I can agree with just about everything in that post. One thing I'd add is some organizational tools for effects and instruments. Some DAWs allow you to do this by retaining the folder structure.

As far as the reviews I've seen, it is quite good, some people say it is the best on the market as of now. I'm not exactly sure what is letting you down, maybe you weren't looking for real drums. If you were, you're not going to get much better with EZ Drummer or Addictive Drums.

Am I supposed to be able to register this with my Mixcraft 5 info? If not, what happens when the trial runs out? I really think the track color should be present when you aren't clicking on the track. The only time you can see the track color is when you have it selected. It would also be good to do...

I am rather impatient in waiting for the beta release.

Just to clarify, Guitar Rig doesn't make any sound, it is an effect and can only modify sound. You guy use whatever sound you want with it, but it won't create any sound, it will only modify the input sound. For example, you can load up a piano and then go to effects and add Guitar Rig, and add on a...

You just had to out easy me.

When you select your input, you only want to select one channel. Don't select stereo unless you are recording from more than one source and want both sources on the same track. Audio interfaces have left and right channels and by default you will be recording both channels. To change this, click the...

I will actually do a video tutorial about an easy way to do this. I'll post it when I'm finished.

First thing to do is to make sure none of the effects are applying gain. I believe that a lot of the Classic VSTs apply a good amount of gain for some reason. There is no right answer to this question because it all depends on what you want to do. So the best thing to do is to think about the order ...

Just take a little bit of time and transcribe it. If you have to, record it and slow it down and figure out each note and the timing. Use a metronome when recording, otherwise it'll be a pain. If this is something that someone else recorded, make sure you know the BPM and that it is in time.

Right click on the track and click Mix To New Audio Track. You'll find it in your recordings folder and it will be labeled as a bounce track. You could also freeze it and get the same thing, but I'd just bounce it. If you don't select a custom recording folder, then your file will be in your documen...

I'd suggest looking through a lot of tutorials. There are many tutorials posted on youtube about getting started with mixcraft and recording. Make sure your midi in is coming from your keyboard. You can test this by just playing notes on your keyboard while having an instrument selected and it shoul...

Just do a program change. Below the piano roll where it has the note velocity, click on the box and go to program change. Click where you want the instrument to change. The number you set it to is going to be what instrument it plays, so you're going to want to look up the number in Mixcraft by scro...

Finding a quality free one is going to be difficult. I'd suggest getting Addictive Drums, it is only $100, which isn't too bad for the quality.

http://www.asio4all.com/

There are tutorials on youtube about how to use and configure it.