Cool Edit vs. N-track

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What advantages does cool edit have over n-track, and what is the price tag for cool edit?
 
Cool Edit Pro is now Adobe Audition.
It retails for $299.00, new, and $99.00 for the upgrade.

I find the interface much easier to navigate in Audition versus N-Track.

Have you downloaded trial versions of both products? N-Track is a lot cheaper, so, you could always buy that to get started with.
 
Yea, I have N track, I just heard someone saying that "CEP is light years ahead of Ntrack", and another person agreeing with this.

I guess the question is, if N track is currently serving my purposes, is their any reason to even consider the purchase of a much higher dollar program, and at what point should this be a consideration, or does this become necessary?

You don't miss what you never had, so I was kinda wondering if there was anyone who had extensively A/B compared the two.

Thanx.
 
Multitracking on CEP is only part of its uses. It also has a FANTASTIC dedicated sample editor, that is listed along Wavelab (and maybe soundforge, now) as THE go-to editors. Though you might not know it yet, an editor is a VERY necessary tool in any studio. If you do any sampling (either your own or from cds/downloads) an editor will help you immensely. You can trim, truncate, pitchshift, slice up, amplify, etc. If not, a sample editor will also help you fix up your tracks (such as fretnoise, vocal pops/lipsmacks) and whatnot.
You can also use an editor to spice up your mixdown ("master") with...


CEP's effects. While they're not the best in the biz, CEP provides you with every effect you'd need to explore mixing and sound design. Included are reverbs, delays, eq, filters, flange, chorus, phaser, distortion, compression, hard limiting, etc...

CEP also has great automation, and rea;-time effects.

While I don't think CEP is a perfect product, and only used N-Track a few times about 3 years ago, I don't think it intends to do all the things that CEP can. And so, you might want to consider it if YOU intend to do those things with your tunes...
 
I haven't done any sampling yet, though Ive had the urge to do so, I haven't.

Could this potentially lessen the learning curve for me?

Are the effects propietary or does CEP use the standard VST, activeX, etc. type plug ins?

I don't currently have the money, but anything which may lessen this learning curve even slightly has to be a worthwhile investment...

Thanx.
 
I dont think they'll be much of a curve from N-Track to CEP. You'll be able to do everything just as easily, and soon you'll discover better ways to work faster, and new features.


I guess a learning curve is inherent in learning to edit audio, but I think CEP makes it as easy as possible...

CEP uses its own effects, and supports DX... The VST-DXs wrappers work fine...



Cheers
Chris
 
yeah i agree CEP's learning curve is VERY simple, at least for me. I remember playing around with demos of other "standard" audio software, and none could light a match to the mighty CEP/AA

:D

RonC
 
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