I agree for the most part with you Justin, but I'd say Nuendo(Steingberg) is far superior in recording/sample looping compared to Acid. Definatly FL Studio.
I add FL Studio in the poll, as many people are talking about this soft. I hesitate to put it into "all in one studio", but ok, the last version seems to be a real virtual studio ;-)
I chose Reason...wish I had that when I just started...but I would like to see Logic in the list too !!!
Logic is with it's sampler ,synths and FX ,a FULL Virtual Studio !!!
I have been producing and recording my music for many years now. I started off with 4 track cassette Multitracks and small drum machines. I made my way up to An MPC 2000, a Triton and a Roland VS-880EX. A few years ago, I took a break from recording, so I sold my equipment.
I recently started recording again, and decided to use my PC as my multitracker as it would save me alot of cash up front. I had always been hesitant in using my PC as oppossed to standalone units, but I remembered I had come across a copy of Cool Edit Pro 2 and i found the disk and installed it. Seems to work great. i have done a few songs so far...really like it. I have read about Reason and FL, and wish to find out more about personal experiences.
Also....I have never made beats/music on the PC...I need to know how you go about this.....
Why is it that I never hear anybody mention Steinberg Nuendo (other than Po very briefly???) Personally I love the program and find it very easy to use on a basic level.
My experiences with Cool Edit have been less than impressive.
Any feedback on what the general impressions of Nuendo are would be appreciated.
I chose reason because it comes with a whole multi thousand dollar studio bundled up in that package and the same setup works on mac and pc and i happen to use both kinds in my studio. 8)
Well, i have been recording since 1997 on amazingly-low-budget solutions. I am into electronic music and have found that REASON (which i have been using since version 1) is my thing. Of course i will sell my soul for almost any classic analog at a good price, or even an ION or NORD LEAD, but since money has always been a great issue i had to settle for software.
Anyway, REASON is really versatile and quite complete when it comes to synthesizers, though i must admit to it beeing a bit unnatural in terms of sound. However, one CAN get it to sound like one wants and be happy about it...