Your DAW/Drum Sequencing software?

[PFDarkside]

Finally got my PC all up and running and I'm ready for some music recording software. Despite some of your suggestions I went with Vista 64 since I don't see upgrading OS's for quite a while.

I have experience with Cakewalk so I was thinking Sonar 8 or Home Studio 7 XL, as well as Toontrack EZDrummer for drums.

However, I'm quite open to other options if you have good reasons why you like another software better.

 

[innerdreamrecords.co]

Re: Your DAW/Drum Sequencing software?

I have Addictive Drums, I think they're pretty good.

 

[millsart]

Re: Your DAW/Drum Sequencing software?

Tracktion

Its not a fancy looking interface, in that they didnt try to make it look like a channel strip or anything like that, its quite crude honestly lol, but its by far the easiest to use DAW in by book because its designed around a everything on one screen concept

I used to use Cubase and while it looked slick it was a PITA because you had so many windows and screens on the thing it was a nightmare

Tracktion is cheap, as powerful as anything on the market and just gets out of the way and lets you work



EZDrummer is hands down the drum software of choice as well. For the money theres nothing that will give you the trifecta of ease of use, sound quality and low price

 

[supernosher]

Re: Your DAW/Drum Sequencing software?

Have you run DPC latency tester on your system? What's the max latency?

 

[millsart]

Re: Your DAW/Drum Sequencing software?

Hmm, never heard of that software before, my max is 49 whatever those units mean. Given it seems 500 is what they list the cutoff for in terms of realtime and 1000 units is into the yellow, I'd say I feel pretty good

average running is about 14u

 

[PFDarkside]

Re: Your DAW/Drum Sequencing software?

I don't know how long to run it for and what other processes I should be running along with it but it's around 100 with a peak aroun 480 now. I didn't try disabling LAN or any other devices/drivers.

I know what you mean about many windows, I'll look into Tracktion.

 

[supernosher]

Re: Your DAW/Drum Sequencing software?

Re: the length of time to run DPC. I don't really know either, probably the longer the better to check for large spikes.

100/480 is kind of high considering what your system is, but better than my C2D 1.7Ghz laptop with vista and wifi (it spikes to over 1000, which is not suitable for a DAW).

 

[everdrone]

Re: Your DAW/Drum Sequencing software?

I use ezdrummer / drumkit from hell