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"Music recording software replaced very expensive recording gear. Anybody can now compete with the Big Studios

The big 5 - Recording packages

Here are the top notch programs , used in recording studios around the world.

• Pro-Tools /Digidesign (Mac/PC)

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  (The ultimate for recording and handling audio)

• Logic Audio /Apple (Mac)

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  (The most complete recording package)

• Cubase /Steinberg (Mac/PC)

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  (The innovator in native multitrack recording)

• Cakewalk Sonar /Twelve Tone Systems (PC)

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  (A very stable working horse on the PC)

• Digital Performer /Marc of the Unicorn (Mac)

Digital audio workstations

General purpose computers have rapidly assumed a large role in the recording process, being able to replace the mixing consoles , recorders , synthesizers , samplers and sound effects devices. A computer thus outfitted is called a Digital Audio Workstation , or DAW. Popular audio-recording software includes Digidesign Pro Tools , the industry standard for most studios. Cubase and Nuendo both by Steinberg , MOTU Digital Performer , the standard for MIDI. Ableton Live , Cakewalk SONAR, ACID Pro and Apple Logic Pro . Cool Edit Pro also known as Audition (after bought out by Adobe), Audacity, and Ardour on Linux.

Current software applications are more reliant on the audio recording hardware than the computer they are running on, therefore typical high-end computer hardware is less of a priority. While Apple Macintosh is common for studio work, there is a breadth of software available for Microsoft Windows and Linux . A sizeable portion of both commercial and home St... can be seen running PC-based multitrack audio software.

If no mixing console is used and all mixing is done using only a keyboard and mouse, this is referred to as mixing in the box ." (wikipedia.org)

A recording studio is a facility for sound recording . Ideally, the space is specially designed by an acoustician to achieve the desired acoustic properties (sound diffusion, low level of reflections, adequate reverberation time for the size of the ambient, etc.). Different types of studios record bands and artists, voiceovers and music for television shows, movies, animations, and commercials, and/or even record a full orchestra. The typical recording studio consists of a room called the "studio", where instrumentalists and vocalists perform; and the "control room", which houses the equipment for recording, routing and manipulating the sound. Often, there will be smaller rooms called "isolation booths" present to accommodate loud instruments such as drums or electric guitar, to keep these sounds from being audible to the microphones that are capturing the sounds from other instruments or vocalists. (wikipedia.org)

Mixing software