DIGITAL RECORDING SOFTWARE
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WHY BUY DIGITAL RECORDING SOFTWARE
You have a digital I/O sound card and a CD recorder and you want to make your own CDs now. Well, part of the process includes playing your source into the sound card and recording the music as data onto the hard drive. This involves some kind of recording software, from the simple sound recorder included with your OS to the expensive hardcore professional package. The software allows you to manipulate the music data in a variety of different ways: format conversion, resampling, EQing, declicking, ad infinitum. After recording onto the hard drive and fine tuning the music, you then burn that data onto a CD.
RECORDING SOFTWARE VERSUS PLUG-INS
The software I have researched below is mostly comprised of "stand-alone" recording software packages. These programs have a wide variety of capabilities from simple 16-bit recording to declicking to resampling. Most of the newer programs also have the added feature of allowing third-party "plug-ins" to be inserted into the main software packages. These plug-ins are usually very specific programs which complement the main recording software package and give the user some extra options. For example, you could add a plug-in specifically designed for AC-3 conversion to a software package that supports that particular plug-in and doesn't already have that feature.
DIGITAL RECORDING SOFTWARE
I have just started researching the software listed below. Lemme tell ya, there are lots of these programs and sometimes the information for them is skimpy. I will be updating this list regularly so check back often.
Company Product OS Bits Tracks Effects Digital Freq Street Price Comments
4Front Technologies Open Sound System UNIX 16 4 - 48 $20 - $130 sound card drivers for various UNIX architectures
Arboretum Systems Hyperprism-68K Mac 29 $249
Hyperprism-DX 95, NT soon 32 25 $390
Hyperprism Power Mac Bundle Mac 27 $289
Hyperprism-TDM 2.0 Mac 4 $499
Hyperprism-TDM 2.1 Mac 4 23 $950
Hyperprism-VST Mac 25 $249 for use with Cubase VST
Ionizer Mac 32 $399
Ray Gun Mac $99
Berkley Integrated Audio Software Incorporated Peak 1.6 Mac 16 2 $320
Peak 2.0 Mac 32 2 $499 coming soon
Peak LE Mac 16 2 $80
SFX Machine 1.02 Mac 290 $220
SFX Machine 1.10 Mac 290 $220
Cakewalk Music Software Cakewalk Home Studio 6.0 95, NT 4 $129
Cakewalk Pro Audio 6.0 95, NT 11.025, 22.05, 44.1, 48 $429
Cakewalk Pro Audio CD Deluxe 6.0 95, NT 11.025, 22.05, 44.1, 48 $529
Cakewalk Professional 6.0 95, NT 8 11.025, 22.05, 44.1, 48 $269
Canam Computers AudioMaster 2.0 95, 3X 128 32, 44.1, 48
PRO FXoR
QuartZ Audio Pro 3.0 95, 3X 128 32, 44.1, 48
Quartz STUDIO 2.0 95, 3X 8 32, 44.1, 48
Chris Craig GoldWave 2.14 3X
GoldWave 3.03 3X
GoldWave 3.24 95, NT
GoldWave 4.0 coming soon
CreamWare FireWalkers 80 $300
MasterPort 95, 3X 16
OSIRIS 4
tripleDAT Audio Workstation Software 95, 3X 32 256
Digidesign D-Fi Mac 24
D-fx Mac 24
D-Verb Mac 24 7
DINR Mac 24 256
Dolby Surround Tools Mac
DPP-1 Mac 24
Focusrite d2 Mac 24
Pro Tools|24 Mac 24 24
Pro Tools III Mac 24 48
Pro Tools 4.0 Mac
Session Software 2.0 95, 3X, DOS 4 11.025, 22.05, 44.1, 48
Sound Designer Mac
Sound Designer II Mac 24
DUY DaD Tape
DaD Valve 48
Digital Declicker
DSPider
DUY Shape
DUY Wide
MAX Duy
Emagic Logic Audio Gold 95, Mac 48
Logic Audio Platinum 95, Mac 24 96
Logic Audio Silver 95, Mac 24
MicroLogic AV 95, Mac 16
Golden Hawk Technology CDRWIN 3.3E 95, NT 2 $69
DAO/SNAPSHOT 3.3E/16-bit DOS 2 $69
DAO/SNAPSHOT 3.3E/32-bit DOS 2 $69
Innovative Quality Software SAMM 95, NT, 3X 32 288 $250
SAW $300
SAW32 95, NT 32 8 $500
SAWPlus 95, NT, 3X 16 16 $300
SAWPlus32 95, NT 32 24 $650
InVision Interactive Incorporated CyberSound Studio 95, Mac 16
Macromedia Incorporated DECK II 2.6 Mac 16 999
SoundEdit 16 Mac 16 11.025, 22.05, 44.1
Mark of the Unicorn Incorporated Digital Performer 2.2 Mac > 100
Digital Performer 2.3 Mac > 100
Freestyle 1.0 95, Mac
Freestyle 2.0 95 soon, Mac
Performer 6 Mac 16 8 44.1
WaveEdit DR4d 1.0 Mac $169 for use with Akai DR4d hard disk recorder
Minnetonka Software Incorporated FAST EdDIT 3X, DOS $199
MxTrax 95 $595 for use with Digital Audio Labs V8
Opcode Systems Incorporated Audioshop 2.1 Mac 16
Studio Vision Pro 3.0 Mac
Studio Vision Pro 3.5 Mac 64
Studio Vision Pro 3.5 Deluxe CD Edition Mac
Vision 3.0 Mac
Vision 3.5 Mac
Vision 3.5 Deluxe CD Edition Mac
Power Technology DSP FX Virtual Pack $350
QSound Labs Incorporated QMixer Runtime 95, NT, Mac 16 11.025, 22.05, 44.1
QSYS/TDM
QTools/AX 32 8, 11.025, 16, 22.050, 24, 32, 44.1, 48 $145
QTools/SF NT 8, 11.025, 16, 22.050, 24, 32, 44.1, 48
QX/SDII $175
QX/TDM $175
Sek'd America CDAudio Plus 95 $280
Red Roaster 16-bit 95, NT, 3X 16 $180
Red Roaster 24-bit 95, NT 24 $280
Red Roaster Gold 24 8 $630
Samplitools $75
Samplitude Gold
Samplitude Master 24 2 $410
Samplitude Pro $150
Samplitude SMPTE 3.0 Amiga 8
Samplitude Studio 4.0 95, NT 32 999 $380
Samplitude V8 $650 for use with Digital Audio Labs V8
Sonic Foundry Incorporated CD Architect 95, NT $280
Sound Forge 3.0
Sound Forge 4.0 95, NT, 3X 16 $495
Sound Forge XP 3.0
Sound Forge XP 4.0 95, NT, 3X 16 $105
Steinberg Cubasis AV 95, 3X, Mac 8
Cubase VST 3.0 $540
Cubase VST 3.52 Mac 16 32 22.05, 44.1, 48 $570
Cubase VST 3.55 95 16 32 22.05, 44.1, 48 $570
Cubase XT 3.0 $540
Cubase XT 3.52 Mac 16 48 22.05, 44.1, 48 $570
Cubase XT 3.52 95 16 48 22.05, 44.1, 48 $570
DeClicker Mac 24 $280
Red Valve-It Mac 24 $270
Spectralizer Mac 24 $280
TimeGuard Mac 24
WaveLab 1.6 95, NT 24 $330
Syntrillium Software Corporation Cool Edit 95, NT, 3X $50
Cool Edit 96 95, NT, 3X $50
Cool Edit Pro 95, NT 32 64 $300
Tracer Technologies Incorporated DART 95, NT, 3X $80
DART Pro 95, NT, 3X $280
DART Pro 32 95, NT $280
U & I Software MetaSynth Mac $250
Voyetra Technologies Incorporated Digital Orchestrator Plus 95, 3X $160
Digital Orchestrator Pro 95, 3X $200
Waves Limited DEClick $100
DSP Bundle Mac
EasyWaves Bundle 95, Mac $150
Gold Bundle Mac
Native Power Pack 95, Mac $500
TDM Bundle Mac $1000
This page updated May 25, 2000.
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