Don't faint...I bought an interface

[dave.king1]

You get two full version releases from where you bought in, I started with Reaper 3.x and had to send another $60.00US when it went to 5.x

As I have said elsewhere I had a hate/hate relationship with Cubase, didn't get along with ProTools at all and despite downloading and installing it couldn't see the point in changing to Cakewalk even though it's now free, also wasn't keen on saving into their cloud.

GarageBand and Audacity will also get you out of the blocks at the right price but ultimately don't have the features you will want not long after you get into it

[dave.king1]

Also to add, join TDPRI and lurk the Recording In Progress sub forum, there are many very skilled recording dudes there who will offer a lot of help with the "black art" of recording & production.

Some of those very skilled dudes do this stuff for a living who are more than generous with their advice ( Bob Womack to name but one )

[robin]

Thanks for the heads-up Dave. I visit TDPRI quite regularly and didn't know about their Recording Forums. Will take a visit

[dave.king1]

Thanks for the heads-up Dave. I visit TDPRI quite regularly and didn't know about their Recording Forums. Will take a visit

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[Dedman]

well, my work station died before the interface even arrived so....stalled

[robin]

Bumma Deddie

[blinddrew]

head - desk - interface

Sorry to hear that.
Recoverable? Or doornails?

[PJSprog]

"looks around the room shamefully"

I use an old Digidesign Mbox2, bought off eBay for pennies.

Don't feel too ashamed. I've been dragging myself kicking and screaming into the 21st century. Trying to do it with as little budgetary impact as possible. Bought a $200 Dell 23" all-in-one off FB Marketplace, $130 Behringer 4-channel interface, $60 Reaper DAW, $260 Monoprice powered nearfield monitors and sub, and $150 EZdrummer 2 that I downloaded last night.

[Dedman]

because it IS my workstation every thing was backed up, but now comes the tedious task of installing the many programs , utilities and libraries as well as the fun of trying to remember passwords for umpteen web sites

[Sonic Mountain]

Bugger. If you use chrome while logged into google it should remember most of your passwords.

When I switched to PC for work is was a very tedious task transferring all my passwords over as I'd been using Safari on the Mac.