« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2006, 06:54:14 PM »
It depends on your use for it. I'm using it to record multi-track audio in a home studio. I find this by far the most intuitive, ergonomic multi-track software DAW out there. With Pro-Tools and some of the other packages, you can spend weeks learning the menu/window intricacies. With Tracktion, I was up and productive the very first day. My Roland hardware DAW is now gathering dust.
As for simple stereo wav recording/editing/processing, I still prefer the old Cool Edit 2K. That's not really what Tracktion is designed for.
I guess in summary, If you're ever recording 4 simultaneous tracks, you might give Tracktion a whirl. Be careful when file sizes get extremely large, tho.
I tried Tracktion for a while, but found it was not too stable on my hardware (Presonus Firepod). It sometimes totally locked up and never came back. (Required removing battery from laptop to reset it, then some of my files were missing!) The interface took a bit of getting used to, but I did like the simplicity of it. I ended up going with Cubase. I figured that since Steinberg developed the ASIO standard they were most likely to provide reliable recordings. So far I've had no problems with Cubase.
Richard
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