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Time to return to the Mac platform I guess. Soundflower is a unique, useful & free package that allows audio from one application to be routed internally to another. It has both a 2 channel interface and, as shown here connected to my Metric Halo 2882+DSP, a 16 channel too.
The uses are almost limitless, for example, you can route the output of a player such as iTunes into a DAW, add plug-ins and send to an interface outputs.
Apple's bundled Garage Band is a deceptively powerful DAW, however, it is obviously Mac only. Continuing with my PC friendly posts here is a heads up on Mixcraft 3 from Acoustica which appears to be Garage Band for the PC. For $49.95 (free trial version) it's great value and the website includes some good video tutorials to get you started.
With the glaring exception of Pro Tools LE/M-Powered nearly all current DAWs support 5.1 recording & mixing. Apple's updated Logic Studio even has Dolby encoding. However, until recently decent 5.1 monitoring has been an expensive proposition. At around $1,200 Blue Sky's Media Desk 5.1 finally brings surround monitoring to the budget conscious studio. There are also packaged system alternatives from JBL & Genelec, albeit at higher prices.
There is a lot of confusion & misinformation about setting up 5.1 monitoring. A great free guide from the Recording Academy, Producers & Engineers Forum (warning PDF download) has very practical & simple set up instructions conforming to their professional standards.
Time to return to the Mac platform I guess. Soundflower is a unique, useful & free package that allows audio from one application to be routed internally to another. It has both a 2 channel interface and, as shown here connected to my Metric Halo 2882+DSP, a 16 channel too.
Apple's bundled Garage Band is a deceptively powerful DAW, however, it is obviously Mac only. Continuing with my PC friendly posts here is a heads up on Mixcraft 3 from Acoustica which appears to be Garage Band for the PC. For $49.95 (free trial version) it's great value and the website includes some good video tutorials to get you started.
With the glaring exception of Pro Tools LE/M-Powered nearly all current DAWs support 5.1 recording & mixing. Apple's updated Logic Studio even has Dolby encoding. However, until recently decent 5.1 monitoring has been an expensive proposition. At around $1,200 Blue Sky's Media Desk 5.1 finally brings surround monitoring to the budget conscious studio. There are also packaged system alternatives from JBL & Genelec, albeit at higher prices.
