Anybody in for using pro-DAW?

[niklasthedolphin]

Is there anybody here with experience in using DAW for rec., edit, downmix and pb?

I'm not talking SqueezeBox, Audacity on a HTPC or the likes.

Please feel free to tell what you think about it.
Sound quality, editing options, user friendlyness, compatibility with set-up, softwares and hardwares, learning curve etc. etc.

"dolph"

[MacGyver]

what the devil is "PRO-DAW" ??

[niklasthedolphin]

Pro DAW is "Professional Digital Audio Workstation".

It can be stand-alone hardware or software based for a PC or Mac.

"dolph"

[vinyldavid]

I have Bias Deck LE and Bias Peak 6LE in the mail, along with a PreSonus INSPIRE 1394 fireWire audio interface, and that might meet your specs..

And I am orking on turning my old PC into a Linux based 10 channel DAW. M-Audio 1010LT, and possibly a Tascam DA-30 (if I can get it from my school).


I'll post more info once I get these things set up.

[MacGyver]

Pro DAW is "Professional Digital Audio Workstation".

It can be stand-alone hardware or software based for a PC or Mac.

"dolph"



you mean like this?

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll310/shaorin-chan/ROLAND/BR-1180CD1.jpg

and this?

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll310/shaorin-chan/Miscelleonous/audio-cleaning-bx-r.jpg

if so, than i do indeed use PRO-DAW in the form of both of those to make many of my CD-R compilations...

[niklasthedolphin]

You got it Lady Ayeka!!

There are very pricey and very capable standalone hardware as well as software within this segment of audio.

For editing purposes and for any other purpose, except for the quality of sound, I think they outrun analog by far.

But there are a lot of traps in these players like what resolution do they come by, size of HD, how many tracks can operate simultanously, do they suffer from downsampling in any process under influence of e.g. Windows, can you bypass all effects and adjustments etc. etc.

It could be fun to discuss these things here.

"dolph"

[MacGyver]

i keep things as pure as possible, only using EQ and compression effects via the MAGIX program where absolutely nessisary. other than that, i keep everything linear throughout the chain. the BR-1180, though already ancient by HD and computer standards, produces recordings that are absolutely TRANSPARENT to the source. it all adds up the best audio recording system i've ever had the pleasure of using. and if that heretical statement doesn't get my ass banned, i suppose nothing will...o-o:-)

[Emo-Fan]

Glad to hear that all is well for you, Lady Ayeka and your DAW. Whatever works for you!! That's what this hobby is all about: Listening!

A guy up the street has a ZOOM DAW. I don't like it, really. I use--believe it or not--a Brother Discomposer (ca. 1990). They're still available on ebay and many users claim they're better than Sibelius programs out there. It's basically a digital Hurdy-Gurdy. You record--on 16 channels and 32 tracks--with all the amenities like pan pots, program changes, SysEx data, you-name-it, and it spits the data back through the tone generators on the keyboards, or any other MIDI tone generator you choose. It doesn't record any analog (in other words, it doesn't record any MUSIC, just a lot of digital junk).

The guy with the ZOOM also has a similar device with tone generators for his guitars (he can play flamenco and grunge from the same guitar using different voices like I can play a Hammond organ or a grand piano from the same keyboard) and the diskettes are completely compatible with my Discomposer.

As for the ZOOM: edgy CD low rez, but a lot of flexibility. It also has analog inputs (8 track simultaneous recording) and mixing, but, hey, with the Discomposer and a TEAC 3340, I wouldn't trade. Hard disc space is tight, too, if he does a lot of overdubs. Philips makes a DVD hard disc recorder (stereo) that does a better job. But you need an outboard mixer. Music on computers--too harsh. Free-standing CD recorders are MUCH better.

I still prefer analog reel, but digital and analog can peacefully coexist. If you WANT a hard digital sound with high channel separation values (stuff in the left channel stays there and stuff for the right stays THERE and the music sounds like its trapped in your speakers) and there ARE occasions where that's called for,then great. If you want that warmth that audiophiles crave, I'd avoid the DAW. It has a lot of stuff under one roof, but I always thought it better to get separates; then there's more flexibility.

That's just me, though. I love analog. I'm a Timex in a digital world...