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howcome i cant playback more than 8 trax??
- Thread starter jjrockjaw
- Start date
thanx fellas...im using cakewalk home studio 9...and i have a soundblaster awe 64. i know its a weak card, but cool edit allows me unlimited trax...whats the deal?
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Home Studio is limited to 8 audio tracks. Does a stereo audio track equal two tracks or one?
A stereo audio track is counted as one track, not two. You can therefore record up to 8 tracks of stereo audio, which is the equivalent of 16 mono tracks. You are limited to 8 mono tracks, so by recording stereo tracks in version 9.0 you're essentially doubling your audio track capability. Cool!
-- From the Home Studio FAQ page <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Uhh, yeah... cool! Unless you don't want 8 tracks panned hard left and 8 tracks panned hard right. Your best bet is to get your mix sounding good, and then bounce multiple tracks to a single track. This gets tedious if you have a lot of tracks and/or decide to change individual levels or effects later (which I almost always do). Or you could upgrade to Pro Audio 9, which has unlimited tracks.
I don't like this marketing approach, personally. Since the development has already been done for Pro Audio, it would cost Cakewalk NOTHING to put unlimited tracks into Home Studio. They sell you a crippled piece of software cheaper, knowing that a lot of folks will upgrade when the outgrow 8 tracks. That said, I do use Cakewalk for almost all my mixes. It's a love/hate thing.
A stereo audio track is counted as one track, not two. You can therefore record up to 8 tracks of stereo audio, which is the equivalent of 16 mono tracks. You are limited to 8 mono tracks, so by recording stereo tracks in version 9.0 you're essentially doubling your audio track capability. Cool!
-- From the Home Studio FAQ page <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Uhh, yeah... cool! Unless you don't want 8 tracks panned hard left and 8 tracks panned hard right. Your best bet is to get your mix sounding good, and then bounce multiple tracks to a single track. This gets tedious if you have a lot of tracks and/or decide to change individual levels or effects later (which I almost always do). Or you could upgrade to Pro Audio 9, which has unlimited tracks.
I don't like this marketing approach, personally. Since the development has already been done for Pro Audio, it would cost Cakewalk NOTHING to put unlimited tracks into Home Studio. They sell you a crippled piece of software cheaper, knowing that a lot of folks will upgrade when the outgrow 8 tracks. That said, I do use Cakewalk for almost all my mixes. It's a love/hate thing.
If they put unlimited tracks in Cakewalk Home Studio, it would be Pro Audio 9.
I wouldn't call it crippled. Just cheaper.
I wouldn't call it crippled. Just cheaper.
Cheaper, as in a lower $ package for a different market.
PG: I had an alternate reply here, but after rereading your quote... that is a damn scam. In samplitude Basic you can record 16 mono tracks, or 8 stereo... not this 8 tracks period.
Misleading for sure.
[This message has been edited by Emeric (edited 05-30-2000).]
PG: I had an alternate reply here, but after rereading your quote... that is a damn scam. In samplitude Basic you can record 16 mono tracks, or 8 stereo... not this 8 tracks period.
Misleading for sure.
[This message has been edited by Emeric (edited 05-30-2000).]
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>If they put unlimited tracks in Cakewalk Home Studio, it would be Pro Audio 9<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
My point exactly. Not that _I_ can tell them what they can charge for what they offer. I just have lots of opinions and no problems spouting off about it.
It makes more sense to me to just drop the price of CPA a bit and offer a demo to the cost conscious part of the market in today's climate. But folks would have to stop buying the track limited software before Cakewalk would even consider it, I imagine. That shouldn't take long once the word gets out.
[This message has been edited by pglewis (edited 05-30-2000).]
My point exactly. Not that _I_ can tell them what they can charge for what they offer. I just have lots of opinions and no problems spouting off about it.
It makes more sense to me to just drop the price of CPA a bit and offer a demo to the cost conscious part of the market in today's climate. But folks would have to stop buying the track limited software before Cakewalk would even consider it, I imagine. That shouldn't take long once the word gets out.
[This message has been edited by pglewis (edited 05-30-2000).]