New Audacity sound recorder releases

Thanks, Nils!

Thanks, Nils.

Been getting into Sonar Home 4 since I actually paid for it. :D

As little experience as I have so far and the comparison to Audacity and Kristal, the free stuff seems to work just fine. :?

Been getting into Sonar Home 4 since I actually paid for it. :D
As little experience as I have so far and the comparison to Audacity and Kristal, the free stuff seems to work just fine. :?
Bish: anything important missing from either Audacity or Kristal compared to Sonar? A friend of mine recommended it (or Guitar Tracks - both are Cakewalk products) but it seems that Audacity is fairly robust for "free."

Nils: nice find! Looks like they made editing MUCH easier in the new version. 8)

I have used audacity, kristal, cubase sx3, and sonar 4 and 5. I have found that in cubase and sonar is is possible to get better quality recordings. On the other hand your computer needs to be ALOT better to run either program really well. I still keep audacity around because I love it for quick recordings. It runs so quick and is so simple to use for getting ideas recorded quickly it really is they best. Also I must say I do like audacity alot better for actually editing a track. It is a no non-sense interface that works really well for chopping up tracks and moving parts around.

In conclusion:
If you can afford Sonar or Cubase(I prefer cubase personally) they really are very good and I do use them for any real recordings. BUT audacity makes me happy simply because of how simple it is to use and it really does work very well.

I agree, I love Audacity for the simplicity of track editing.

I also prefer Kristal for the use of effects. It supports the full use of VST plugins not just the command line type usage of effects in Audacity.

So, I use Kristal for my primary recording and use Audacity for a lot of detailed track editing. The nice part is that Kristal lets you select Audacity as an external track editor then bring it back in. There is discussion about improving the editor on the Kristal web site but the next release is not until probably the second quarter of next year.

Since both a free and together do everything I need I have not had the urge to pay for a package. I would rather spend my G.A.S. money on hard stuff not software.

I'm guessing the last two posts were in response to my question to bish, so thank you both! :D

I haven't yet played with Kristal, so I think I'll d/l it soon. No idea what a VST plugin is, but I hope I'll find out. ;) Would like to keep the software side as inexpensive as possible, as I'm only doing this for home use. (Still want it to sound good, but similar to what Nils said, I'd rather put the extra hundred bucks toward lessons.)

No idea what a VST plugin is, but I hope I'll find out.

VST is an abbreviation for Virtual Studio Technology. The VST plugin technology is an interface standard, developed by Steinberg, for connecting audio synthesizer and effect plugins to audio editors and hard-disk recording systems.

In other words, it's studio quality effects. :wink:

Sweet!

I want!

And these are readily available for free?

Sweet!

Yep!

Sweet!

I want!

And these are readily available for free?

Sweet!
There are 4 or 5 built in to Kristal and there are tons of them available on the INTERNET. All you need to do is search on VST plug ins and you will find a bunch. Here are a few I like http://www.kjaerhusaudio.com/classic-series.php

And these are readily available for free?

If you start a new thread in "In The Studio" you should find some good ones, but the best aren't free.

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You beat me this time Nils. :lol:

Great; thanks again!

You beat me this time Nils. :lol:

I'm tryin :lol: :lol:

Sorry for not posting sooner, Slej.

I don't think I'm ready to give a true evaluation on any of them yet.

I'm not sure which one is the best. I'm still wrestling with the Firewire 410 recording device. I can't seem to get rid of the latency or lag. I'm about ready to pitch the whole thing and just use my sound card. My next biggest issue is the 410 is latencying itself. :evil: I pluck a string and through the headphones being plugged directly into the 410 I get latency through the headphones. Give me a break here. It's going in one side and coming out the other side with a delay. :roll:

I've tried but not tested Audacity, Kristal and Sonar. Like I said in a previous post, I'm focusing solely on Sonar for now since I own it. Audacity is very easy to use and works great for what I've needed it for so far.

As I get better with this new technology (new to me anyway) I'll post my findings.

Personally, I don't think you can go wrong with any of the software packages but free is always good. :D