software

I am pretty much clueless when it comes to these, but what i want is a program that would allow me to edit the individual tracks,i.e bass,snare,etc, of a cda file. This is my own bands recordings. What i would want to do is re-eq somethings and maybe add some basic effects, reverb, delay maybe chorus. Hopefully something that isnt too expensive either.

What do you guys recommend?

If I understand you correctly, it's not possible.

Once the tracks are mixed, they can't effectively be unmixed. EQ and FX can be added to the mixed tracks but not to individual instruments within the mix.

AlecLee's right ... a cda file is two channel stereo. There are no seperate tracks for each instrument. You need to get a hold of the source recording (assuming it was recorded multitrack, not live into a DAT or something like that), then you can look into remixing it.

Thank you for responding.

I guess if i do what to screw around with the tracks a bit i will have to get the source recording from the engineer......

Alec is right... the cda format like most other digital formats like mp3 amp; wma is already mixed and has only the two channels so you can only run an eq or an effect over the whole track...

Yeah, you can't quot;unmixquot; something, but as for an editing program, check out quot;Audacityquot;, it's free and seems to work well for what I use it for.