Tracktion vs. Cubase SX Pros ---- Cons ?

[AD80]

Another Pro for Tracktion. $300 Mastering plug-in
in a $80 app. Not a bad deal.

[Improv]

Dammit! Now you got my curiosity up.

That's me, the instigator!

I remember thinking "hmm.. I thought people said it didn't do dual monitors..." but I could. Go download the demo... take a look... Maybe I'll get around to in in the next couple of days, if I remember and have some time. Doubtful, but we'll see.

Two things. First, you might have read that someone on the Tracktion forum was doing a hack to allow resizeable windows. (Don't quote me on that, I just remember something vaguely like that.)

Apart from that, if you get it working for two monitors, must be your Matrox. (I'm using 2 x19" CRTs-ViewSonic A90f+ and Nec Multisync 95 using an ATI Radeon 9000Pro 128Mb)

[DevonB]

Apart from that, if you get it working for two monitors, must be your Matrox. (I'm using 2 x19" CRTs-ViewSonic A90f+ and Nec Multisync 95 using an ATI Radeon 9000Pro 128Mb)

Like I said, my Matrox drivers allow me to treat both monitors like a single display. For example, dialog boxes that normally pop up in the center of your screen pop up in the middle between both monitors, so half is on one screen, half is on the other. A little annoying but workable. I don't see how a driver like that would stop you from doing dual monitor, as it's just a large resolution (2560x1024 is what I'm running in)

Devon

[Improv]

Another Pro for Tracktion. $300 Mastering plug-in
in a $80 app. Not a bad deal.

I bookmarked the page and have only scanned it so far. Are these Acuma progs like Final Mix only for Tracktion, vsti, or other? Oh, wait, I see that they are 'specifically designed for use with the Mackie Universal Effects (UFX) card.'

I don't know the price of the UFX, but why not buy one of the other UAD or TC type cards instead? If you went that way, it wouldn't matter which host you used. Hmmm....???

[Improv]

Like I said, my Matrox drivers allow me to treat both monitors like a single display.

Yes, but is that only for MS compliant windows programs? If a program like Tracktion which is not normally resizeable can be spread over two screens,
then somehow the drivers must include the code for window resizing.

For example, dialog boxes that normally pop up in the center of your screen pop up in the middle between both monitors, so half is on one screen, half is on the other. A little annoying but workable.

My Radeon software doesn't have that problem. It allows you to choose where you want the dialogs to appear: Screen 1, Screen 2, centred, same screen as the app, same screen as the mouse. Your choice.

I don't see how a driver like that would stop you from doing dual monitor, as it's just a large resolution (2560x1024 is what I'm running in)

Ya lost me here! Did you think that I was saying that? I was actually saying the opposite-it might HELP you!

[DevonB]

For example, dialog boxes that normally pop up in the center of your screen pop up in the middle between both monitors, so half is on one screen, half is on the other. A little annoying but workable.

My Radeon software doesn't have that problem. It allows you to choose where you want the dialogs to appear: Screen 1, Screen 2, centred, same screen as the app, same screen as the mouse. Your choice.

I know I can choose it somewhere in there. I jsut figured middle was easier to get to, or at least faster. I'll have to look for 'same screen as mouse' though.

I don't see how a driver like that would stop you from doing dual monitor, as it's just a large resolution (2560x1024 is what I'm running in)

Ya lost me here! Did you think that I was saying that? I was actually saying the opposite-it might HELP you!

Now you lost me! I was thinking I did get it on both monitors because of the resolution. FL Studio does the same thing for me as well.

Devon

[AD80]

Another Pro for Tracktion. $300 Mastering plug-in
in a $80 app. Not a bad deal.

I bookmarked the page and have only scanned it so far. Are these Acuma progs like Final Mix only for Tracktion, vsti, or other? Oh, wait, I see that they are 'specifically designed for use with the Mackie Universal Effects (UFX) card.'

I don't know the price of the UFX, but why not buy one of the other UAD or TC type cards instead? If you went that way, it wouldn't matter which host you used. Hmmm....???

I dont know anything about the UFX card and I'm not in the market for a UAD or Powercore right now. All I know is Tracktion users get this plug-in for FREE to use within Tracktion NATIVELY with no card. For a app that costs 80bux thats not a bad deal at all.

[Lunch Money]

Just to add to that and clarify, the Tracktion version does NOT require any hardware-- it is software only; however, it ONLY loads in Tracktion and can't be initialized in another host.

Greg

[bluedad]

Another Pro for Tracktion. $300 Mastering plug-in
in a $80 app. Not a bad deal.

so what does that really say about the plug?
or
tracktion?

anyway, good deal for y'all.
but you gotta come up with some music first.

[Lunch Money]

I don't know what that means...? I think you'll find many Tracktioneers quite prolific.

And what it says about Tracktion to me is that it's under-priced (thankfully), and that FinalMix is possibly over-priced (though it still seems decent enough-- field tests will tell).

Greg

[christianmusicmaker]

Another Pro for Tracktion. $300 Mastering plug-in
in a $80 app. Not a bad deal.



I dont know anything about the UFX card and I'm not in the market for a UAD or Powercore right now. All I know is Tracktion users get this plug-in for FREE to use within Tracktion NATIVELY with no card. For a app that costs 80bux thats not a bad deal at all.

That is the key thing for me...finally Tracktion has a serious *Native hardwired* plug.The signs are good for T2.To be honest I would have thought Mackie would hold this back for T2, thankfully they have not.

[IIRs]

so what does that really say about the plug?
or
tracktion?

anyway, good deal for y'all.
but you gotta come up with some music first.

Just had my first play with the plug: seems like a serious mastering tool to me..

As far as Tracktion goes, I'm more productive & find making music many times more enjoyable since I switched from Cubase VST..

[valley]

so what does that really say about the plug?
or
tracktion?

anyway, good deal for y'all.
but you gotta come up with some music first.

[SuitcaseOfLizards]

Another Pro for Tracktion. $300 Mastering plug-in
in a $80 app. Not a bad deal.

so what does that really say about the plug?
or
tracktion?

anyway, good deal for y'all.
but you gotta come up with some music first.

Hmm hmm.. I dumped Logic for the PC and SONAR for Tracktion. Got 2 tunes done in Logic, 1 in SONAR.. and hmm.. what, eight now in Tracktion? One of which I managed to blast out in 3 hours, start to finish? And that in the past 4 months, whereas the Logic and SONAR ones took over six months?

I got yer music RIGHT HERE!

[AD80]

anyway, good deal for y'all.
but you gotta come up with some music first.

Tracktion makes music too ?? I gotta try that some day.


I've had Tracktion for a little over a year and I have 120 finished beats. I had 2 tracks done in the demo alone before I even had the real version.