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July 29, 15 12:19 AM (permalink)

Recording Software needed for Presonus Mixer

Good Day,
I don't know if this is the right section to ask this, but if not, maybe someone can direct me in to the right direction. We bought a Presonus Mixer for our church and in the manual it said that Cakewalk Sonar 6+ works good as a recording software. Now we are doing a little research to see if it has all the recording features that we would need. Could anyone help us out and tell us if it has the following features? Or is there a different product out there that will work well with the Presonus Mixers?

-export to MP3 file
-edit Recordings
-record 1 session at a time
-record and edit at the same time
-listen to your recording

Thanks in advance.
Olaf
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    mudgel
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    Re: Recording Software needed for Presonus Mixer July 29, 15 12:37 AM (permalink)
    I don't know which mixer you have but Studio One is designed to fit right in with their own mixers.

    Go check out the Presonus website. Http://www.Presonus.com

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    Re: Recording Software needed for Presonus Mixer July 29, 15 12:48 AM (permalink)
    There is a one time licensing fee of $10 for the integrated mp3 encoder. SONAR provides the ability to use an external encoder or export a wave and convert it with another utility.
     
    SONAR is a full featured DAW which has progressed quite a bit since SONAR 6. The demo for the current products is here http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/SONAR/Try-SONAR#start. The description of the product is here http://www.cakewalk.com/products/SONAR
     
     
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    Re: Recording Software needed for Presonus Mixer July 29, 15 12:54 AM (permalink)
    Well if it's just a generic mixer, Cakewalk has lots of software that can do what you need it to do. Your needs easily fit into the SONAR family of products - http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/SONAR/Versions
    or maybe Music Creator - http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/SONAR/Versions
    However, yes if you have one of the newer Presonus digital mixers, Studio One would be worth consideration for sure.
    Whatever you decide, I strongly recommend getting a demo to try out first to be sure the software fits your needs.
    SONAR's demo is here - http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/SONAR/Try-SONAR#start

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    Re: Recording Software needed for Presonus Mixer July 29, 15 12:58 AM (permalink)
    And Scook is on it as usual. LOL. Omnipresent!

    Brando
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    Re: Recording Software needed for Presonus Mixer July 29, 15 3:47 PM (permalink)
    Hi. All of the advice above is valid.
    But I do not think you will find another place (online) that will go to the lengths, to help anyone (with enough information) as you do here.
    Best of luck

    Ken Nilsen
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    Re: Recording Software needed for Presonus Mixer July 29, 15 4:47 PM (permalink)
    1. As Scook said, you will either have to buy the MP3 encoder once for 10 bucks, or use an external converter.

    2. You can't edit while recording as far as I'm aware. If that is what you meant. Obviously you can edit whatever you have recorded after the fact.

    Not sure what you mean by "record one session at a time", but insofar as I can interpret it any software can do this.

    As others said there are more packages out there. Honestly it sounds as if your recording needs are not incredibly complex and as if you won't need a lot of virtual instruments to build an arrangement (since you'll be recording a band). In that case you might opt for a cheaper version of Sonar (even the basic one) or look at a program like Reaper. They're relatively skimpy on included fx and extras but well featured for recording and editing.
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