N-Track software

[cantthinkofname]

I can't remember where but i've heard a few people say they like N-Track so i checked its website out a little, and a few of its youtube tutorials & and it seemed alright and i almost decided to buy it, until i checked the rest of thier site and some of it seemed a little unprofessional and in its user forum there were some complaints of it not working with Vista, so i started to worry. (I have the Vista Basic). I pretty much decided not to try it, but haven't totally put it out of my mind yet.

Any other people here have experience with N-Track? Thanks

 

[Deadseid]

When i first started up, i used a radio shack microphone, a radio shack mixer, and N-Track studio. N-track is a very basic multi-track recording software with a small handful of vst plugins included. Many of the plugins that come with it are shareware, however, and allow you to use them with limited functionality, or full functionality with audio dropouts every few seconds. The only compressor that ships with N-track is shareware, and costs about $20 for a full version download.

On the other hand, N-Track is a breeze to use. Upon installation, I was recording within minutes, with no previous experience. Plus it is extremely cheap as far as multi track software goes.

In short, I would recommend this program for budding musicians who are still learning, and want to play around with a few song ideas. As far as producing a Master quality CD, you should look somewhere else.

Since I started with Cakewalk Sonar Producer Edition, I have never looked back

Also, please keep in mind that my experience with N-Track was about 4 years ago, and I am sure much has changed. Hope this helps.

 

[cantthinkofname]

Thank you It really helped! This is what i suspected, and i suspected this is what i also needed at this point. I figured it would be foolish of me to jump into something more pro, when i am not a pro, although didn't want alot of problems either.

I assumed that it may later (hopefully) lead up to an upgrade, thank you so much, despite a few of its negatives you mentioned, i think for me right now it might be a decent start, and someday maybe someday, ... onto Cakewalk!

Thank you again, i doubt i would've tried it without this advice, and i think i'm going to now, so thanks for your help.

 

[CoolCat]

Many say they don't want to switch later. I agree, we get comfortable and familiar with all the layouts and functions, not to mention all the tracks and stored settings have to be dealt with if a recording-system is switched over from , example N-Tracks to Cakewalk.

I enjoy my very basic Kristal still after ?years. But its limited on VST and the "vault of tunes and tracks" is always a mess to think about converting over to some new software/recording system.

In hindsight, I probably should have gone , Cakewalk or ProTools or Cubase.

Not that I want to upgrade, but if I did it would be easier (I think?).

I know I am still learning little tricks and functions in this ocean of software, and to give that up and relearn it all for another software seems like a drag.

ok, i'm repeating myself now...

thats the one thing that gets me "itching like a junkie" to upgrade, the VST's available...check into that before setting up everything, you might want to start with a version of Cakewalk.

g-luck

 

[cantthinkofname]

Many say they don't want to switch later. I agree, we get comfortable and familiar with all the layouts and functions, not to mention all the tracks and stored settings have to be dealt with if a recording-system is switched over from , example N-Tracks to Cakewalk.

I enjoy my very basic Kristal still after ?years. But its limited on VST and the "vault of tunes and tracks" is always a mess to think about converting over to some new software/recording system.

In hindsight, I probably should have gone , Cakewalk or ProTools or Cubase.

Not that I want to upgrade, but if I did it would be easier (I think?).

I know I am still learning little tricks and functions in this ocean of software, and to give that up and relearn it all for another software seems like a drag.

ok, i'm repeating myself now...

thats the one thing that gets me "itching like a junkie" to upgrade, the VST's available...check into that before setting up everything, you might want to start with a version of Cakewalk.

g-luck

good points, i just checked out Reaper recently (just researched, not actually tried it) and am really interested in it. Far more than N-Tracks. I also checked out the Cakewalk website and reviews etc., and still think i'm more into Reaper at this point, aside from its few negatives such as not having a built in editor etc.. its attitude and positive aspects seem to outweigh the other software, although still looking into it

so thanks for that, i think more time researching rather than downloading is the way to go, because i hate switching too!