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>>>Cakewalk is, as far as I know, the preferred sequencing software for
>>>DOS-based machines. You really can't go wrong wqith CWPro for Windows,
>>>since it has virtually everything you'll need, and also has a VERY
>>>powerful macro language (CAL) that can be used to apply all sorts
>>>of midi effects to your sequences, as well as aiding you in doing
>>>relatively mundane tasks. The user base is huge (literally), so you'll
>>>have lots of folks to help you with questions that the manual
>>>can't answer...
>>
>>I've got a info packet of Cakewalk at home if anyone wants a look.  But
>>just hang around rec.music.makers.synth for a couple weeks and you'll find
>>a lot of articles about it. 
>
>But the big question is can it do REAL aduio as well, and if so what 
>if any card is needed, and supported.  (The original poster asked that
>both sampled audio (16 bit @ 44.1 KHz) and Midi operated together on
>the same machine under the same program)
>Other than the Amiga using the Bars and Pipes and Studio 16 combo, and
>some programs for the mac (which is the standard and has some very
>impressive features) I do not know of any other software for
>any other platform that allows this (SGI and Sun not included).
>Af course the last version I saw of Cake Walk was about a year ago,
>but even still, I do not know of any boards for the PC that will
>allow for multi track hard disk record of up to 8 channels.

Troy!!
I had a guy offer me a great deal on my Toaster setup (almost as much as I
spent on it!) so I decided to sell it to him!  I was already in the process
of buying a PC, which is better for me as an EE, but I am definitely going to
miss the greatest OS to use... I was originally planning on keeping my
4000 Toaster setup, and buying a P5 for schoolwork and Lightwave until this
guy offered me something I couldn't refuse! 
  Anyhoo, from what I've been told, there *IS* something called Studio8 or
something like that which is a card that will let you do 8 channels...
Of course, two of them told me that it goes somewhere in the range of
$2000-4000... (that's a WIDE range!)  Sad to believe that your (and my
"old") $1600 setup (including the AD516 digital 8-track card) can do better.. 
*sniff*

*sob*

I guess I won't be playing with a digital multitrack cause I can't afford it
on any other platform!  =(  I just can't believe that the AD516+A3000
setup was THAT much more affordable!  Troy... good advice: Keep it... =)

I betcha that my Toaster+Flyer setup is probably unbeatable too now..  =(

-Taka

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