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Has anyone used both Cool Edit Pro and N-tracks? If so which do you prefer and why?
[Here's a poll for voting also]
[Here's a poll for voting also]
laptoppop said:I've paid for and used both. For my $, CEP (Audition) is the more robust program with a lot more attention paid to interface and details and sound quality. N-Tracks has more feature, but was a lot less stable.
N-Tracks is much more concerned with multitrack work than just editing. Audition has a great full editing capability.
Just to confuse the water, if you really want primarily editing and $ is an issue, don't forget Audacity -- its free and pretty darn good.
I use Sonar for primary multitrack work, and Audition for editing.
-lee-
hybridsound said:I bought n-Track in 2002 and I was very disappointed. I ordered it from www.fasoft.com, their home site, and the program was on a burned CD-R with a (poorly) printed label in a plastic sleeve and a tiny piece of paper with a serial # on it. Not to mention, it crashed all the time. There was no hope for editing. The sound effects were crap. You could use VST but it was hardly worth it due to the host. You could also use MIDI but it was really confusing and annoying.
Bottom line: Absolute garbage.
Cool Edit Pro 2.0, on the other hand... It's the best program I have ever used! Recording is 1,000 times easier in CEP. If you ask me, there are more features in CEP than in n-Track. Sound quality is so much better... er... I mean, you can get your sound quality better. Editing is outstanding! I love the way you can zoom in on a track and pin point exactly what you want to change/hear. The sound effects are top notch (kinda). And apart from there being high quality effects, there are lots of them. You can only use DX sounds but with a "VST Wrapper" you incororate all of your VST effects as well.
Stability is great! You just got to know when CEP is struggling or not. If you can hear your HDD grinding away, try not to do too many things at one time. If you do, you will get some kind of error and it will freeze on you. Luckily for you CEP has a session recovery system built in! If CEP crashes and you have to restart the program before you can save, you'll have the option to start right where you left off prior to the crash.
Bottom line: Recording app sent from the heavens! Use it and be... Godly.
n-Track: 3/10
Cool Edit Pro 2.0: 9.5/10
hybridsound said:I bought n-Track in 2002 and I was very disappointed. I ordered it from www.fasoft.com, their home site, and the program was on a burned CD-R with a (poorly) printed label in a plastic sleeve and a tiny piece of paper with a serial # on it. Not to mention, it crashed all the time. There was no hope for editing. The sound effects were crap. You could use VST but it was hardly worth it due to the host. You could also use MIDI but it was really confusing and annoying.
Bottom line: Absolute garbage.
Cool Edit Pro 2.0, on the other hand... It's the best program I have ever used! Recording is 1,000 times easier in CEP. If you ask me, there are more features in CEP than in n-Track. Sound quality is so much better... er... I mean, you can get your sound quality better. Editing is outstanding! I love the way you can zoom in on a track and pin point exactly what you want to change/hear. The sound effects are top notch (kinda). And apart from there being high quality effects, there are lots of them. You can only use DX sounds but with a "VST Wrapper" you incororate all of your VST effects as well.
Stability is great! You just got to know when CEP is struggling or not. If you can hear your HDD grinding away, try not to do too many things at one time. If you do, you will get some kind of error and it will freeze on you. Luckily for you CEP has a session recovery system built in! If CEP crashes and you have to restart the program before you can save, you'll have the option to start right where you left off prior to the crash.
Bottom line: Recording app sent from the heavens! Use it and be... Godly.
n-Track: 3/10
Cool Edit Pro 2.0: 9.5/10
exojjl said:I ditto that. It is superior to anything else I have used. I dont use anything else. Does any other programs have a 128 track mixer?!!!?