Hmmm... there are things in there that have merit. I got frustrated with Audacity a while back, but Ardour looks promising.
For me, the biggest question would be drivers for the firewire digital interface unless I get a multi-channel soundcard (external; currently recording on a laptop).
I'm still with my first (and strangely, Windows-based) DAW software, Multitrack Studio. It is cheap, it works well, is flexible and pretty well soundcard-agnostic, and the guy that writes the code answers the support email. Promptly. I currently use the recommended M-Audio Audiophile 2496, but will upgrade this year to an 8-channel firewire interface, the M-Audio ProFire 2626. I hope.
Phantom-powered condenser mikes are the way to go for the studio; I picked up an AKG Perception 100 at a local music store with a gift certificate from Christmas before last, and it made me into a believer. Been gushing about it ever since.
I would love to run with a Linux-based system, but being the geek that I am, I would have to strip any distribution to bare bones, so that all I would have running on it would be the studio and audio-related apps, and the gui. The only real issue I see is the issue of Antares Auto-Tune, which is, IMHO, a must for any serious undertaking. I haven't found (haven't really looked) a piece of software that runs on Linux that would take its place.
ETA: I convert from WAV to MP3 with WavePad. Free, and works well.
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Date: 2009-03-10 18:10 (UTC)For me, the biggest question would be drivers for the firewire digital interface unless I get a multi-channel soundcard (external; currently recording on a laptop).
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Date: 2009-03-10 19:50 (UTC)Phantom-powered condenser mikes are the way to go for the studio; I picked up an AKG Perception 100 at a local music store with a gift certificate from Christmas before last, and it made me into a believer. Been gushing about it ever since.
I would love to run with a Linux-based system, but being the geek that I am, I would have to strip any distribution to bare bones, so that all I would have running on it would be the studio and audio-related apps, and the gui. The only real issue I see is the issue of Antares Auto-Tune, which is, IMHO, a must for any serious undertaking. I haven't found (haven't really looked) a piece of software that runs on Linux that would take its place.
ETA: I convert from WAV to MP3 with WavePad. Free, and works well.
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