recording software

[tab222]

what is a great recording software that has good sound and affordable?

[RickBlacker]

Reaper! $60.00
http://www.reaper.fm/

[davidson12]

<a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/">Audacity</a>. It's freeware. I've never used it, but hear excellent things. It's along the lines of Garageband which comes with Macs. Audacity works with both Windows and Mac.

My advice is to save a little money for a microphone and audio/digital converter to plug it into. No need to spend a lot of money on a microphone if you're just starting out. About $100 on a Shure SM57 or 58 should do it until you learn more :-)

Best of luck!

[mingury]

Agreed on Reaper, I am using it alongside Logic as a lightweight sequencer. Can't beat that for its price tag. Highly recommended as a starter seqencer.

[Carl King]

I recommend the MXL condensers instead of the 57s and 58s. They go for around $100.

[NutsForGuitar]

Guitar Tracks Pro 4 is what I use. It's like the mac's version of Garage band, it's pretty cool. It's around $100.

[EWGuitar]

Another nod to Guitar Tracks Pro 4. You can hear it in use here on this track I made:

http://ewguitar.com/2011/07/15/feelin-it-by-earle-wood/

It has virtual bass and drum rigs as well as a strings section and a virtual piano. The sounds aren't perfect, but more than good enough to get started.

Earle Wood
www.ewguitar.com

[wingman23]

Well my vote would have to go with mixcraft, its cheap, around $74,(52 quid) you can get a free 14 day trial with no limitation and you dont have to be a rocket scientist to work it. Im using the 14 days trial version at mo and im loving it, it even comes with something called shred amp simulator that makes your guitar sound great.
Im not the best guitarist in the world but this is something i did today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7notNPiBOSU

[gregagraves]

Sonar. It can do more than you want, so the only limitation is you.

I did these my lonesome: http://www.fflynet.net/greg_graves/

[Chayakorn]

I would say Cubase;)

[ROCKnROLL1464]

I use a Line6 GX guitar interface with POD Farm Software...got it for about $99.00..its pretty good stuff

[tuneman55]

there are a lot to choose from. just do a little research and find one that works for you

[Guitarbuff1]

I echo the possibilities with of AUDACITY. My other music hobby is singing acapella in 2 quartets. I use audacity all the time to take a song and slow it down without changing pitch or focusing on a small segment of an mp3. You can slow a song maintaining pitch and try to reverse engineer what you are hearing. I haven't done lots of reccording but I know many quartet guys who do. Some sing separate multiple parts on separate channels and export as a single mix in an mp3 format. I could easily see doing that with guitar too. Best of all Audacity is FREE.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/

TB