I'm going to venture a guess or four here:
1. The majority of Tracktion users do not and may never have frequented this forum. They are unaware of the angry or dissapointed users posting here. They are just looking forward to the T2 release, which may or may not be of any use to them.
2. The striptease is not just intended for existing users. Mackie want NEW customers too. They probably want all kinds of people using Tracktion, including those who work in broadcast. Hence some of the new "unrequested" features.
3. Tracktion is now in the Mackie product line. It would be kind of silly if it didn't have support for other Mackie products.
4. No one knows anything yet. Until T2 is released, all we can do is wait. Some will be dissapointed, some won't. Remember that v2 is probably not the last Tracktion release. Features that are left out now may be included in later releases.
T2 feature motivation - did anyone ask the users?
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- KVRAF
- 12977 posts since 29 Sep, 2003 from Ottawa, Canada
Great post. I can never say what I want to say in so short a space, but you did a good job of saying exactly what I feel.
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- KVRian
- 679 posts since 6 Aug, 2004 from Cyberspace
I was wondering...Would Jules/Mackie make more money from upgrades (Beno has already said the upgrade will cost less for us) or from getting new customers?
In other words, the more NEW customers they get the LESS we might have to pay for the upgrade.
I'll break it down for you...
The NFR has got MORE people INTRESTED in BUYING T2.
They will have to pay FULL PRICE whatever that may be.
People who have bought T1 will get it for LESS than the FULL PRICE.
The MORE people who buy at the FULL PRICE the LESS Jules/Mackie will have to charge us to make a profit.
Jules and Mackie are being really cool and all some peeps can do is moan. Im really wondering what did some people buy Trackton for in the first place. To make music or start forum geek wars.
Im pretty happy with how its going because even though I dont have any Mackie gear features like being able to hide information I dont need, being able to use hardware controllers, being able to change the size of the screen and external sync is usefull to me. The things I would really like might come up and if they dont then I'll ask when the features have been completed.
If your really itching to know whats going to be in T2 have a look at what Jules is making it from
http://www.rawmaterialsoftware.com/juce/
Looking at the above, for instance, tipped me off external midi sync might be possible and Beno's update confirmed it. Its written very clearly.
Im certainly not the brightest bulb on my street, house or probably in this room (my cat is far smarter than I am
) but if I can work it out Im sure you can.
In other words, the more NEW customers they get the LESS we might have to pay for the upgrade.
I'll break it down for you...
The NFR has got MORE people INTRESTED in BUYING T2.
They will have to pay FULL PRICE whatever that may be.
People who have bought T1 will get it for LESS than the FULL PRICE.
The MORE people who buy at the FULL PRICE the LESS Jules/Mackie will have to charge us to make a profit.
Jules and Mackie are being really cool and all some peeps can do is moan. Im really wondering what did some people buy Trackton for in the first place. To make music or start forum geek wars.
Im pretty happy with how its going because even though I dont have any Mackie gear features like being able to hide information I dont need, being able to use hardware controllers, being able to change the size of the screen and external sync is usefull to me. The things I would really like might come up and if they dont then I'll ask when the features have been completed.
If your really itching to know whats going to be in T2 have a look at what Jules is making it from
http://www.rawmaterialsoftware.com/juce/
Looking at the above, for instance, tipped me off external midi sync might be possible and Beno's update confirmed it. Its written very clearly.
Im certainly not the brightest bulb on my street, house or probably in this room (my cat is far smarter than I am
) but if I can work it out Im sure you can.
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- KVRian
- 1161 posts since 24 Dec, 2004 from Adelaide, South Australia
Exactly !
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- KVRAF
- 6490 posts since 14 Jun, 2004 from Rochester, NY
well see most people who are talking about adobe audition dont really use the realtime FX racks or bussing in multitrack mode. It's not just an audio editor, its a full featured multitrack editor and mixer as well, and when you run into problems with mastering and mixing 16 tracks, it kind of starts to piss you off
RonC
RonC
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- KVRist
- 34 posts since 28 Oct, 2003
I'd just like to put in my 2 cents:
One person's "useless feature" is another person's "OMG ... Finally Someone Gets It!"
Case in point: Broadcast .WAV support. This is HUGE deal for me, and I know a lot of radio/TV people will be quite jazzed to have pro-quality tools available at such a low price.
One person's "useless feature" is another person's "OMG ... Finally Someone Gets It!"
Case in point: Broadcast .WAV support. This is HUGE deal for me, and I know a lot of radio/TV people will be quite jazzed to have pro-quality tools available at such a low price.
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- KVRian
- 1422 posts since 16 Jan, 2004 from Minneapolis, MN.
Ditto. I'm dumpin' my pants over MMC and MTC support.d2 wrote:I'd just like to put in my 2 cents:
One person's "useless feature" is another person's "OMG ... Finally Someone Gets It!"
Case in point: Broadcast .WAV support. This is HUGE deal for me, and I know a lot of radio/TV people will be quite jazzed to have pro-quality tools available at such a low price.
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- KVRAF
- 12977 posts since 29 Sep, 2003 from Ottawa, Canada
ek666: it's called EQ and harmonic excitement. You don't want those build into your sequencer, you just want to learn how to and when to use them. 
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- Banned
- 1842 posts since 4 Aug, 2004 from just right here
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- KVRAF
- 12977 posts since 29 Sep, 2003 from Ottawa, Canada
Cool. 
I'm always learning new things, too, though I wouldn't necessarily describe the learning curve as "steep". Quite the opposite, for me! More like, super-quick learning curve, and then fun discoveries that enhance my experience as I go.
Welcome to the ranks.
I'm always learning new things, too, though I wouldn't necessarily describe the learning curve as "steep". Quite the opposite, for me! More like, super-quick learning curve, and then fun discoveries that enhance my experience as I go. Welcome to the ranks.
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- KVRAF
- 16154 posts since 2 Dec, 2003 from Nashville, TN
I believe it's a type of wave file that holds additional information about the file. I don't know all about it, but I do know that if I create a broadcast wave file at 2:11 of a song, then import it to another song, it will put itself in the right place(or something like that). So it holds info about it's length and time placement and other stuff. Maybe someone else can help more here.
Koolkeys
Koolkeys
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- KVRAF
- 1600 posts since 1 Apr, 2003 from Seattle, WA
Yeah you pretty much got it Kooly.
The bwav file works just like any other wave file (it has a .wav extension) except it knows where it was originally recorded. So after moving it arround or importing it into a diferent program, it can be retruned to its original location. So for a program that records all its wav files as bwavs, all you need is the folder of audio files and they can all be placed back at their original location simply and easily. I hope this helps.
Ben
The bwav file works just like any other wave file (it has a .wav extension) except it knows where it was originally recorded. So after moving it arround or importing it into a diferent program, it can be retruned to its original location. So for a program that records all its wav files as bwavs, all you need is the folder of audio files and they can all be placed back at their original location simply and easily. I hope this helps.
Ben