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Old Jan 16, 04
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DJs: Recommend good recording software?

so yea, anybody know of any good reliable recording software for recording mixes etc.? right now i use cakewalk and its the biggest peice of shit. half the time it won't even record 1/5 of my sets.. and its pissing me off like when i look at it it says its recorded to bar 1500 or something but when i stop record, it only got the first 200 or so bars :soak:
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Old Jan 16, 04
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You're recording an analog mix from TTs I presume?

I used the software that came with my Soundblaster card to record vinyl records to .wav files. This is the Audigy 2 card which is 24/96 capable theoretically. Some people snear at SB but I've found this card and its software works well. Even the el-cheapo SB Live is apparently not bad.

The software was Creative WaveStudio. At first I recorded just one song at a time. But then found I could record an entire side of the record, about 15 minutes, and then use WaveStudio to chop the music into single song wav files, and then convert to mp3. I didn't bother to edit out the turntable clicks, but I think WaveStudio will do that. I can't tell the difference between the sound of the vinyl, wav, and mp3.

You could probably record an hour or so of a DJ mix no problem, although I havent tried it.
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Old Jan 16, 04
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soundforge
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^one of the easiest programs to record a set
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Old Jan 16, 04
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i use something called PolderbitS Sound Recorder.. heh, found it on download.com, works great, and doesnt hog tons of CPU %, which soundforge seems to do for me..
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You're recording an analog mix from TTs I presume?

I used the software that came with my Soundblaster card to record vinyl records to .wav files. This is the Audigy 2 card which is 24/96 capable theoretically. Some people snear at SB but I've found this card and its software works well. Even the el-cheapo SB Live is apparently not bad.

The software was Creative WaveStudio. At first I recorded just one song at a time. But then found I could record an entire side of the record, about 15 minutes, and then use WaveStudio to chop the music into single song wav files, and then convert to mp3. I didn't bother to edit out the turntable clicks, but I think WaveStudio will do that. I can't tell the difference between the sound of the vinyl, wav, and mp3.

You could probably record an hour or so of a DJ mix no problem, although I havent tried it.
yea im recording from turntables. I actually have an Audigy 2 Platinum soundcard on my desktop computer, so thats what im using. never thought about using wavestudio to record mixes though, guess i'll give it a shot see what happens. I'll also check out soundforge if that doesn't work out. thanx for the suggestions guys.:)
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soundforge. It's easy!

record: tweak: your done
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Old Jan 21, 04
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I personally use Soundforge, just because it's so ridiculously simple to use and cut up sets with.
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Tux: Want a cross platform solution?

Audacity. It's like Soundforge but free.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

1.2.0pre3 is pretty rockin'. And it works on anything. And crashes FAR less frequently than Soundforge does (At least under linux)
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Old Jan 22, 04
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I use Soundforge. Its easy to do.
I haven;t really bothered to look at any other program
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Old Jan 22, 04
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Audacity is good, but it takes fucking forever to load a set.
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Old Jan 22, 04
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Sound forge vote as well
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Old Jan 22, 04
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ok, well i've experimented with a wide variety of programs now, and i have to say that i like Adobe Audition the best. Much cleaner interface, better multitracking & waveform editing, and better recording sound quality IMO. But soundforge is good as well, has a lot of preloaded effects, etc.

Ebbomega, i've used audacity before, it's alright, but at the moment i have to record my sets under windows, because my sound card (Creative Audigy Platinum) isn't fully supported under linux and unfortunately i don't have the time to hack together a fix for my audigy drive aux 2 connections which aren't working atm under linux. damn creative for not making linux drivers..
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^^ I did say cross-platform, not linux-based, right?
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Old Jan 22, 04
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Adobe Audition is great.
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Old Jan 22, 04
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use the new version sony sound forge 7 it has many more features plus the old simple style with record and cut/paste

works like a dream sound quality is perfect
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Old Jan 22, 04
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use the new version sony sound forge 7 it has many more features plus the old simple style with record and cut/paste

works like a dream sound quality is perfect
actually thats the version i have.. still prefer adobe audition..
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My vote is for SOUNDFORGE, hands down.

that program changed the way i do music...with out it id be lost.
its the only soft sampler/editor ill ever use.


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Old Jan 23, 04
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Soundforge for the beginner. Learn to use the reverbs, compressors and limiters to master your mix. Once you get used to a single track audio editor. Consider jumping to Pro Tools for more advanced productions. It works for PC, Win98 though. :/ Unless you get there hardware then it works with XP.

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Old Jan 27, 04
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Everyone uses Soundforge, but I prefer Cool Edit Pro for recording. You can monitor your levels a lot more accurately, and the hard limit normalizer is the best I've encoutered.
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Old Jan 28, 04
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Soundforge for the beginner. Learn to use the reverbs, compressors and limiters to master your mix. Once you get used to a single track audio editor. Consider jumping to Pro Tools for more advanced productions. It works for PC, Win98 though. :/ Unless you get there hardware then it works with XP.

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How does Pro Tools give more advanced productions? Many people may prefer to sequence in one prog and edit in another bounce that edited file back to the sequencing prog. If you know how to use reverbs, EQ's , and dynamic processors then it makes no difference what program you use,

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Old Jan 29, 04
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How does Pro Tools give more advanced productions? Many people may prefer to sequence in one prog and edit in another bounce that edited file back to the sequencing prog. If you know how to use reverbs, EQ's , and dynamic processors then it makes no difference what program you use,
That is true, that's why I said for more advanced productions check out Pro Tools. However, Pro Tools is the industry standard. Pro Tools is multi-tracked while Soundforge only has 1 track. Cool Edit Pro is multi-tracked, but doesn't have the great plugins and ease of use like Soundforge.

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