Reaper! Only $60 for smaller studios/home studios, and it has all the capabilities (and then some) of software costing hundreds more.
http://www.reaper.fm
For most pop country stuff, my favorite sounds have been with a pair of Gefell UM92s in an ORTF pair looking down on the middle of the soundboard, run through Daking pres and comps. When that's not an option, I tend to enjoy 414s in the same appli...
On the flip side, it would be nice to have a guy locally who knew how to do tuning, at least minor touch-ups if not full blown retunes. Maybe it's your calling.
Hey Daniel! Kris D'Amico here from Terry's gig! I need to talk to you about a job next week!! Can you give me a call? I've misplaced your card and email. (boo) Anyway, yell at me 668-2282! thanks man.
ok happy to spend time with you if you need it. I run hd3 on an 8-core mac though. 8.0. But I do run tons of samples streaming. Including kontact 3. I can run as many instances as I want without flaws. Sata array and adequate ram are key. Let me know if you want help figuring it all out.
yeah man. Especially since we share a wall. Sad isn't it, that we get more communication dne via our semi-realistic avatars than in person? Talk to you soon.
Hey man, nice to hear from you. I've been staying busy mixing lately, mainly demos, and a few tracking dates. No real big projects or anything, but I can't complain. How about you man? How's the studio goin'?
Daniel! Jack! I just found your profile! How are you doing? I am down the hall at my writing office. Stop by and say hello sometime. It is office number 8.
Howz the recording going? We will have to hit the Copper Kettle again.
TTYL,
Jack