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DAW "REAPER"
If you want to record your own songs, sooner or later you'll almost certainly need a professional DAW (Digital Audio Workstation). During the COVID pandemic, I finally took the plunge: after extensive research, I purchased the DAW REAPER. Of course, there are many other excellent DAWs — Logic for Mac users, or Cubase and Ableton, just to name a few. But in the end, a DAW needs to fit your personal workflow, habits, and budget. And even though I have since become a Mac user, during the first months of experimenting I stuck with REAPER for exactly these reasons and didn’t switch to Logic.
After seven years of experience using REAPER on a DOS-based laptop, I remain a firm believer in this DAW.
You can find out which songs I created on =>
You may transfer REAPER to a Mac Studio without any extra costs or complications. As long as you don’t run both versions simultaneously, you can continue working with REAPER on your laptop. I do it for example, when I’m traveling and can’t take the Mac Studio with me, since it always requires a separate screen.
But unfortunately the Plugins of iZotope Ozone 9 and Neutron 5 don't work on a new osTahoe system. You have to buy a newer version, but it's significantly more expensive than a current version of Logic Pro. So I decided to switch. Now I use Logic Pro and my more powerful Mac for recording and the initial mix. From that, I extract a stereo track, which I then mix on my old laptop using the existing iZotope plugins for the final mix.
A screnshot from Logic Pro:
Various Plugins
You can unlock a DAW's full potential by installing versatile plugins in addition to the pre-installed effect programs. Some plugins are for free, but others cost "some" money . Some plugins cause different effects, some imitate various instruments by working with Midi files. Here are some key plugins that I frequently use:
A small selection of free plugins
MT Power Drumkit
(You may find a lot of free drum midi files at WWW, and you can also integrate midi fies from paid software, e.g. "Beat Buddy".)
Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra
(nomen est omen: it's one of the best digital emulators of various orchestra instruments.)
Sforzando
(a digital synthesizer into which you can add further sounds from other plugins.)
Melda Production
(a company that offers very good sound plugins - some for free, others for "small" money)
A small selection of paid plugins
iZotope Ozone 9
(20 pro plugins for mastering instrument sounds)
iZotope Nectar 3
(13 pro plugins for mastering singing and speech)
MRotary
(rotary simulater from the "Melda family" that enriches sounds - e.g. creating beautiful keyboard sounds)
Reverberate
(convolution hall software with lots of hall presets which you can adopt)
Software for composing and looping: "Band in a Box"
"Band in a Box" is excellent for developing your own compositions. You enter chords as symbols of letters and numbers into the time signature (chord changes in half measures are possible), e.g., "CMaj7", "Eb9", "D". Then you define the tempo and playing style, add additional instrumentation if needed, and the program plays your creation. All audio tracks were recorded by professional musicians, resulting in an exceptionally high-quality output. I use this program frequently to test more complex chord progressions and to arrange songs as a whole.
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