I’ve done a bit but not a lot, and am now putting together a small workstation to record drums, bass, and guitar. Have some limited experience with Audacity but open to suggestions, for interface as well as digital audio workstations. thanks in advance for any info! recording to Mac laptop.

My preferred DAW is Reaper - it's free to download and works on Mac/Windows equally well. The interface is pretty intuitive when it comes to basic recording, and there's a ton of more advanced features should you choose to delve further.

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My preferred DAW is Reaper - it's free to download and works on Mac/Windows equally well. The interface is pretty intuitive when it comes to basic recording, and there's a ton of more advanced features should you choose to delve further.

Thanks! I’ll look into that, sounds very good.

Also BandLab -which is a free version of Cakewalk / Sonar.

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I’ve done a bit but not a lot, and am now putting together a small workstation to record drums, bass, and guitar. Have some limited experience with Audacity but open to suggestions, for interface as well as digital audio workstations. thanks in advance for any info! recording to Mac laptop.

I have a friend that cut some major label demos on GarageBand. You have a Mac, so you have GarageBand. You can upgrade to Logic for more bells and whistles as well.

Personally, I use Pro Tools, Logic, and Reason. I dabble in FL Studio too.

A DAW is like a pair of basketball shoes. Whichever looks the best and is the most comfortable to you is what you should go for. They’re all made for playing basketball.

Interface is totally dependent on budget and how many sources you want to record at once. The Apollo stuff by Universal Audio is fabulous.

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I’ve done a bit but not a lot, and am now putting together a small workstation to record drums, bass, and guitar. Have some limited experience with Audacity but open to suggestions, for interface as well as digital audio workstations. thanks in advance for any info! recording to Mac laptop.

I have a friend that cut some major label demos on GarageBand. You have a Mac, so you have GarageBand. You can upgrade to Logic for more bells and whistles as well.

Personally, I use Pro Tools, Logic, and Reason. I dabble in FL Studio too.

A DAW is like a pair of basketball shoes. Whichever looks the best and is the most comfortable to you is what you should go for. They’re all made for playing basketball.

Interface is totally dependent on budget and how many sources you want to record at once. The Apollo stuff by Universal Audio is fabulous.

Ok I am glad to hear that recommendation for the interface. Up to now I’ve been looking at the Focusrite ones. Not certain about inputs, I think I may be good with maybe four. I don’t plan to record a lot of tracks simultaneously.. just me playing, building tracks, into a song, mostly.
I’d appreciate knowing why you like the Apollo interface. Thanks

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I’ve done a bit but not a lot, and am now putting together a small workstation to record drums, bass, and guitar. Have some limited experience with Audacity but open to suggestions, for interface as well as digital audio workstations. thanks in advance for any info! recording to Mac laptop.

I have a friend that cut some major label demos on GarageBand. You have a Mac, so you have GarageBand. You can upgrade to Logic for more bells and whistles as well.

Personally, I use Pro Tools, Logic, and Reason. I dabble in FL Studio too.

A DAW is like a pair of basketball shoes. Whichever looks the best and is the most comfortable to you is what you should go for. They’re all made for playing basketball.

Interface is totally dependent on budget and how many sources you want to record at once. The Apollo stuff by Universal Audio is fabulous.

Ok I am glad to hear that recommendation for the interface. Up to now I’ve been looking at the Focusrite ones. Not certain about inputs, I think I may be good with maybe four. I don’t plan to record a lot of tracks simultaneously.. just me playing, building tracks, into a song, mostly.
I’d appreciate knowing why you like the Apollo interface. Thanks

With the Apollo you can use their fantastic modeling plug-ins. They’re incredible.