Beer Moth Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 My son's saving for a Mac,but in the meantime he could use a cheap DAW for practicing and general musical study. Ultimately he'll be going Logic (and I could give hime Logic5.5,but the only instrument I've got is the EVP88,as far as I can remeber). Anyone got any suggestions? Only for short term,hopefully so I was thinking maybe Samplitude? Unless someone knws a better cheapo option that ain't a billion light years away fromLogics workflow... He's got my old PC which never worked right from new,but it more or less works. (How embarrassing). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shivermetimbers Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Band in a box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Moth Posted December 12, 2010 Author Share Posted December 12, 2010 Hmmm. Never thought of that! Can you record audio into it these days? Good thinking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Jackson Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Too bad Garageband isn't compatible with PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Moth Posted December 12, 2010 Author Share Posted December 12, 2010 Well,yeah. But Macs don't have Paint! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Moth Posted December 12, 2010 Author Share Posted December 12, 2010 Oh! He has got my JV1080 (on long term loan... ) Definitley would want to record his bass,methinks.(Into 'project'). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el-bo Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 i'd stick with 5.5 then, everything he does will aid towards the time he has the mac with the evp88 and 1080, he's already got a ton of sounds, but i bet there are still some free plugs that can be obtained that will work in 5.5 i s'pose there is always the danger that the workflow of 5.5 could scar him for life , but i guess he can see how things will get easier when he gets logic 9 if not, check out 'reaper'...cheap, cheerful and many folk swear by it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruari Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 There's plenty of synths & plug-ins in 5.5, that was the first version of Logic I ever got. ES1, ES2, ES M, EVP 88 You've even got the EXS 24 in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Moth Posted December 12, 2010 Author Share Posted December 12, 2010 Not sure which version I had...Gold? Silver? Few instruments. And I'd have to fish out the right dongle...(which I think is my upgrade to 7 one...). Probably go BiaB... Thanks for the feedback,guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev. Juda Sleaze Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 EXS is all he needs; you can sample all the instruments he wants! The free TAL synths are pretty fun too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruari Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Ah right. I've got Platinum. Those TAL freebies are worth a look at as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redlogic Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 There's plenty of synths & plug-ins in 5.5, that was the first version of Logic I ever got. ES1, ES2, ES M, EVP 88 You've even got the EXS 24 in there. You had to buy them all separately. If he bought them...he's got them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruari Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Wow, I did not know that. I guess I got lucky when I was first starting up then. I bought a pc & loads of hardware from a local studio which was being bulldozed & not re-opening elsewhere. Them's the breaks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juha-pekka kuusela Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Tal synths are nice i must say. and i know dont have all possible things (notes for example) i think reaper maybe worth look. and i used in sonar homestudio 6xl and price is cheap to my taste when we know what it gives.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mehdi Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 For 40$ you can get Reaper, which seems to be a fully featured host. I say seems because I never used it myself but only heard good things about it. I've seen some videos also. Loads vst's (and AU's in mac) etc It's cross platform so if your son prefers it over Logic or if he wants to keep using it together (Reaper gets rewired) when he gets the mac .... Yes He CAN! lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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