Subject:Sony Experiances

Posted by: Crazyfied Studio Dude

Date:9/21/2006 9:04:01 AM

Hey guys I have just joined this forum and had a question based on the uses of the Sony family. I have approximately 60k in software for my studio and I am wanting to know everyones experiances with all sony products... I have alot of options to use but thus far Sony seemingly has the easiest user interface and I was also wondering with the quality of Sony vs other companies. (as far the end result of applications) If you guys could have any choice of audio/video applications, which would you use? Is Sony the choice because of price or product? I have all steinberg products, all FL Studio, all Native instruments, and of coarse Sony....and many many more. But being I have had limited experiance with Sony, I wanna compare and broaden my software uses. Any input would be thanked...

Subject:RE: Sony Experiances

Reply by: leedsquietman

Date:9/22/2006 12:14:36 AM

It really depends on what you want and personal preference - I really like Soundforge 8 and CD Architect 5 for offering great functionality, relatively simple interface and cost effectiveness. I rate them highly but there are also great alternatives out there, for example Wavelab is another superb audio editor with more functionality (surround mixing, audio montage allowing multitrack mastering instead of simple 2 track stereo but it does cost more and is more fiddly to use. ACID has it's strengths and is great for loop based music but I use Cubase SX3 (and upgrading to Cubase 4 soon) as it has more all round functionality for multi-tracking, Vegas is a popular video editing program, no comparison from me here as I don't really do much with video.

Still, I think Sony's range is strong and their support is better than some others out there and their prices are fair-ish, so a good choice.

Subject:RE: Sony Experiances

Reply by: Geoff_Wood

Date:9/24/2006 6:48:08 PM

Um, Vegas records multitrack audio better than most other 'purely' audio apps. And better than Acid (for pure audio, the way I work).

But I find this 60K worth of apps scenarios curious. Bought-and-paid-for 60K, or 'demo' versions ;-?

geoff

Subject:RE: Sony Experiances

Reply by: leedsquietman

Date:9/26/2006 7:09:30 AM

Geoff - I am not putting down Vegas's audio features, just stating that it is marketed mostly as a video app, these days, although this has mostly happened over the last couple of releases only,

I have heard of several groups recording audio albums using Vegas in the past.

Because my needs for recording work are 50/50 audio and midi, I find Cubase a better solution than ACID or Vegas as it does it all in one interface which I also happen to like, but that's a personal preference, Sony's apps are decent enough but for me, Soundforge is the only one I regularly use.

Subject:RE: Sony Experiances

Reply by: PixelStuff

Date:10/11/2006 12:24:27 AM

I too use the Sony products mainly for the interface rather than because of prices. Vegas is both the best NLE and a really good multi track audio app. However if I were working purely in audio I would have been tempted by the previous Cool Edit Pro (no Adobe Audition). The main reason for that would have been better integration between the multitrack and wave editor. But since I do both video and audio it made sense to spend the extra money and just buy Sound Forge / Vegas combo. Especially since I prefer Vegas in the Video realm.

It looks like I'm not the first to wonder this. But I too was wondering about the $60K worth of software. And yet not knowing what you want to use. Is this a case of more money than sense? And, I don't mean that in a bad way. But I just can't fathom the source behind the outcome. More money than sense is the only thing that comes to mind.

If it's tons of money to blow on software can't personaly use, well then I sure could use an upgrade to Sound Forge 8 (I'm still at SF6) and the brand new Cinema 4D R10 that was just announced. :-)