Re: Still yet more harmonizer

On Sep 4, 3:42 pm, Derek <de...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Jack,

Thanks for the info. I am on the fence about whether to buy a DAW and
go with my laptop, or get a stand alone unit like in the Boss series.
My understanding is, that with all of these recording aps, the
learning curve is fairly steep.

Has this been your experience also, or is one more intuitive over the
other?

I've got Sonar Home Studio XL and have been very happy with it, but
yes, there is a hefty learning curve involved. Engineering and mixing
and mastering is a totally different game. That said it's not anything
that's hard, like Calculus, but rather it's just that there is a *lot*
to learn. If you take it slow and take it one bite at a time it's a
climb-able mountain.

I've never tried a stand alone unit and they do have their advantages
(you plug them in and they work as opposed to configuring your
software to run well with Windows which causes some people fits based
upon what I've seen in the forums) but the software/PC solution
offers so much more with regards to flexibility so that's the way I
went. I've been lucky when it comes to configuring my PC - it's been
plug and play.

It's the golden age for home recording IMO, PCs are so powerful and
the software offers so much that it really amazes me sometimes what I
can do in my basement. I've been 100% pleased with Sonar but I can't
say if it's better than Cubase or any of the other products but I do
believe their online forums are heads above any of the others.

http://forum.cakewalk.com/tt.asp?forumid=5

Beware - it's a major time sink once you jump in!

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