Audio Recording Software.

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i moved to reaper from cakewalk 7 producer edition and have not once looked back.

It's easier to use, quicker, less clunky and doesn't hang when loading vsti's

[MDV]

i moved to reaper from cakewalk 7 producer edition and have not once looked back.

It's easier to use, quicker, less clunky and doesn't hang when loading vsti's

I did the exact same move.

Was on SX3 before that.

I havent found myself wishing reaper can do anything more than it can. Its very good. VST compatibility is superb as well. A lot of the stock effects are also pretty high class, but I use more voxengo plugs than c--kos now (weird, kind of overpowered, but extremely effective if you use them judiciously).

[HTH AMPS]

I always used to track in Cool Edit Pro as it was fast and easy to use, then export the tracks to Logic Audio for mixing.

These days I have Pro Tools and find it similar enough to Logic that I'm happy with it.

[Johnny Mac]

I use Logic 9 on a Mac.  I did use an old version of Cubase on my Dinosaur PC but it couldn't handle Midi guitar.
Logic has some good tools in it like audio quantize which is useful if you messed up in tracking. There is a huge library of loops which can be handy. Lots of software instruments and amp sims too. It's worth having if you have a mac and £340 to spare.