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Originally Posted by WolfeMacleod
For PC, I like Cool Edit Pro 2.0.
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I still use CEP 2.0, because my needs haven't outgrown it yet. I've tried the larger packages - Cubase SX, Logic, Protools, and they're awesome, but have far more capabilities than I need and are expensive. I would buy Protools, but I'm on WinXP and I don't want to buy more hardware too - the overall price is just prohibitive.
The points about compatibility should be heeded. I used to think 'oh, whatever, it'll work, it always does'. Nope. There was a major compatibility issue between my at-the-time new M-Audio Delta card and my AMD processor. Recordings were filled with digital dirt - 10 or 20 little pops per second, making it absolutely useless. If I'd done my homework, I would've read that this was a known issue, and that AMD processors weren't supported at the time. It cost me probably 2 or 3 days in troubleshooting, which in the end was just wasted time.
That's another part of the reason why I'm still on CEP 2.0. I HATE wasting time screwing around with getting hardware and software to work, when I could be actually getting music written/recorded.