Looking for a simple, basic, free, stable recording program for my Line 6 Pod Go

Voxman

I just want to record some sound clips of patches.  I tried Bandlab but for some reason it worked only intermittently, sometimes had crackles, and sometimes the playback was at a way slower speed.  No idea if its a settings issue, if I need to load any special drivers, or if it's just an unstable program.  

Any suggestions on a free, simple alternative would be much appreciated.  Operating system is Windows 7. 

Corporeal_bodies

Reaper, its free and really quite good

Voxman

Corporeal_bodies said:

Reaper, its free and really quite good

Thank you, I'll take a look. 

Corporeal_bodies

No problem, glad to help

steamabacus

If you just want to record simple one guitar sound samples I'd suggest Audacity. Free, easy to use, some basic effects (normalising, compression, eq, etc plus loads more should you need them) and has never given me a problem as far as computer compatibility goes. Sound quality is good too.

thecolourbox

steamabacus said:

If you just want to record simple one guitar sound samples I'd suggest Audacity. Free, easy to use, some basic effects (normalising, compression, eq, etc plus loads more should you need them) and has never given me a problem as far as computer compatibility goes. Sound quality is good too.

I tend to use Audacity to record parts to use later in the DAW, as using the DAW to record has resulted in me losing files the DAW keeps in its "pool" of files whereas with audacity it's more manual exporting stuff which whilst it takes longer is actually much more fail safe for somebody as thick as me

Voxman

thecolourbox said:

steamabacus said:

If you just want to record simple one guitar sound samples I'd suggest Audacity. Free, easy to use, some basic effects (normalising, compression, eq, etc plus loads more should you need them) and has never given me a problem as far as computer compatibility goes. Sound quality is good too.

I tend to use Audacity to record parts to use later in the DAW, as using the DAW to record has resulted in me losing files the DAW keeps in its "pool" of files whereas with audacity it's more manual exporting stuff which whilst it takes longer is actually much more fail safe for somebody as thick as me

I'm in the thickie dept so will look at Audacity too...thanks guys. 

thecolourbox

Voxman said:

thecolourbox said:

steamabacus said:

If you just want to record simple one guitar sound samples I'd suggest Audacity. Free, easy to use, some basic effects (normalising, compression, eq, etc plus loads more should you need them) and has never given me a problem as far as computer compatibility goes. Sound quality is good too.

I tend to use Audacity to record parts to use later in the DAW, as using the DAW to record has resulted in me losing files the DAW keeps in its "pool" of files whereas with audacity it's more manual exporting stuff which whilst it takes longer is actually much more fail safe for somebody as thick as me

I'm in the thickie dept so will look at Audacity too...thanks guys. 

I've also found Audacity less fussy than most regarding audio interface drivers, another sticking point for those as dense as me

hollywoodrox

Audacity defo , 

Voxman

Sorry, meant to post a while back that I went for audacity and it works really well. Thanks for the heads up. 

oaf

Reaper IS NOT free. It has a free trial period. Buy it if you use it.

Voxman

oaf said:

Reaper IS NOT free. It has a free trial period. Buy it if you use it.

Yup, I saw that too. Audacity is all I need for now.