Anyone ever try Tracktion 6?

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2016/02/21 22:27:41 (permalink)

Anyone ever try Tracktion 6?

Sonar will always be my main daw, but I like to change things up from time to time so...
I was trying to help a guy find a host for EZD2, and remembered Tracktion 4 was free. I came away so impressed with it I got to reading up on the newer versions. Tracktion 7 should drop any day.
I found a guy selling Tracktion 5 for $8 on KVR, so I bought it and upgraded to Tracktion 6 for $31.25.
Now I will get T7 for free when it comes out.
As for T6, The thing just works. It has a pretty easy learning curve, and I like the one window concept. Editing and Melodyne are a lot easier to use in Sonar, but for tracking and just a change of pace. It's a pretty sweet little piece.
Anyhoo...any other fans of Tracktion out there?
 

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    Re: Anyone ever try Tracktion 6? 2016/02/22 09:12:05 (permalink)
     They only plus it has is the price if you never had a DAW.
     
     No console view.
     Still haven't figured out how to use multi out VSTs. 
     Using loops is tedious.

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    Re: Anyone ever try Tracktion 6? 2016/02/22 10:10:48 (permalink)
    Yes, I have used both versions 5 and 6, and was impressed. Version 7 will be out very soon. I haven't actually used it yet but I've seen it demonstrated and it represents another major advance on par with 4->5->6.
     
    Since the original developer took back control of the product from Mackie in 2013, Tracktion development has been in an accelerated catch-up mode reminiscent of the early days of Reaper development. If you've been following Reaper since the early days, you'll remember it was once widely regarded as a toy. Nobody's laughing at Reaper anymore, mainly because its pace of development has been staggeringly rapid.
     
    Tracktion is on a similar track, today lacking very few features that one would expect from a serious DAW. Yes, it has no console view, but that's by design. I guess it's been so long since I've used SONAR's console view that I forget it's even a significant DAW feature. Because I spend 99.9% of my time in the Track View, Tracktion's track-centric display makes perfect sense to me. 
     
    As impressed as I am by Tracktion, I have to note that I have not switched to it as my DAW of choice (that's probably always going to be SONAR). But if I was just starting out today, it might be a different story.


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    Re: Anyone ever try Tracktion 6? 2016/02/22 10:29:16 (permalink)
    Yeah, I agree Dave. I don't use the console view at all. When I want a console I use Mixbus.
    I hardly ever use loops. I record my guitar, bass and vocals. I use EZD2 and EZkeys. That's about it.
    I read your review of T5 a couple of times this weekend. Nice job as usual.
    The only downsides I see so far...is the ARA with Melodyne. Sonar is so easy, I'm having a hard time figuring out how it's supposed to work in T6. Also, I use ARC2. I haven't found a great way to use it yet. T6's master out needs a post meter FX bin.
    Overall I'm very impressed with it. It's super easy to change buffer size. It's stable, no crashes, no errors...it just works perfectly.
    I've spent $39.25 and they owe me T7. Pretty good deal.
     
    post edited by clintmartin - 2016/02/22 10:44:24

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