Anthony Evans

Hi, I quite liked the 'horses for courses' comments - recommendations are valuable but don't worry if you don't get on with a particular product. Most DAWs have a cheap or free version that you can try and see how intuitive it is to you. I'm in early days on DAW, and am currently using Audacity (free) which being shareware does provide a lot of support through forums etc. I'm tempted some time to try Cubase, because apart from being very popular in studios, there is a cheap version that can subsequently be extended to go as far as you want. Maybe I'll try Reaper as wewll some time! I use Audacity on a Linux Mint laptop - as this is a less demanding operating system than Windows, I can use old-ish equipment that can be very cheap to set up if you want to experiment. Cheers A

Hi, Yes, I think I know what you mean. One song we do in the (very amateur!) band I am in is 'Cocaine' - JJ Cale? If it's done on the beat, then it loses the laid back feel. Cheers A