track. It's Open Source Development, which means that anyone can work on the software to make improvements. So, technically, it's superior to Sound Forge, specifically because if there's a bug discovered, someone can hack a fix right away. Unfortunately, that means that the documentation is never current, and the interface is pretty hard to just "dive in" on.

But go check it out. It's certainly worth the effort. You're basically spending YOUR time in place of YOUR CASH for a decent sound editing product.

Edit: Link:
http://www.fasoft.com/
[This message was edited Fri May 7 20:50:02 2004 by otan]

Many thanks!

I tried soundforge & if you make dance music its great, but,if you just wanna play your guitar (or whatever) I would recommend Cubase, Pro Logic or Cakewalk

I used 'Soundforge' 4 sampling 2 create Hip Hop tracks. I also have used Cubase and its a cool program. I am still lookin' 4 a cheap version of 'Soundforge' and Cubase too and also what sort of PC do u recommend 4 creating music?

thetimefan said:

Basically any PC you buy nowadays is easily good enough to make music with. If you want the best, make sure you buy a decent sound board and a fast HD (at least 7200RPM, don't try to combine slow and fast HD's because the fast one will operate at the speed of the slow one).
You really need a fast HD to cope with larger numbers of tracks.
Also having plenty of RAM memory helps. I have 512Mb and that seems enough for me.
I even used cubase VST on a pentium I, 200Mhz with 192Mv and it ran fine but the number of effects you can use is limited with slower CPU's. You wouldn't want to try Cubase SX on that though...

I use a 750MHz PC with a AMD processor. Some audio programs don't work properly on my PC at all, but thats probably bcuz it's only got 64mb of RAM!. But some programs run OK. I was thinking of buying a new PC soon, and was wondering what leads I would need 2 set up a midi keyboard so I can record music on my PC.

Thanx in advance!

thetimefan said:

For multitrack HD recording, 64Mb is probably too little memory.
For MIDI, go for a dedicated MIDI interface which has standard MIDI sockets. Then you can use standard MIDI leads. There are some good ones you can simply plug in a USB port.
Avoid using gameports with MIDI capability. For those you need a more expensive non-standard lead which either doesn't work or is too short.

When you buy a new PC, take notice of the speed of the HD and the amount of memory. CPU speed is not as important.

erikd said:

Thanx Erik!