tracktion 2 vs. ableton live 5
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tracktion 2 vs. ableton live 5
so, i'm upgrading my computer and i thought it would be good to upgrade software as well. right now i'm using live 2 for recording. i was thinking of upgrading to ableton live 5, but i don't really have the money for it. tracktion 2 seems like a similar program..(no actual live sound capabilities i think, but i don't use live for that anyway.) so...
opinions on tracktion 2?
suggestions for other cheap recording software?
i'm all ears. thanks.
opinions on tracktion 2?
suggestions for other cheap recording software?
i'm all ears. thanks.
"Set Phasers to Extra Slow."
as far as i know, those are the two good cheap DAWs.
i have that traktion free thing that they offered to tapeoppers and i have live 5. can't say i use either of them... but they seem really nice.
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i have that traktion free thing that they offered to tapeoppers and i have live 5. can't say i use either of them... but they seem really nice.
this post is totally unhelpful.
here, think about this: The gun is good. The penis is evil. The penis shoots seeds, and makes new life, and poisons the earth with a plague of men, as once it was. But the gun shoots death, and purifies the earth of the filth of brutals. Go forth and kill!
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i love tracktion 2. this place is very useful. http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=22
if you have specific questions about using it live ask there plenty of people would know all the limitations. all i use it for is recording. but for that i love it. i have a friend that can get me a copy of cubase (completly legal mind you, from steinberg) for $99, but i would still rather use tracktion.
if you have specific questions about using it live ask there plenty of people would know all the limitations. all i use it for is recording. but for that i love it. i have a friend that can get me a copy of cubase (completly legal mind you, from steinberg) for $99, but i would still rather use tracktion.
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Thanks eeldip, now I have a visual of Sean Connery w/ a ponytail...eeldip wrote:
here, think about this: The gun is good. The penis is evil. The penis shoots seeds, and makes new life, and poisons the earth with a plague of men, as once it was. But the gun shoots death, and purifies the earth of the filth of brutals. Go forth and kill!
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It seems like your application would make a lot of difference in which to use. I absolutely love LIVE and use it all the time for songwriting and arrangement as well as timing correction. I also feel like its not the best for fine editing(no wave editing at all) and final song arrangement. For that I use both pro tools and dp 4.5. I have never used traktion but have heard good things about it. Sometimes you can get an older version of live on ebay and go the upgrade path for less than the retail price. If you are a student, teacher, or affiliated with a non-profit or educational organization I thinks you can find the academic version of live for close to $250 which make it pretty close to traktion pricewise. That is assuming you're not doing a lot of paid audio work whcih would be a conflict with most academic EULAs.
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Ditto. Tracktion was the first DAW I used that was as fun and as easy to get into as ye olde Tascam 4 track. LOVE it.assfortress wrote:i love tracktion 2. this place is very useful. http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=22
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Ableton Live is the schnizz for electronic/experimental music. It's sorta like having the best features of an MPC and a DAW in one program. If that's not your bag I'd go with Tracktion which is a very straightforward recording program.
If you want really cheap, check out Audacity- http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
If you want really cheap, check out Audacity- http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
"What you're saying is, unlike all the other writers, if it was really new, you'd know it was new when you heard it, and you'd love it. <b>That's a hell of an assumption</b>". -B. Marsalis
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