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Yo,

Longtime musician here but never got into recording. What do ppl recommend for a free or relatively inexpensive DAW on MacOS?

I mainly want to record stereo synth, guitar & bass guitar (both direct from preamp), and sequenced drum machine. Possibly would check out MIDI with a global clock, but I’d be much more interested in scoring actual notation (IE Sibelius) than some grid based system.

I’d also like to upgrade my audio interface from 2 to 8+ inputs. Any decent models that I might find used?

Cheers. #asknostr #wavlake
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nobody 1y ago

Logic Pro has a score editor, along with the other features you listed, and imo is good (subjective) but I’m not sure what is inexpensive to you.

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MF_HODL 1y ago

Yeah a couple hundred USD is ok. Logic was high on my list to try, I used it a bit close to 10 years ago 😂

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nobody 1y ago

Minus the score editor, I would’ve said LMMS - which is FOSS - but it has limitations. Might still be useful in conjunction with Logic. A lot of good open source synths in that one.

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MF_HODL 1y ago

I could always use Sibelius for the score editor and export, but surely it’s easier if it’s all build into the same tool

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nobody 1y ago

One would hope. Please share your experience if you pull the trigger on Logic. I haven’t done any scoring in years, but it’d be fun to dabble again.