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Right on. Thanks — it’s helpful to know that knowledgeable folks consider it a good setup before I put the work in to getting it sorted.

Thanks. Good to know that they should have labels.

Reaper and my old Cubase LE seemed very similar to me back in 2008 or 2009 when I downloaded reaper and tried it. They may have developed in different directions. I think DAW recommendations are always so individualized, as our own initial experiences color our perceptions so much

Yes. It was an upgrade from my old “LE” — better reverbs, compressors, and a lot of nice keyboard sounds etc. that o don’t really use. I added Ozone for mastering (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED) and that’s about it.

This is very true. I came from the days of cassette based four track recording. Cubase made a lot of sense to me. But I certainly had several times when nothing worked and I needed to go to the forums to ask for help. I recorded this album on Cubase —

I got my start on Steinberg’s Cubase LE in 2008 or so. Protools was the industry standard at the time. Cubase has steadily grown in pro usage. I’m now running an outdated 8.5 edition. Current is up to 14. It’s hard for me to know whether my comfort with it now translates to it being easy for...

The sorry: I picked up this MIK Samick strat type with a case “as is / untested” which usually means “tested, but there is a wiring issue” in my experience with these. Anyway I haven’t opened her up yet, but the jack is loose and wonky and I got nothing but ground buzz for a while until some...