RTP-area local music and culture

["Tim Harper" <tharper AT nc.rr.com>]

FYI - bad experiences with old, old versions of cubase. Never had a bad time
with Nuendo, yet. Never tried cubase again. There is an SL version of Cubase
that is even cheaper, isn't there?

Tim

"Chris Rossi" <rossi AT webslingerZ.com> wrote in message
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> Tim Harper wrote:
> > <myname AT yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:20031201121344.067$hC AT newsreader.com...
> >
> >>I know very little about making/recording music on a
> >>computer.  What's a good software package for doing
> >>the following:
> >>
> >>1.  Programming piano track with mouse and GUI
> >>    (there will be lots of repetition)
> >>2.  Programming drum track (likewise)
> >>3.  Recording guitar, bass, vocals
> >>4.  Mixing
> >>5.  Saving as MP3 or AIFF (CD format right?)
> >>
> >>The one package I know of is Cakewalk.  I don't know
> >>if it does the above.  Are there others?
> >>
> >>How well do these packages simulate a bass if I
> >>want to program instead of play?  Can I
> >>record the bass part on a guitar, then use
> >>software trickery to lower it an octave?
> >>
> >>I'm using Win98, Celeron 1.2 gig, lots of RAM, SB Live!
> >>(old Dell system with CPU upgrade)
> >>
> >>Thanks
> >>
> >>--
> >>Doug Appleyard
> >>To reply, myname (in e-mail address) is dougappleyard
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> >
http://www.steinberg.net/en/products/media_production/nuendo20/new_features/
> > index.php?sid=0
> >
> > Be prepared to be sitting in front of a computer screen for awhile and
you
> > will need to upgrade your OS. This is the best option out there these
days
> > on a PC, short of a dedicated DAW. It will work with your hardware but
you
> > will be best served to get a big firewire hard drive as well and later
on a
> > better soundcard.
> >
> For music production, Cubase SX (also from Steinberg) has the exact same
> audio engine, a bit better midi(?) and all the features you need for
> about half the price.  I'm not sure exactly what the differences are
> between the two, between but Nuendo folks are always saying Nuendo is
> great for 'post-production', ie film/video work, whereas Cubase has
> everything you need for producing music.  I'm using it in my studio and
> haven't found myself (or customers) wanting for features.
>
> It also has full midi/score writing capability (maybe nuendo does too?)
> that doug is looking for.  I haven't made extensive use of it yet, as
> I'm more of an old fashioned recording actual sounds kind of guy.  But I
> know it's there and it's supposed to be pretty good.  And I've played
> with it a bit.
>
> When I was overseas in my apartment with nothing else I did play with
> recording a bassline on guitar and pitching it down.  It doesn't sound
> like a bass, but it can be an interesting sound if you're into that kind
> of thing.  Cubase/Nuendo also come with a VSTi bass simulator, but it
> sounds pretty crappy.  If you're going to be doing a lot of midi/scoring
> stuff anyway, though, you'll want to invest in some software or hardware
> synths.  Cubase comes with a rudimentary software synth that's fine for
> messing around, but sounds pretty cheesy.  My roommate has one of those
> K-station things.  Haven't played with it much myself but it seems
> capable of producing just about any sound you can think of and sounds
> pretty good too.
>
> Anyway, you can download a Cubase SX demo for free.  It's fully
> functioning except you can't save.  So it'll let you see what it does.
>
> rossi
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