n-track or Cakewalk?

[dawilco]

Hi all - I've been poking around the Home Recording website for a few years but am new to the boards.
Question: I record tunes for CD distribution on my own label - acoustic stuff, usually 6 - 8 tracks per song.
I've been using an old Cakewalk program, Guitar Tracks, for tracking and CoolEdit 2000 for post work.
Are there any advantages to using the basic n-track program or am I best to stay with what I know?
Thanks!

 

[fraserhutch]

Cross posting is a no-no.

 

[laptoppop]

I agree cross-posting is not good, but I can understand why in this case. I think he's trying to get the partisans from both sides to input why one solution would be better than the other.

-lee-

 

[crankz1]

Only you will be able to tell if your work-flow benefits from using other programs.

 

[TimOBrien]

Yup, download the demo of N for yourself and see if it works for YOU.

That's why I bought it years ago...

 

[fraserhutch]

I agree cross-posting is not good, but I can understand why in this case. I think he's trying to get the partisans from both sides to input why one solution would be better than the other.

-lee-

Yeah, great, start a flame fest in multiple forums. Yeah, great.

 

[IronFlippy]

I'd recommend trying the n-Track demo, and see how you like it. Guitartracks is a very capable program, but I found myself liking n-Track better, for reasons including price. It's one of the least resource-intensive multi-trackers I've ever tooled with, giving PLENTY of power to all my VSTis.

 

[tulsa]

Hi all - I've been poking around the Home Recording website for a few years but am new to the boards.
Question: I record tunes for CD distribution on my own label - acoustic stuff, usually 6 - 8 tracks per song.
I've been using an old Cakewalk program, Guitar Tracks, for tracking and CoolEdit 2000 for post work.
Are there any advantages to using the basic n-track program or am I best to stay with what I know?
Thanks!

No doubt you're going to find comfort with what you know. But sometimes when you try other software/hardware, you immediately "bond" with it's look/feel/capabilities/layout etc. I used to use Cool Edit Pro.... found n-track and stayed with it.... I use it exclusively for laying out my tracks and track grouping and applying VST effects etc.
I haven't used either progs for recording... I record to a digital recorder (the name of which will remain anonymos to avoid being flamed for plugging that particular piece of gear).
I get good results.
Try the n-track demo.... it's very user friendly... and not half the resource pig that Cool Edit seems to be.

tulsa

 

[David Katauskas]

As tulsa mentioned, you'll know immediately if the software package is right for you. I tried 3 demos and ended up with nTrack.