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#193972 by gtZip
Wed Nov 14, 2012 8:32 pm
It's all a cheat compared to recording to tape

#193974 by J-HALEY
Wed Nov 14, 2012 8:34 pm
Chief Engineer Scott wrote:Hey-hey pitch correction is a cheat.

Auto tune is a joke. Use it like an effect you never use because it sounds stupid and clunky.

If record something that sounded good and it's out of tune/out of whack/just plain out...better to rerecord it. (imo)


Thats exactly what I do Cap'n! When playing guitar at a gig I use my harmonizer pedal to play dual guitar. It freaks people out. When I use it they ALWAYS come over to see what kind of pedal I am using. When I record I play both parts. I don't need to cheat because it is usually less effort for me to just re-record the track. :wink:

#193977 by Starfish Scott
Wed Nov 14, 2012 8:48 pm
gtZip wrote:It's all a cheat compared to recording to tape


Or recording live.. omg that sux.

LOL If you get one jerkoff that doesn't like to play well with the other kids, it's a shitstorm.

#193982 by PaperDog
Wed Nov 14, 2012 8:59 pm
Pro Tools or SOnar... I dont really see any difference...They both share the same DLL libraries, CLR runtimes and the sound technologies are shared commonly between both ...

I guess its down to which one sells cheaper...Maybe ask about key features that differ in the products?

#193985 by J-HALEY
Wed Nov 14, 2012 9:10 pm
PaperDog wrote:Pro Tools or SOnar... I dont really see any difference...They both share the same DLL libraries, CLR runtimes and the sound technologies are shared commonly between both ...

I guess its down to which one sells cheaper...Maybe ask about key features that differ in the products?


Thanks Grant that helps a LOT! I have a friend (Barry) our sound guy and lifelong musical compadre. He swears by Sonar problem is (he's way smarter than me) Stuff thats easy for him is HELL for me! I dove into the windows 8 and fought LIKE HELL with it for 2 days. I have a handle on it now. I am thinking Sonar would be the same. Barry told me that getting the sound card, software, interface devise compatible and working together is the hard part. He also said once thats done the rest is easy! (gulp) :shock:

#194060 by Starfish Scott
Thu Nov 15, 2012 4:20 am
Didn't Edison invent that technology? lol

#194064 by Mike Nobody
Thu Nov 15, 2012 4:21 am
Dizzizz wrote:
gtZip wrote:It's all a cheat compared to recording to tape


Recording to tape? You pansy, REAL men use acoustical recording, direct to tinfoil cylinders. :lol:


Real men record on wax cylinders and wire recorders! :)

#194186 by GuitarMikeB
Thu Nov 15, 2012 3:20 pm
Reaper comes with a pitch correction plug-in, ReaTune. You can use it manually or with autocorrection, and if you set the parameters correctly, you can't even hear it doing its job (Melodyne is the same way - if you set the paramaters funky, then you hear the wackiness of it).

Anyone who doesn't recommend Reaper hasn't used it. If you want production files shareable with someone else, then by all means use the same software - that's how ProTools got where it is today.

As far as 'mastering suites' - any REAL mastering engineer will tell you that you don't use presets for mastering - you use ONLY what the song (or group of songs) needs to bring it up to the required sound.
The basic tools for mastering are a Limiter, multi-band compressor and EQ.

#194242 by gtZip
Thu Nov 15, 2012 7:19 pm
I've used:
Garage Band
Mixcraft
Cakewalk (before it was sonar)
Cubase
Reaper
Studio One
Logic
Sequel

Anyone who runs windows and doesn't recommend Studio One, hasn't used it.

Bitches.

Studio One
Cubase
Logic

Those are the best.

#194246 by gtZip
Thu Nov 15, 2012 7:55 pm
I have a friend who is a Reaper head.
His recordings sound great, and it's the best for the money, no doubt.

Since you're not a tetchy, tinkere type, Haley - try a few and see what is easiest for you to get up and running with.

#194248 by J-HALEY
Thu Nov 15, 2012 8:02 pm
gtZip wrote:I have a friend who is a Reaper head.
His recordings sound great, and it's the best for the money, no doubt.

Since you're not a tetchy, tinkere type, Haley - try a few and see what is easiest for you to get up and running with.



Thats kind of what I have decided. They all have free trial software. Thanks gZ.

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