Agreed. I find this setup FAR more intuitive than any packaged multitrack recorder I've ever tried.
Reaper is not free. It can be used that way, but it's not the intention of the developer for it to be used for free in perpetuity. They've developed a great product and deserve to be paid fairly for its use.
I beg to differ with you I have used it and paid one time for many years , it clearly states it is free if you want , humm they made it a 60 day trial now , thats new to me, never used to be from what I remember , so anyhow $60 gets you a licensed version
It's been that way for quite a while and clearly reflects the developers' intentions which is not to provide a free DAW but to have an accessible product that's available commercially for purchase. The fact they allow you to "refresh" that trial period is simply a courtesy they've offered which some people choose to exploit so that they can have a "free" DAW. At $60 it's among the most affordable fully-featured DAWs available.
Just to echo recent comments above - the one thing is that Audacity is limited and may run into problems. I eventually gave up on it and moved to Reaper, which is great, functionally, but much harder to understand (for me, at least). And yeah, I bought Reaper. Audacity too, actually. Being a sw guy myself, I kinda believe we should get paid for our work.
Except the OP wants to record 6 tracks or more at once, so they may need a mixer in front of the interface.
oh yeah, I missed the "all at once" part. That means a better interface & DAW combo, generally, right? Audacity only takes 2 concurrent channels, Reaper more (I don't know how many but someone does?).
Why would a mixer be needed? Just get an interface with sufficient inputs. Plenty of 8 channel interfaces out there for very little money these days.
