WantzChas wrote:
In my experience Reaper is complicated as hell. I'm no expert though, but it took me most of a day just to get it to actually record.
That gets easier and quicker the more you do it. Once you get the basic workflow down and do it a few times it becomes second nature.
Fairly is putting it lightly. Don't want to see what complicated is then.
CDee is right, it's easier if you have "certain skills" already. I come from the old-school tape machines, patch bays and mixing desks, which gives me an advantage as the workflow in most software is based on the workflow of the old analog studio stuff I know. But in comparison, the software is
so much easier than patching in and syncing up various bits of hardware to run together. (It also gives me great pleasure to know I'll never again feel the agony of finding the SMPTE stripe didn't print properly so I can't synch up the MIDI to the tape and the whole recording is toast because of it. </boring_old_tape_op_stuff> When I were a lad... ?)
I would advise anyone serious about doing their own recordings to spend the time and money on a recording engineering course -the kind a lot of the studios run. As discussed in other topics, they are useless in preparing you for a job in recording, but are great when it comes to learning the basics you need to know to make decent recordings at home. They will also give you a good idea of what gear you need and what you don't, so you can plan building your studio in logical steps. At the very least, invest in a book or two (and RTFM!).
