HD recording (Rosegarden, Cubase....)

[DingleBerry]

I feel like getting all my kit set up again and knocking out a few tracks. I basicaly got a condenser mic and pre amp going into a midiman delta44 (bit old) which covers the input side (might add a few midi whatsits/keyboard type things later).

Basically seeing as my delta44 is nicely supported by alsa I have been looking at rosegarden but had no end of trouble setting it up and now I've not got a net connection for that pc its not really viable to go down that route. Fortunatly they produce studio to go which has it all setup for you. Its about £45 for a download copy which isn't too shocking really.

Cubase is another option but its costs at least £99 and means I have to use windows (which I would need to resetup as its getting a bit slow and blobby). I've used this in the past and didn't find it great...but not this version.

I will be mostly using outboard effects for the inputs (largly guitar) and perhaps a few software ones but nothing too absurd I woudln't have thought.

The main importances are
ease of use...don't want to spend for ever not recording
that I can use a software drum machine (studio to go includes one, dunno about cubase)
low latency!

Any one have any experience/comments?

 

[DingleBerry]

anyone?

 

[DingleBerry]

Aha! Some one with a real opinion!!!! All I have been able to find through searches is cubase sx fanboys whining about how they can't use their vst plugins! And how when you are spending £20k on a studio the software is a drop in the ocean so linux audio is pointless.

Its a shame to hear that it doesn't work overly well. I could live with the plugins being a little poor as I'm not sure i would use them that heavily (although the option is always nice) but if it has speaker shredding capabilities I think that rules it out.

Shame we don't live in a perfect world really everyone loves maccy goodness!

Is cubase LE the only real option for what I'm trying to do? I guess assuming that the software works well the really important factor is that its easy to use. Like you say the fewer hoops the better!

has anyone any idea how the educational disount works....can you get it as a student or do you have to be a school?