Wow, is N-Tracks still alive and kicking?? That was my very first DAW when I was still on Windows. All my early acoustic recordings were done on N-Tracks through a PreSonus "firewire" interface. Had to buy a special PCI card for the Firewire.
Looks like version 10 came out in October, even.
They've always been a bit "underground". They had a free version many moons ago (like 15-18 years ago). Which is why I started using it hahahah. But it looks like they've come a LONG way since then. Back then it wasn't much more than Audacity with a better UI.
100% Agree. I've been using Acid Pro (used to be Sony Acid, now Magix I think) for over a decade for the main reason I'm comfortable with it. I tried Pro Tools, Reaper, etc. just keep coming back to old reliable.
Sonic Foundry Acid! That takes me back! It sure made looping fun on the PC hardware we had in '94!
Got anything planned for that yet?
I was using Audacity back when it was still Cool Edit Pro, and went through many of the usual DAW suspects over the years. Lately I'd been mostly using the free Bandlab Cakewalk/Sonar Platinum version, which is way cool, but nTrack 7 still worked pretty well for simple stuff and it saved me learning curve time on file format conversions and stuff like that. Getting a new PC gave me a kick in the butt to start messing with virtual instruments, more involved looping, impulse loaders, and so on. I used to get paid to learn new software during winter downtime, lots of Adobe stuff before it went to subscription. But I dig supporting the little guys when it makes sense, and forty bucks is an easy hit, so I'm going to give it a shot. It used to take many hours to get old school DAWs working, but getting nTrack up and running has been completely painless so far.
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Nice! Welcome to the club. You gonna build it straight up or throw some mods in there? Got any special mojo parts for it?
I might throw some minor tweaks on it, but I'll build it stock at first to see how I like it. If I do end up tweaking it, it'll just be the same mods that I've done to the Turbo Rats on my board- slight increase on overall distortion, LED clipping, and allowing a bit more of the high end hash to come through (Im a fan of clangy tones)
Indulgent.
I like the way you Rat. Can't wait to see your build report. I'm gonna buy another Lab Rat pcb whenever the Tube Zipper clone pcb comes out. I can't wait for that one either.
I can dig it.I like the inside of my pedals to look like a still from War of the Worlds
Hell yeah! I have a mondo stack of pcbs to build but the zipper is going straight to the front of the line when it comes out.
The global postal service surely works in mysterious ways. Sorry that their much anticipated Caribbean holiday (with waving palm trees, coconuts, and steel drums) had to be cancelled to reach these shores.
