Well what can one say about daws ....i've tried it, spent a lot of dosh with this and that, has it it been worth it NO .....started with a yamaha 4 track in the early 80s(tape)..in 2002 first week of release got myself a boss1180 cd  what a bit of kit that has been, still have it and love it ...coulpe of years ago thought i would up grade to a better boss ......Discontinued. So went for a daw dear oh dear oh dear.... never again ...GOD  I WANT TO PLAY MUSIC....not fart about .....this is my opinion....cool for bachelors not cool for I.

Of course the most obvious answer would be to either:
 
1) Actually sit down and learn your DAW properly, as many others have with great success
2) Dust off your old 4 track and deal with the less than high-fidelity and the accumulation of tape hiss from all that bouncing
3) Forget about recording anything and just enjoy playing. 

sharke
Of course the most obvious answer would be to either:
 
1) Actually sit down and learn your DAW properly, as many others have with great success
2) Dust off your old 4 track and deal with the less than high-fidelity and the accumulation of tape hiss from all that bouncing
3) Forget about recording anything and just enjoy playing. 

4) Pay someone else to record you. 

2tonetone1961
Well what can one say about daws ....i've tried it, spent a lot of dosh with this and that, has it it been worth it NO .....started with a yamaha 4 track in the early 80s(tape)..in 2002 first week of release got myself a boss1180 cd  what a bit of kit that has been, still have it and love it ...coulpe of years ago thought i would up grade to a better boss ......Discontinued. So went for a daw dear oh dear oh dear.... never again ...GOD  I WANT TO PLAY MUSIC....not fart about .....this is my opinion....cool for bachelors not cool for I.

jeez Louise.... I was a diehard "No Computers" person back in the 80s myself.  Give me a high quality multi-track and I'm good to go, and I did a lot of good work with stuff like that.  Golden days they were.  But in case you missed it, it's pretty much 2018 now.  It's DAW or die.....
 

This is just my opinion ....i'm too long in the tooth......for IT....Me and my.....toothless and haggard mates... are still jamming since the mid seventies...to us its a get together...a glass of glenmoragie a bit of puff and most importantly.....a bloody good laugh..for the younger chaps i can see how great the daws are BUT to me their is something missing ...Yes i'm sorry to say i'm a HUMBUG.

All the modern stuff is about convenience and cost cutting. Be it audio or photography, it's never been cheaper or easier to get into. In the day you had to be serious to justify spending the money on pro gear and the production costs were huge. 15 minutes of 2" tape was $300. Now anyone can have a "studio" and you don't need special rooms dedicated to photography.
 
It's a double edge sword. Because anyone can do it, both industries seem to be devalued as an art or craft.

2tonetone1961
This is just my opinion ....i'm too long in the tooth......for IT....Me and my.....toothless and haggard mates... are still jamming since the mid seventies...to us its a get together...a glass of glenmoragie a bit of puff and most importantly.....a bloody good laugh..for the younger chaps i can see how great the daws are BUT to me their is something missing ...Yes i'm sorry to say i'm a HUMBUG.

 
Well then, good for you. You're enjoying music for yourself, the way you like like, when you like. Nothing wrong with that. We obviously love DAWS, but there's no compelling moral reason to do so; if you hate them and you're okay with that, cool. Jam on.
 
Good luck to you and Merry Christmas!

Thanks .......And merry Christmas to all.

Some of the musicians I work with are "computer phobic".
The solution was for them to get a hardware multitrack recorder. It has all the familiar features of a tape recorder and mixer, all in one.
There is still a learning curve, but once it is understood, it is just a matter of pressing the record button and making music.
Here is an example of a big one:  Tascam DP-32SD Digital 32-Track Portastudio
One of the singer/songwriter guys I record uses a handheld 4 track digital recorder with built in mics.
He uses the built in mics to record his acoustic piano.
It has a mic input for an external mic that he uses for vocals.
He sends me wav files. The quality of the files are actually good enough to use in the recording.
 

2tonetone1961
Well what can one say about daws ....i've tried it, spent a lot of dosh with this and that, has it it been worth it NO .....started with a yamaha 4 track in the early 80s(tape)..in 2002 first week of release got myself a boss1180 cd  what a bit of kit that has been, still have it and love it ...coulpe of years ago thought i would up grade to a better boss ......Discontinued. So went for a daw dear oh dear oh dear.... never again ...GOD  I WANT TO PLAY MUSIC....not fart about .....this is my opinion....cool for bachelors not cool for I.

I'm one of those 'uses the DAW as a fancy tape machine' people. I've hardly scratched the surface of all the things SONAR Home Studio 6 can do because mainly, I just plug in and hit record.
I use some MIDI, mostly for traditional sounds, occasionally for some synthy-sounding stuff, but all those effects and processes available? Don't (can't) use them (properly) and for just a hobbyist who may open the DAW once a week, don't want to spend the time learning them. 
Compression and EQ are still a mystery to me.
You don't need algebra to add 2+2.