----- Original Message -----From: JORGE FERNANDEZSent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 2:12 PMSubject: Re: [disklavier] editing softwareHi carol.
First let us remember I am not a musician, MIDI expert, audio engineer or something near that. I am just an end user of such programs that likes music.
My opinion is that there is not such single software package.
The more powerful they are, the more complex they become, and always there is single feature that one has, or does it better, than others.
So, what I do, is to use them in a chain, one after the other until I have the best results (to my ear).
My projects are a simple hobby and not pro.
I like the noise filter of some, but they to no have good sound after effects.
As you know, rendering MIDI to WAV is sometimes easy, sometimes complex. Editing audio, cleaning noise, balance sound, mastering, filtering, etc. is also sometimes easy, sometimes no so.
I even think that if you are considering to have a Mac, you will not throw away your windows PC; but will have to work with both, one "performing" and the other recoding, editing a file here, and finish it there, etc.They surely will be wired together in LAN, (Analog) AUDIO and MIDI.
So my point is: 3 o 4 (or even more) good simple programs will be better than a single powerful (and expensive) one.
Get the best Mac tools with a good price, and keep your PC up and runnig.
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Saludos
Jorge Fernández
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Re: [disklavier] editing software
2008-01-17 by Carol Beigel
Well said, Jorge! This is a hobby for me, and
my goodness those hobbies can get more expensive the older one gets!!
Where I used to think $600 was just about the limit I would spend on electric
train setups, or a telescope, suddenly all the new toys that are bigger and
better start costing over $2000 by time you get all the accessories! Last
year's splurge was a kayak for $600, and then it cost another $500 to
get a rack that would lift it onto the roof of the car! Taking up
drinking would probably be cheaper than having hobbies - C'est la
vie. And if you are out earning the money to pay for all your toys, then
there isn't as much time to play with them! That's probably why Disklavier
owners have so many questions and no time to read the owner's
manuals.
I still want advice on a good editor,
though!
Carol Beigel