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Lame recording effort #1
Here’s my first output from my new home studio setup…Blues1. It’s pretty lame, completely unreheased and unplanned, and the levels are bad — but, at least it proves I’ve got a home studio now. 
December 2nd, 2001 at 8:57 pm
Woohoo! Congrats on your first studio output. It’s a good feeling!
Mine’s torn apart at the moment, unfortunately. Gotta get it put back
together as soon as that OS X audio software starts showing up.
Sean
December 3rd, 2001 at 7:46 am
On Sun, 02 Dec 2001 20:57:27 -0600, Sean McMains wrote:
>Woohoo! Congrats on your first studio output. It’s a good feeling!
>
>Mine’s torn apart at the moment, unfortunately. Gotta get it put
>back
>together as soon as that OS X audio software starts showing up.
I’m hearing good things about what is in Beta and such, mainly in terms of the performance of CoreAudio on OS X ( very low latency ). If you’re not using any special hardware, you may find you’re able to move to OS X audio before too much longer. You can start now w/ the free Spark ME :
http://www.tcworks.de/home/content/en/PRODUCTS/Application/SparkME_X/render_main
You mentioned you’re using ProTools Free — does it support VST plugins? That’s the most common plugin standard ( used by Cubase, eMagic, others ). There’s lots of free VST plugins out there I’ve been finding for reverb and other effects…you had mentioned before you were having trouble finding stuff like that.
g.
December 3rd, 2001 at 9:01 am
No, and that’s the main reason I’m considering shelling out a few bucks
and moving to something else. Cubasis and the package you got both look
like solid entry-level contenders. One of my friends who’s into dance
music seems to really prefer the Steinberg stuff to the Logic products,
though you obviously reached a different conclusion. Interestingly, many
of the USB audio interfaces come with a free copy of Cubasis tailored
for that device, making the cost of entry a bit less if I do go grab
hardware.
Sean
December 3rd, 2001 at 9:17 am
On Mon, 03 Dec 2001 09:01:16 -0600, Sean McMains wrote:
>One of my friends who’s into
>dance
>music seems to really prefer the Steinberg stuff to the Logic
>products,
>though you obviously reached a different conclusion. Interestingly,
>many
>of the USB audio interfaces come with a free copy of Cubasis
>tailored
>for that device, making the cost of entry a bit less if I do go grab
>hardware.
I’ve actually been using that Cubasis version that came with my Tascam US-428 in favor of eMagic right now, because the entry-level eMagic product doesn’t directly support the remote control functions of the unit — you have to have the full version.
The eMagic interface is nicer…and I’m told it’s a more powerful package — but for my needs I expect I’d never know the difference. The short story I got on comparisons of the products on the boards I read was that eMagic is a lot more powerful and flexible, but harder to learn than Cubase.
Cubase has Virtual Instrument plugins that are really cool, too. They’re like software synths, but they actually output to audio, rather than synch via MIDI. The result is similar, but it integrates the flow better and allows you to do all the same bus sends on a VI as you would on an audio track.
I’m actually thinking I may stick w/ Cubase. They’re offering a cheap upgrade to the full version to Tascam US-428 buyers…and the full version has a nice array of Virtual Instruments included. Mainly, I’m interested in the drum machine package.
I’ve been bidding on cheap MIDI controller keyboards on eBay — that’s the one other piece I’ll really be needing.
g.