EclecticTangerine
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I'm looking to get started in recording on my PC, with a view to eventually taking the City and Guilds qualification
Could somebody give me the pros and cons of Nuendo, Logic, ProTools, Cubase etc so I get a better idea of the good and bad points please?
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Mon Jul 03, 2006 3:34 pm |
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amitbarde
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Well i wouldn't say anything, or as in this case software made specially for audio, is good or bad. It's how you make use of it wioth the resources you have. A person with a small/medium budget would probably go in for a software like Cubase or Nuendo while another one with a higher budget may get Pro Tools or Logic. Now the software you have doesn't really make a difference, except for maybe a certain amount of flexibility that comes with something like Pro Tools. You have to realise that it's upto you how something sounds. A software is just an aid to help you achieve something. I've seen engineers make brilliant stuff on nuendo and others who totally mess up even though they have a "professional" set up with pro tools and all the other jazz. So it's up to you as to what you want. But i'll say this for sure, having worked on pro tools and nuendo/cubase i've found pro tools to be more flexible in terms of routing and a whole lot of other stuff, but that doesn't mean that nuendo or cubase are bad. They're good too, and in the right hands they can be used to get results as good or better than any professional audio software out there today. So take you pick....  |
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Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:56 am |
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ben m
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Hi,
there are only really a couple of points to add to Amitbardes.
Pro Tools requires specific hardware (i.e. Digidesign or some M-Audio cards with Pro Tools M-Powered) I think the cheapest Pro Tools option is probably with a M-Box. However, if you outgrow the M-Box you are limited to what you can replace it with.
The other software mentioned can be run with pretty much any audio hardware, from onboard sound to RME/MOTU interfaces. This means you can upgrade soundcards and add additional interfaces and they will be recognised.
Pro Tools is currently more limited in the MIDI dept than the others mentioned, although this has improved with v6.7.
Pro Tools is arguably superior with audio as it has more flexible routing options (Nuendo and Cubase can't offer sidechaining at present unless you go through a convoluted routing process) and Pro Tools is also good for editing multiple audio tracks simultaneously.
Nuendo and Cubase are practically the same - Nuendo has better options for working with Video and a few 'control room' options that Cubase does not have. However Cubase SX is 50% of the price (SL is even cheaper and offers pretty much the same functionality)
Logic is no longer available for PCs (Mac only) so if you are PC based I wouldn't consider this option.
The other thing to look at is availability of 3rd party plug-ins/virtual instruments. There are a lot more available for the VST platform including many freeware/shareware options.
Ultimately you can get the same results on any of these platforms as they all do the same thing - workflow and GUI are the main differences.
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consideration should be determining your needs and then finding which software you are most productive with, and which GUI feels the most comfortable.
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Mon Jul 10, 2006 12:01 pm |
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EclecticTangerine
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Viel Danke for replying to the question! I've had a little bit of experince with cubase before, and I think I'd be all for it, except I heard from somewhere that you can't record more than two different audio sources at once... am I completely off on this? |
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Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:21 pm |
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ben m
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quote:
Originally posted by EclecticTangerine
Viel Danke for replying to the question! I've had a little bit of experince with cubase before, and I think I'd be all for it, except I heard from somewhere that you can't record more than two different audio sources at once... am I completely off on this?
Yes, Cubase is capable of recording many tracks simultaneously, you are only really limited by the number of inputs your soundcard has and to a lesser extent the speed of your hard drive(s) |
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