n-track with external wave editor

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Hey fellas!

I'm currently using the trial vers of n-track with an external wave editior (All Editor) for normalizing and effects. Is this necessary or does n-track have the capability already?

Also, I'm about 10 days into the 40 day trial period. I'm considering using Cakewalk Home Studio instead of n-track.

Don't mean to offend anyone here who may swear by n-track, but doesn't the user interface seem a bit ... clumsy?
 
Yeah, the interface became a little cartoony when version 3.x came out, but a small price to pay to having a really inexpensive (not cheap) multi-tracking program. Like Tim said, any plug-ins should work with N-Track. Each track also has a built-in parametric eq, which is nice, although I like to use Waves REQ or Q4 for more critical tracks.
Did they change the demo thingy? When I demo'd it, there was no time limit, but you couldn't mix down and could onlyhave plug-ins on track 1.

I don't know how much Cakewalk Home Studio is, but I feel for $59 (for the 24-bit version), N-Track is a steal :)
 
gordone said:
Did they change the demo thingy? When I demo'd it, there was no time limit, but you couldn't mix down and could onlyhave plug-ins on track 1.
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Yea, there's a 40 day trial period. You can only record 2 tracks. Although I don't think that limitation really works cuz I haven't had any problems doing 4. No effects.
And last night I tried fiddling with the volume envelope (whatever the hell that does) and I could only mess with the first track in the trial version.

Is there an online manual to learn what all the n-track capabilities are? The little tutorial doesn't hack it.
 
From the home page you can download the users manual, I think it is accessed from the download button
 
Look, n-Track has all the features that the big boys have...in fact it has more than many popular applications like Sonar. Now, whether it's as "good" as more expensive programs is another matter.

However, in this price range it is and has always been the only real option if you're recording and mixing audio.

n-Track supports DX plugs, VST plugs, DX instruments, VST instruments, live input processing, ASIO, WDM, DS, MME, 24/96, aux routing (pre/post fader), channel grouping, video sync, volume automation, pan automation, aux automation, effects automation, MIDI, MTC sync, "unlimited" tracks, "unlimited" effects, blah blah blah. Plus it has all your typical editor features like normilization (don't overuse this one), cutting & pasting & chopping, silencing sections, automated fades, etc etc.

Now, does it do all this stuff perfectly? Nope. Is each build perfectly stable? Nope.

Does it give the average bloke a full-fledged recording application for hardly anything? Yep. Is it stable when tracking? Yep.

P.S., the two track limitation you refer to is a two simultaneous track limitation. In your case that means the left & right channels of your soundcard's input. The demo does not limit the number of tracks that can be recorded one or two at a time.

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