Looking for a new HD recording system

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I am assuming you all are using N-Track.

I am researching several HD recording systems including Nuendo 2.0 and other stand alone recording systems.

I am interested in N-Track.

What are the strong points of this software and what are its weaknesses?

What kind of card are you interfacing to you PC to get the sound in and out to N-Track?

Any help will be appreciated.

I currently have a D8B as a console with a lot of Class A auxillary gear and mics.

Thanks in advance.

David Artis

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First of all it's a hell of a lot cheaper than Nuendo. It's great for audio and is worth way more than you pay for it. I also have Cubase, and N-track is much better in opinion. The drawback is the midi. If you want to do sequencing you'll have to use something else. N-track is awful in this department, I mean terrible, it's really unstable.
I don't use it for tracking so I can't advise on soundcards. I'm presently tracking on the Fostex MR8 and doing all of my editing in the computer. Good luck with your search.
 
morindae said:
First of all it's a hell of a lot cheaper than Nuendo. It's great for audio and is worth way more than you pay for it. I also have Cubase, and N-track is much better in opinion. The drawback is the midi. If you want to do sequencing you'll have to use something else. N-track is awful in this department, I mean terrible, it's really unstable.
I don't use it for tracking so I can't advise on soundcards. I'm presently tracking on the Fostex MR8 and doing all of my editing in the computer. Good luck with your search.
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Pretty much what he said. The midi is awful :D. I am still using it for all my tracking, even though I have recently aquired cubase sx, I have become comfortable with the use of the n-track program, and am happy with it. The one thing that is kinda crappy however is the bladenc mp3 conversion thingy. Still, I am happy with it.

The Fostex MR-8 huh...I may have to wander over to that forum...

As far as soundcards go, I used to use an old crappy sb16, and now I have the sb16 with a delta 66 and an onboard soundcard. n-track still runs peachy keen.

This is the best bang fer the buck program around, even tho it has issues with midi, the benefits are kindof endless. Free upgrades for life I think is what really swayed me to this product in the end, which BTW are constantly forthcoming from Flavio. The guy is always working to improve it.
 
Hey, Badassmak, acquiring the MR8 was a really good move for me. I originally considered getting a soundcard but there seemed to be potential problems with latency, optimizing the computer, and fan noise. So I track externally with the MR8 and it goes straight into the pc via usb, just like an external sound card. I can take it anywhere I want to track, use it as a sketchpad for ideas, and then dump what I have into the pc. Oh, I forgot to add that it has nice converters and sounds excellent. Not bad for $300. The drawback is it is 16 bit. However, in my case that really isn't an issue. I doubt I can tell the difference between 16 and 24 bit.
 
I really need something portable and simple. My PC doubles as a DAW and 'net machine, and moving it all throughout the house (specifically the basement where the drums are), just isn't practical. I've kinda been eyeballing the MR-8 for awhile now, I'll have to see if I can score one cheap.

Hehe this was a thread about n-track right ? :D

I can also vouch that it has a fairly easy to understand user manual, and the forum over at n-track has been more than helpful on a few occasions. There are no limitations as to how many tracks can be recorded at once, other than PC power.

From what I have heard, some of the Fasoft plugins aren't that great, so your better off getting those elsewhere. So far I have just messed with some free ones floating around the BBS.

I have had this proggy for about a year and a half, and the stability of the program has really been improved upon tremendously in that time. The only time it has seriously crashed on me in the last six months is when I tried to use Midi. Heh :D .

hmm, I guess you must also know that n-track comes in 16 or 24bit flavours. Sorry for the hijack via the Fostex thingy, but good luck with your quest in HD systems.
 
Originally posted by badassmak
I really need something portable and simple. My PC doubles as a DAW and 'net machine, and moving it all throughout the house (specifically the basement where the drums are), just isn't practical. I've kinda been eyeballing the MR-8 for awhile now, I'll have to see if I can score one cheap.
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Get the Mr8 and a small behringer mixer for getting the drums into the machine.

As far as N-track stability goes, I have been using version 3.0 and it is fine, no crashes at all, and I'm presently using it with windows '98. You're right about the plugins, they aren't the most exciting, but then neither are the ones I have in Cubase. I think it's best to go with external plugins, especially where reverb and compression are concerned. If I was going to drop a few hundred bucks on software I would probably go with Cool Edit Pro. I have an earlier version of it, and it is excellent.
 
So is cool edit pro just a set of plug-ins?

BTW, I also use MR-8 to Ntracks, and have no complaints whatsoever, as I don't even have a soundcard worth mentioning, and don't play keyboard or require any other midi functions.

I have an old version of cakewalk on my old comp., would there be any usable effects with it, and if so, what types of files should I look for??? I think they are .dll, but there are so many of those!
I am not overly pleased with the free plug ins I've found so far, though I do prefer them to the effects on the mr8.
 
CEP is more than just a set of plugin's, although I don't think I am qualified to say exactly what it is since I don't have it. I would say another multitracker program like n-track, but I do believ I read somewhere that it doesn't do multitracks :confused: ...

Maybe try checking out the cooleditpro forum here to find out more specifics with that program.

I also do not know about the cakewalk proggy :D, but, there are a ton of free plugin's available out there. Just do a quick search for 'free plugins' and you should come up with a huge list, either in this BBS or on the 'net. If you can find slackmaster's site he has a huge listing of free plugins and stuff. Sorry I seem to have terminated all of my helpful links in a freak computing accident some time ago :(.

If you are looking for plugin's already on your machine (ie the cakewalk thing), try looking for filenames with .vst in them. I know some of these plugin files of vst nature are sometimes labled .dll's, but sometimes they are .vst's as well.
 
CEP is a wave editor and multitracking software. I think it's one of the best products out there. I have version 1.2 which is excellent. I imagine 2.0 is probably a great piece of software for recording and editing from what I've read on this board.
 
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