DaveO
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This became a lot longer than I first expected, so I'll apologize up front for the long post. That was kind of a thinking-out-loud thing, so even though it got long, I'll probably come up with even more questions as time goes on.
So far I haven't had TOO many problems with n-Track, but then again I haven't upgraded in a while. I'm still at 3.04. It's not that bad but every once it a while I go through a bad stretch that makes me consider trying another piece of software. One of them was last night. It crashed several times just opening it, and twice it crashed the PC and I had to reboot. Luckily I haven't really that much material yet, only a few new tracks that I hadn't yet saved.
So here are a whole bunch of questions:
- For all the complaints I've heard about stability, I haven't heard anything about the EQ and compressor plugins. I noticed last night that I'm a few rev's behind on both. Has anyone had any problems upgrading them?
- Assuming I switch (no plans just yet), how do I get songs into the new package? Just importing the WAVs is one way, but then I'd have to go through the pain of lining them all up in the new package. If I remember correctly, mixing down an individual track will give me a WAV that is as long as the entire song. That would mean I don't have to line up tracks in the new package, but doing that for every track in every song will be tedious at best.
- How painful was it getting things to sound right again? I'm guessing I'd have to take notes on all the effects settings and then try duplicating them in the new package.
- How much re-mixing was required after switching to get things sounding the way they did (assuming they were "perfect" before you switched)?
- What other kinds of things would be involved? Did you guys just leave n-Track on your PC and continue to use it for your existing material? Am I making a bigger deal out of this than I need to? Did you even bother trying to capture your old material?
And just in case anyone brave enough to try it hasn't noticed yet, version 3.1.8 is now available for download.
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Dave O.
So far I haven't had TOO many problems with n-Track, but then again I haven't upgraded in a while. I'm still at 3.04. It's not that bad but every once it a while I go through a bad stretch that makes me consider trying another piece of software. One of them was last night. It crashed several times just opening it, and twice it crashed the PC and I had to reboot. Luckily I haven't really that much material yet, only a few new tracks that I hadn't yet saved.
So here are a whole bunch of questions:
- For all the complaints I've heard about stability, I haven't heard anything about the EQ and compressor plugins. I noticed last night that I'm a few rev's behind on both. Has anyone had any problems upgrading them?
- Assuming I switch (no plans just yet), how do I get songs into the new package? Just importing the WAVs is one way, but then I'd have to go through the pain of lining them all up in the new package. If I remember correctly, mixing down an individual track will give me a WAV that is as long as the entire song. That would mean I don't have to line up tracks in the new package, but doing that for every track in every song will be tedious at best.
- How painful was it getting things to sound right again? I'm guessing I'd have to take notes on all the effects settings and then try duplicating them in the new package.
- How much re-mixing was required after switching to get things sounding the way they did (assuming they were "perfect" before you switched)?
- What other kinds of things would be involved? Did you guys just leave n-Track on your PC and continue to use it for your existing material? Am I making a bigger deal out of this than I need to? Did you even bother trying to capture your old material?
And just in case anyone brave enough to try it hasn't noticed yet, version 3.1.8 is now available for download.
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Dave O.