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I'm a newbie (duh) here... Just starting on home recording. I've been messing around with n-Track for a while. No projects just yet but my band and I will start recording our demo in our home studio next week. I just managed to obtain Cakewalk Home Studio XL from a friend to mess around with as well... I found that it looks so complicated compared to n-Track and I can't even figure out how to start recording an audio track (I've managed with n-Track). The plugins that come with cakewalk are much better than n-Track though... (I think)

The question is, which program is the most newbie friendly in terms of multitracking? Cubase, Cool Edit Pro, n-Track or Cakewalk??? They are all accessible to me... (Exepensive, expensive...)

How about plugins? Which program provides the most newbie friendly ones? I've found out through messing around with cakewalk that their plugins come with quite a few presets that look useful to a newbie like me.... Any advice? Help! Many thanks!

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In general the more expensive the better the program is, or the plug ins that come with and the quality of them.
XL is a descent program, but most all recording software will have a learning curve just like photoshop and the likes. It takes some time to get the hang of it. I dont know if N-track supports VST, but there are a ton of VST and DirectX plug in packages you can buy to extend your effect aresenal.
 
oKiE... I've been looking around some stores and I've found these...

1. Cubase SX
2. Cool Edit Pro 2.0
3. Cakewalk Home Studio XL
4. n-Track

(Of course I don't need the stores for the 4th one)...

I stay in Malaysia so it's not that easy to obtain specialised software I guess (maybe I just don't where...). And I'm like a total newbie here. I need the simplest user interface and the easiest to use plugins. I'm really lost here... Help!!!

My band and I are only doing audio and no midi. So I don't need midi capabilities.... Any pro's out there?

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N-track supports both VST and DirextX plugins to my knowledge.

The thing I like is that with n-track is that the inexpensive model is their full featured version. The others may have in their product line a version that seems comparable in cost and features but in my experience with any software with 'home' and 'professional' versions (and maybe a few in between) is that they have put in gotchas with features that you might have presumed should have been in the basic version but force you to upgrade (which is their ultimate goal anyhow).
 
simplest user interface and the easiest to use plugins.and no midi.
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Cool Edit is easier to learn than Cakewalk. I dont use Plug ins. I like my external effects better. Cakewalk has more of a selection of effects than CEP (My version anyway) Ive tried N-Tracks but really didnt like it. If you want simple I would go with Cool Edit Pro or Powertracks. I dont know if the lateest CEP has Midi capability but Powertracks does. It uses Direct X and you can use third party Direct x effects with it. Its also cheaper than Cool edit. Cool edit is nice though.

http://www.pgmusic.com/ptnewfeatures.htm

As Stealthtech said, theres a learning curve no matter what you get.

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duck,

Unfortunately I don't have a budget for external effects. Thats why I have to resort to plugins... Thanks for the advice. I'm still thinking about it...

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