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Originally Posted by Tim
Do you think ProTools for example would do just as good of a job in terms of guitar recording and onboard drums/effects?
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I am a little confused. Ableton Live, or ProTools LE will get the job done. Live might be easier to learn, because it's interface is so intuitive. ProTools might have a larger learning curve, or it might just make sense to you.
The audio quality for recording guitars is going to be limited by your preamp, d2a converters, and microphone. After it's recorded, you can use plug-ins (i.e. effects) and shape the sound of the recorded audio. This allows you to add reverb, eq, delay, compression, etc... Most programs offer some basic plug-ins, but you'll normally want to get higer end versions of the plugins to meet your needs.
This is a good alternative. The 'factory' include a hand full of pretty good plug-ins.
What do you mean by "onboard drums"? Do you mean using midi to write drum patterns? You can use midi to trigger samples to create a drum part.I use DFH, but
EZdrummer is excellent for getting real quality drum parts with minimal effort.
Download the demo of Addictive drums from
http://www.xlnaudio.com/ and use it in the Ableton Live demo. You'll get a good idea of how things work. I don't think Addictive drums are as good as EZdrummer, but nevertheless, you'll an idea of how midi and quality acoustic drum parts are created.