Has anyone used the n-track program that OnlineRock is giving away. Ive tried heaps of different setups but none seem to work too well. I recently treid cakewalk but it wasnt working in full duplex,
anyone have any Ideas

I just got Pro Tools LE which works great. I haven't tried nTrack yet but you can download a demo at their site. Also it lists their features. Ever try Pro Tools?

Yes, I've tried n-tracks.
In fact it's the ONLY software I've used and I am very happy with it. And you gotta love their users group forum. They'll help with anything, very knowlegable and eager to assist.

I've been demoing a bunch of different software, including n-Tracks. It's very simple, intuitive and stable. I like it a lot. It's also cheap, even if you don't win it ($30). I also like Guitar Tracks. Pro Tools is the industry standard and I use it at the local studios to produce radio commercials (I'm a writer/producer/voice talent at an ad agency). But the learning curve is quite steep and it can be rather tempermental, especially on a PC.

For home recording, my needs are really modest....miked acoustic guitar and vocals, a few tracks of each. I'm into simplicity of sound and Pro Tools is just way more program than I need. I will probably buy either n-Track or Guitar Tracks at some point soon (if I don't win anything!).

My 2 sense.

I should amend my above post and the comments about Pro Tools. It is Pro Tools FREE that is a little temperamental. I have only used the upscale version in the studio with great engineers and powerful computers.

I have used the demo version of nTrack, and I found it to be the most "user friendly" of all the programs I have looked at so far, including Pro Tools. Pro Tools on Mac is the industry standard, so it makes sense that it would be the most difficult...

I won the first copy of nTracks here, I thought the cost was $59 or $79 for the deluxe model...its a good program at any cost. I am happy I won cause now I can use the money I was going to spend on the software towards a better soundcard or an external mixer.

We should all stay in touch here that use ntrack and help one another with any questions that arise...

Hi Kenna!

and Hi back at ya, Tim!

Yer a shameless ol’ hussy for your n-Track seeking antics! You know that don’t you?!

I use cakewalk 9, which is a good program for windows, even better when using with sound forge 5 and all its dx plugins, like wavehammer that I love, but try not to over abuse! A program needs to be easy to use so you can concentrate on being creative, not working out how to use the thing. my view anyway. I have downloaded ntrack, but haven't used it yet. does the demo version work at 24bit? I don't think it does which was a bit of a turn off for me. bye peter

well, it works, Tim...be obnoxious and be noticed...LOL

If you look back,I posted in almost every forum every day for a week...my name was everywhere. I was even emailin steven beck...I was an awful nag...but it worked. So what can I tell you, If you want nTrack, be all over this board!!!

i would appreciate anyone who reads this to take a listen to my mp3 on the critique corner forum...at the bottom of the main page. see ya...

I know they do this often, but does the ntrack demo have a lot of tools left out(so that you have to buy the full version, or is it fully usable????

They disable some functions, but it's an unlimited time trial. They include a lot of plug-ins with it, but you can only use their proprietary ones cleanly. The others get a noise tone generated over them, rendering them useless for actual production.

The trial version is fine for getting the lay of the land.

Since I won my copy of n-trac I have found it very user friendly and easy to understand the help it is good if you are like me and don't know a lot about this kind of stuff.


Jeanett

Hi all, haven't looked at this site before, but looks like a great resource! I've been using n-tracks for a few months now, with no probs (except some instability with an early version, but fine with v3) on a very modest setup (older 350MHz K6-2 based home brew PC) and a 1GHz Athlon (also home-build). Sound card is SBLive 5.1, using home-built mic preamp (http://sound.westhost.com/project13.htm) and second-hand condenser and dynamic mics to record folk-rock (fiddle, acoustic guitar, bass, sequenced drums (http://www.naturalstudio.co.uk/ for some decent soundfonts) and a few extras. Support for DX/VST effects is good, and there are plenty of decent free/low cost fx on the net. As already mentioned, the n-track support webboard is a great resource. I recommend n-track studio - it can give decent results and is pretty easy to use.