Which is the more user friendly program?

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I am not very good with programs, and have trouble picking up special features of different programs.

Right now I am deciding between Cool Edit Pro, N-Track Studio, and Cakewalk.

Any recommendations or advice?

I have a M-Audio Delta 66 (omnistudio), a Mackie 1406 VLZ, and want to record my band live.
 
The easiest program I've ever used is Vegas.
 
so we are talking just the easiest to sue? i would say either n-track or cool edit. if i had to choose one i would say cool edit. very qucik to pick up on
 
cool edit is incredibly easy. and pretty good overall for the money.
 
Cool Edit Pro (Adobe Audition) is both easy to use and deep. Lots of goodies to keep you busy far into the future.
 
Sony Vegas beats out everything else in ease of use. The way it is set up just makes sense.
 
I have now checked out Ntrack and watched the SAW studio video.

Ntrack appeared to me to be a very cluttered workspace. That turned me off real quick. To me it needs to be clean looking. Now I am sure Ntrack can be cleaned up some through some sort of customization options, but all those buttons imediately on my desktop and not know what any of them do was very discouraging. It just wasn't well organized for my taiste.

SAW appeared to be more intuitive. It has the look and feel of a proffesional DAW. Probobly because it is. However, compaired to Vegas it is still cluttered. Vegas gives me everything on one simple and easy to understand workspace, using things like tabs and pop-up windows. However, the SAW did look appealing to me. However, since I have exited the realm of multitracking I have no need for such a big program. My main sequencer is Acid Pro 4.0. If I were to go back to multitracking I would buy Vegas 5. I just wish they made an Audio only version for less $$.

And then it depends on if you need midi tracks or not. Vegas does not do VSTi or MIDI. So scratch that one off your list if you need those. For an all in one solution I would check out Sonar.
 
If you are just learning Cool Edit is the easiest one to learn and use
 
Hmmm .... n-Track to cluttered :confused:

Well, maybe in the default setup. After a few customizations and if you have a dual monitor setup, you will have all kinds of room.
As far as all of the buttons .... seems to me all programs come with buttons and the manual usually explains their function.

I find n-Track simple to use and understand. Not to mention, I have no issues with clutter.
 

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I like Cool Edit (Adobe Audition) it's very simple and works great.
 
I'm just compairing them to Vegas. Both are more cluttered. And yes, your picture of Ntrack is still more cluttered than Vegas however it does look much better than the default configuration. I'm not saying it isn't a good program. I just get overwhelmed easily. Picking a DAW is almost completely user dependent and each user is different in editing style and needs. Ntrack certainly has all the features one would need and for a great price too. I have a learning curve on Vegas and Acid. So I'm obviously biased. I've tried using other editors, and yes, I can make them all work for me. But they aren't as comfortable to me as the Sonic Foundry (now Sony) software. To me they seem to keep it simple without sacrificing any features - except MIDI (which they really should fix). Either that or they need to add the audio features of Vegas to Acid Pro. That would be my ideal setup. I wonder what they have in store for the next upgrade...
 
t glyptic said:
Either that or they need to add the audio features of Vegas to Acid Pro. That would be my ideal setup. I wonder what they have in store for the next upgrade...
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Amen. Actually I've heard that they're going to make Acid and Vegas a little more compatible, but not by much. Vegas was never intended for MIDI. But better intergration would be nice. I recently tracked a song in Acid, but found I needed to transfer it to Vegas 'cause the client decided he wanted real drums instead of loops. What a pain. Had to render each element as a new wav file and then import them all into Vegas. It worked fine, but couldn't there be an easier way???

OK, I've hijacked this thread long enough. As you were, people!
 
Adobe Audition (CEP) has been great-- easy to learn and use.

Highly recommend it.
 
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Had to render each element as a new wav file and then import them all into Vegas. It worked fine, but couldn't there be an easier way???
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That would be awesome, could we sync up vegas with acid? You can go File->Render As->check save each track as a seperate file. That speeds up the process, but it is not ideal.

Adobe Audition (formerly cool edit pro) is decent. Not my first choice but good. I had to learn it for my job, and some of the things are completely backwards from the default Vegas controls so it through me for a loop. But all in all I could easily navigate and edit files. I think I'm about done with this post.... Been good reading though.
 
Although I use Cubase SX for most of my multi-track work, I try to use Cool Edit Professional (now Adobe Audition) where I can. There is a very responsive feel to the interface that is absent from many of the other software packages I have had the opportunity to work with. It is a joy to use and has some very useful features.
 
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