Hello, I am mostly on the Dorico forum, but after enquiring about an simple audio editor I landed here at Wavelab. My needs are simple: I record on a portable Tascam recorder, but since the room where I record the instruments (harpsichord, clavichord) is rather small, I might need to add a little reverb, and possibly some eq. Besides that I make mistakes, so have to cut/paste different versions seamless together.
It looks like I need only Wavelab Elements for this, is that right?
Another question (possibly a not-so-very-smart one), do I need a good sound card for this? The recording is done externally, so basically there are only a few .wav files to deal with the A-D conversion is done by the recorder…
many thanks for your thoughts!
Try Audacity first, maybe?
Right
If you are on Windows, you firstly need a sound card with an ASIO driver. Since not all ASIO drivers are not born the same, check for user feedback on the net.
I loath the interface of Audacity 
, so if I can avoid it…
Dorico has installed two Asio drivers:
The pc is a very small one, so if I need an new audio card, it would be an external one.
But does the sound-card really has any influence on the final sound if everything is already digital?
It does if that is the source for reference from which you are making your reverb and EQ decisions from.
Actually, it is the A/D conversion for the input and
the D/A conversion for the output.
Good USB-D/A converters do not cost the world today.
No soundcard would be necessary than.
Btw: Steinberg products are actually made for professionals and require some extra knowledge to access sound hardware. Other products, like Audacity or Reaper, for instance, work easily with the standard windows soundsystem.
I use Cubase, Spectral Layers and Wavelab (kind of masochistic love I guess), after some 20 years of using other stuff. Not as easy to use in the beginning, as it was some 20 years ago, when it just worked out of the box without hazzle. But, yes, Wavelab et al are made for professionals…
Ok thanks for the answers, I will think about the best solution for me! And indeed though I am a professional player, the recordings are not, just for my own pleasure, so the KIS principle might help (Keep It Simple)!