As for the Mac, I'd go with any of the MOTU audio interfaces and
MOTU's Digital Performer 3.11, I've been using DP3 since last
december and switching from a PC to a Mac, showed a huge improvement.
I think having the interface, audio drivers, and recording software
manufactured by the same company guarantees the best compatibility. I
used to use Cakewalk's Sonar XL on the PC with a MOTU 24i interface.
A cool little program but it was buggy for me. My biggest gripe was
the shotty support for WDM drivers it was supposedly built for and
the fact that no matter how hard i tried my 24 channel interface
would show up as 10 stereo pairs (where did the other 4 channels
go!?) Latency was an issue on the PC as well. Running a dual PIII
xeon machine at 800Mhz, the PC seemed to run a lot slower than my G4
DP 500Mhz machine. Whichever program/platform you choose, be sure to
use high quality drives and load up your memory, the faster and
better memory you have, the more stable your audio will run... spend
a little more money for ECC memory and stay away from "bargain" 9ns
memory, you get what you pay for.
--- In motm@y..., "Mike Marsh" <mmarsh@s...> wrote:
> This is all PC stuff. On the Mac, I don't know, some Mac guy could
> chime in.
>
> BTW, if you're on a PC don't buy emagic stuff (like Logic). As
good
> as it is, they've been bought by Apple and have discontinued
support
> of their PC products. Us SoundDiver users have been left out in
the
> cold.
>
> Mike
>
> --- In motm@y..., "Mike Marsh" <mmarsh@s...> wrote:
> > Hi Terry -
> >
> > I use Sonar 2.0 XL if I need to sync MIDI and audio. My CD of
MOTM
> > stuff was done with that. I also use Syntrillium's Cool Edit
Pro,
> > particularly for mastering the final stereo track, but also to
> record
> > directly. Another great program is Acid which is great for
> stitching
> > together cool noises into a more complicated cool noise. Sound
> Forge
> > has some great audio tools, too.
> >
> > If I had to pick two, they would be Sonar and Cool Edit.
> >
> > Audio Editors are like text editors; you'll probably hear lots of
> > religious fervor about one or another. Pick one and jam!
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > --- In motm@y..., "xiphiguy" <tahrens@s...> wrote:
> > > I'm considering the purchase of recording software along the
> lines
> > of
> > > Cubase or Cakewalk Sonar. I don't mind spending serious money
if
> I
> > > can get superior features, but if I can get something less
> > expensive
> > > to do the same thing, I would obviously rather get that.
> > >
> > > Can anyone share what they are using (preferably something
you're
> > > happy with) and elaborate on which features you have found to
be
> > most
> > > useful?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for any info :)
> > > ~Terry