Recent content by Geoff_L

Although I've never tried it on Linux, Tracktion Free runs on that platform and 'they' have tested it on Ubuntu 18.04 64-bit It's free, so it won't cost your friend to find out whether it'll work for them. FWIW, I'm using this DAW under Windows and it does everything I need. The product page...

Please excuse this in the Newbies section, but I couldn't find a Tracktion-specific forum (does this mean that Tracktion's no good?). I've been using T4 then T7 for while but I've now switched to Waveform Free because I'm trying to collaborate remotely with others. Tracktion seem to have...

I must have got a bargain in that case as mine cost me about £750 in the late 'eighties. Sold it on a few years later for just under £400.

alterman: Thanks for the additional input. However, the stereo plug will always be plugged into a stereo socket and the mono plug will always be plugged into a mono socket. My proposed wiring is shown in the attached image: Surely, if I connect the plugs as you suggest I will only be feeding...

Thanks chaps. Unfortunately, I'm in UK and couldn't find the items you suggested. However, I did find alternatives by searching for "TS" and "TRS" rather than "mono" and "stereo". That said, I'd prefer to make up my own cable. I can connect two lengths of low-noise coax to a mono plug and the...

Not really about recording, but I suspect the panel here might have the answer... Background: last night's gig was LOUD! I'm a fiddler and couldn't hear myself play, which is a bit of a problem with a fretless instrument! So I'm investigating a way around this for the next time and thought of...

That Tascam 16x08 USB looks interesting. The lack of preamps on line inputs 11 to 16 isn't an issue because the level can be adjusted on the line out of the backline amps. Thanks

My thanks to all. The budget is as low as I can get away with. A local professional studio charges £200+VAT per day; two days-worth is about the limit. We already have our stage gear, which includes mics, backline amps with line-out and a Behringer 8-channel analog mixer (but no USB). I...

Sorry for the ultra-newbie query. Currently I'm using a Steinberg 2+2 USB interface with Tracktion DAW under Windows 7 to record my efforts. However, I'm also in a 5-piece band that wants to cut a demo CD and I'd like to be able to record the whole band in one go with each vocal microphone and...

Sorry to reply to my own post, but the folks at Steinberg have given me some good news. Apparently, I can downgrade to Cubase AI 7, which doesn't need Aero, and my activation code will work. I don't know for sure about this because I'm still downloading the DVD ISO. I had some issues at my first...

The software was not a "free gift". The UR22 was in competition with a Mackie Onyx Blackjack. The Mackie interface is cheaper and reviews suggest it's as good if not better than the UR22. The only reason I went for the UR22 was to get the bundled Steinberg DAW. The Steinberg product was sold as...

Thanks for the offer of help. However, I already know how to switch themes but need to use Windows Classic. Unfortunately, you don't get to see the instructions until you've bought the associated hardware and I doubt anyone goes trawling through support FAQs looking for gotchas that should have...

For those who don't know, Cubase AI 8 (and probably other editions of Cubase) doesn't support Windows Basic or High Contrast themes. I wasn't made aware of this when I bought a Steinberg USB interface that bundled the download version and, about a month after buying the bundle, I only found out...

Thanks again for the input. FWIW, I laid down a couple of mandolin tracks last night. The mandolin probably gets in the way of reaching the DAW controls the least of my instruments, with fiddle probably being the worst. However, I found it easiest to set a couple of bars of pre-roll and one bar...

Thanks for the continued input. To me, TouchDAW seems a bit like overkill. Tracktion's appeal to me is the relatively simple interface with pretty much everything on one screen. I suspect that TouchDAW will look different when controlling Tracktion, but all I really need is to emulate a single...