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I remember Cool Edit Pro! Used it a loooong time ago. It was pretty good at the time.

I started out originally with Acoustica which was a precursor to Mixcraft Pro Studio which I use now. I tried Ableton Live Lite but found it to be too cumbersome for my uses. I find Mixcraft to be a very powerful and inexpensive tool for simple recording musicians. What sold me on purchasing it was the amount of plugins and virtual instruments that came with it for under $200. I've also tried Pro Tools First but it's too limited and I can do as much or more with Mixcraft. If someone's looking for a great value to get your feet wet with, I recommend Mixcraft Pro Studio.

I have a Focusrite 2i2 that has about 10ms latency at my present settings. They just came out with a smaller Clarett version that brings the latency to almost nil. Not bad price either (depending on your budget) about $460. http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Clarett2Pre?adpos=1o3&creative=93365752201&device=c&matchtype=&network=g&gclid=CNnZi56ylMwCFVFsfgodTzsApw

Both worked fine for me as well. Like the tune. LOVE the guitar! tony

Rudy, I can hardly wait for the song you come up with using belligerent and jock....lol

I didn't even know it existed. I will definitely check it out. Thanks

I thought that was funny too..but if I had to string guitars all day, I would go for it.

Good and practical thread. I like the following video from Taylor Guitars:

Dude (Looks Like A Lady) - Aerosmith

Doctor Love - KISS

That sounds absolutely amazing! Not to mention one of my favorite songs too!

Thanks. It is a bit campy, but what the heck...it was fun.

Very nice song and performance. Man, I wish I could sing like that! Hope it goes crazy on the internet. Good job! Tony

Speak Life - Toby Mac

One of the best set of lessons I ever took was FREE - on coursera.com. Pat Pattison professor at Berklee College of Music does a songwriting class. It takes a bit of work and time, but I learned a whole lot. I need to go back over that material again. https://www.coursera.org/learn/songwriting/ tony

Ok, first draft for the challenge....I know a couple of lines may not be true to the challeng (like in the bridge) but... KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY STUFF VERSE 1: WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING? ARE YOU CRAZY? HAVE YOU GONE INSANE? WHO DO YOU THINK YOU’RE FOOLING? YOU BE READY FOR A WORLD OF PAIN WHEN YOU PLAY WITH FIRE, GONNA GET YOURSELF BURNED YOU’RE SUCH A LIAR, AREN’T YOU EVER GONNA LEARN YOU FILTHY, SNEAKY, DIRTY ROTTEN SWINE THAT LAST DONUT WAS MINE! CHORUS: KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF OF ALL OF MY STUFF I’VE BEEN PATIENT BUT I’VE HAD ENOUGH BETTER STOP BEFORE I FINALLY GET ROUGH KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY STUFF VERSE 2: MAYBE YOU THINK IT’S FUNNY GET A LIFE, MAYBE GROW A BRAIN I SURE AIN’T MADE OF MONEY SEEMS IT’S ALWAYS GOING UP IN FLAMES YOU GOT ME STRESSING, GOT MY HEAD IN MY HANDS I JUST DON’T GET IT, WON’T YOU TRY TO UNDERSTAND THIS SITUATION IS ALL KIND OF WRONG THE TOILET PAPER’S ALL GONE CHORUS BRIDGE: YOU’VE BEEN USING MY THINGS, BUT YOU DON’T PAY NO RENT IT’S COSTING ME DOLLARS, BUT IT MAKES NO SENSE I’M NOT YOUR MOMMA, I’M NOT TELLING YOU AGAIN…. CHORUS

Do we submit in parts as we go or only when finished?

I would love challenges as long as they weren't too long like an entire song - But certain writing exercises would be great. Tony

Yes, that's why I got the full package. For the money it was amazing how many instruments and plugins I got. Only cost me around $165 american ./

My main reason for choosing Mixcraft was a balance of a couple of things. First, my nephew who now works in a sound studio told me that Pro Tools was the only thing to get but I am very new at recording/mixing music and with 7 kids couldn't justify the cost to the wife (the REAL reason...haha). I had a lite version of Ableton Live Lite that came with my Focusrite interface but found that I spent more time trying to figure out the complexity (like I said, I'm new) of the program then recording and mixing. Got frustrated and took the fun out of it. I agree that if you are very serious about doing this for a living you should invest and get the best you can afford. However, I can dream about doing this for a living but am honest enough to realize that ain't going to happen anytime soon. As I have been able to spend more time recording and learning mixing by actually doing it verses getting frustrated at the complexity of the DAW I am learning much more faster! I can see in the future that as I grow in music so will the need for better and more powerful tools. Just a rookie's perspective. Tony

Double Vision - Foreigner

My brain got a cramp just thinking about how to pull that off!

American Idiot - Green Day

Ok...I'm officially to stupid to play this game anymore...

Ok...lost me on that one??