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Which software do you use?
Audition?
31%
 31%  [ 5 ]
Audacity?
12%
 12%  [ 2 ]
Reaper?
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
Sound Forge?
25%
 25%  [ 4 ]
Pro tools?
31%
 31%  [ 5 ]
Sony Vegas?
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
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GuavaGuy
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 2:57 pm    Post subject: Setting up a new chain Reply with quote
Aloha Gang,

It has been awhile since I introduced my self in July. Sorry about that, but I am really only now getting serious.

Anyway, I have searched the forum quite a bit so as to not replicate any questions, but I haven't found my answers.....


When I decided to get back into this I thought, I might dip my toe in the pond with a Berhinger Podcast Studio... It came complete. Berhinger Xnyx 802, C-1 condenser mic, FCA2 Firewire interface.....so I thought I was set.

It did not take long to realize I was not......so to make a long story short,

Here is where I am in the process now. I now have an AKG 3000B mic, Tascam VL-A5 active studio monitors.....and then the Berhinger stuff. I want to get rid of the Xenyx802 because it is noisy. In reading the "Voice Actors guide to recording at home and on the road" I got some good ideas...and I think I have narrowed it down to the Focusrite Saffire Pro 24 OR the Mackie Onyx 820i ( which won't be released for another couple of weeks)

May I have some input on that? ( No pun intended)

Also, I am trying to decide on software. I have Audacity.......I don't like it, but I cannot put my finger on why. Not enough bells and whistles? I have downloaded Sound Forge Studio 9 trial. ( don't care for it because when one hits record, another box comes up and you cannot see your wave form until you are done. Why that is important to me I don't know. ) I am also trying Reaper which seems like a pretty powerful DAW, except I cannot seem to get a waveform big enough to edit properly.

So I am wondering about Audition?

My apologies for such a long winded post.

Chuck Burke
Maui Hawaii

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 4:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Audition is very good. Can't go wrong there.

For an interface, I like the tc electronic konnekt 6.
Very stable. Great headphone amp and monitor controller.
The preamp is very good. It's like it was made for voice-over work.
Everything you need in a cool little box.

Couple it with Audition and you'll have some processing power.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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I have narrowed it down to the Focusrite Saffire Pro 24

That is serious overkill if you want it only for VO work. Try the smaller Focusrite Saffire LE. 4 in, 6 outs, (6 and 8 incl spdif) headphone out and the routing matrix is extremely flexible. The digital conversion is also exceptionally good for a unit in this price range.

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... you cannot see your wave form until you are done. Why that is important to me I don't know.

I can't think of a recorder that will do that (properly) drawing waveforms takes a reasonable amount of your PC's power and could affect your recording, so it's not necessarily a good thing. A good level meter is much better to check your signal, which Sound Forge has. I don't know about Reaper, but sound forge can zoom in on waveforms to a great degree while editing.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Don't overlook Adobe Soundbooth. $100 cheaper and still has the important features, plus some cool ones Audition does not. And it is Mac OS compatible!
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