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As mentioned in another comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6052122 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6052122) I've been considering getting a DAW

As mentioned in another comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6052122 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6052122) I've been considering getting a DAW to hobby shop around with. I've lightly dabbled with several over the years, and am very comfortable on my actual instrument, but am a bit overwhelmed when I look at some of these for doing anything other than just recording and basic mixing/editing (would be nice to build some background/accompanying tracks from some of the synths etc). I think I just need to pick one and dive in to figure out how it all works - are there any resources anyone here can recommend for doing just that? Are the provided tutorials from the DAW vendors sufficient?

oatmealsnap 13y ago
A more simple version would be Garage Band. Would that suffice for your needs?
- cpenner461 13y ago
  Yeah, Garage Band is probably the one I've played with the most. I envision myself as a "power user" for most things though (perhaps falsely so!) so I'd like to try something more advanced.
dankoss 13y ago
Do you have a Mac or an iPad? If so I'd recommend Garageband as an easy place to start, and there are plenty of tutorials available for it.
tuzemec 13y ago
I can recommend Studio One: http://studioone.presonus.com/ http://studioone.presonus.com/ It have fully functional trial and kinda flexible pricing model. I've switched to it from Cubase year ago and I don't look back.
OMBUG 13y ago
If you're looking to get into it, but reluctant to spend $200 off the bat, I'd recommend taking a look at REAPER (www.reaper.fm) - it's significantly cheaper ($60) and the only area it's really lacking compared to Logic and the like is the bundled samples/synths.
- cocoflunchy 13y ago
  I was about to say that, Reaper is great, it's only $60 and the guys that make it seem great too ;)
oggy 13y ago
If you're on a Mac, why not give Ardour a spin? It won't do MIDI sequencing inside of the program (you will need Ardour 3, which AFAIK only runs on Linux), but it's highly usable for everything else. And it's open source :)

oatmealsnap 13y ago

A more simple version would be Garage Band. Would that suffice for your needs?

cpenner461 13y ago
Yeah, Garage Band is probably the one I've played with the most. I envision myself as a "power user" for most things though (perhaps falsely so!) so I'd like to try something more advanced.

dankoss 13y ago

Do you have a Mac or an iPad? If so I'd recommend Garageband as an easy place to start, and there are plenty of tutorials available for it.

tuzemec 13y ago

I can recommend Studio One: http://studioone.presonus.com/ http://studioone.presonus.com/ It have fully functional trial and kinda flexible pricing model. I've switched to it from Cubase year ago and I don't look back.

OMBUG 13y ago

If you're looking to get into it, but reluctant to spend $200 off the bat, I'd recommend taking a look at REAPER (www.reaper.fm) - it's significantly cheaper ($60) and the only area it's really lacking compared to Logic and the like is the bundled samples/synths.

cocoflunchy 13y ago
I was about to say that, Reaper is great, it's only $60 and the guys that make it seem great too ;)

oggy 13y ago

If you're on a Mac, why not give Ardour a spin? It won't do MIDI sequencing inside of the program (you will need Ardour 3, which AFAIK only runs on Linux), but it's highly usable for everything else. And it's open source :)