What's your main DAW ?

[bduffy]

I thought Tracktion would've rated higher. eXT is super-popular. Good. I'm going to pick it up to enhance Cubase; it's quite the program! Tracktion too. It'll be interesting to see if Steinberg can maintain the lead with all this dongle-free innovation gaining support.

Now you're talkin'. The eXT/Tracktion combo works. If you want to continue to master (or anything) in Cubase after you get a taste for these two low cost, dongle free goodies together, I'll be very surprised.

Well...you have to keep in mind Cubase offers a truckload of things under one roof that aren't available yet in some of these sequencers, some things you get very accustomed to after 7 years or so. And I know some die-hard fans of Tracktion admit that the MIDI isn't that hot yet; I know one guy who uses eXT in Tracktion to do the MIDI (Oh, is that what you meant?), so for now, I'm just exploring the options. I like the idea of eXT in Cubase, because you get the radical, modular flexibilty of eXT with the audio/MIDI editing power of Cubase. Tracktion is so different from Cubase, it's been a long, slow road to get anywhere with it. But I can see its power, and it's got probably the best spec sheet to compete with the big 2 PC hosts.

Anyway, ramble, ramble. I am trying to stay open to new ideas; and sometimes I just want to throw Cubase in the garbage when my all-important project just WON'T LOAD...but then again, I love that damn mixer so...

[tomg]

I thought Tracktion would've rated higher. eXT is super-popular. Good. I'm going to pick it up to enhance Cubase; it's quite the program! Tracktion too. It'll be interesting to see if Steinberg can maintain the lead with all this dongle-free innovation gaining support.

Now you're talkin'. The eXT/Tracktion combo works. If you want to continue to master (or anything) in Cubase after you get a taste for these two low cost, dongle free goodies together, I'll be very surprised.

Well...you have to keep in mind Cubase offers a truckload of things under one roof that aren't available yet in some of these sequencers, some things you get very accustomed to after 7 years or so. And I know some die-hard fans of Tracktion admit that the MIDI isn't that hot yet; I know one guy who uses eXT in Tracktion to do the MIDI (Oh, is that what you meant?), so for now, I'm just exploring the options. I like the idea of eXT in Cubase, because you get the radical, modular flexibilty of eXT with the audio/MIDI editing power of Cubase. Tracktion is so different from Cubase, it's been a long, slow road to get anywhere with it. But I can see its power, and it's got probably the best spec sheet to compete with the big 2 PC hosts.

Anyway, ramble, ramble. I am trying to stay open to new ideas; and sometimes I just want to throw Cubase in the garbage when my all-important project just WON'T LOAD...but then again, I love that damn mixer so...

I'm doing the entire track (midi & audio) in eXT because it's so fast, friendly and smooth then only using T2 to master. T2s midi is so bad it will drive you insane and make you hurt your computer (Cue psycho Music). But T2 mixes and masters audio so naturally that it's second nature and a pure pleasure. I'm so happy.

Edit: Before I get jumped on. T2s midi step recording is pretty good but performance capture and editing.. it's psycho time.

[bduffy]

I thought Tracktion would've rated higher. eXT is super-popular. Good. I'm going to pick it up to enhance Cubase; it's quite the program! Tracktion too. It'll be interesting to see if Steinberg can maintain the lead with all this dongle-free innovation gaining support.

Now you're talkin'. The eXT/Tracktion combo works. If you want to continue to master (or anything) in Cubase after you get a taste for these two low cost, dongle free goodies together, I'll be very surprised.

Well...you have to keep in mind Cubase offers a truckload of things under one roof that aren't available yet in some of these sequencers, some things you get very accustomed to after 7 years or so. And I know some die-hard fans of Tracktion admit that the MIDI isn't that hot yet; I know one guy who uses eXT in Tracktion to do the MIDI (Oh, is that what you meant?), so for now, I'm just exploring the options. I like the idea of eXT in Cubase, because you get the radical, modular flexibilty of eXT with the audio/MIDI editing power of Cubase. Tracktion is so different from Cubase, it's been a long, slow road to get anywhere with it. But I can see its power, and it's got probably the best spec sheet to compete with the big 2 PC hosts.

Anyway, ramble, ramble. I am trying to stay open to new ideas; and sometimes I just want to throw Cubase in the garbage when my all-important project just WON'T LOAD...but then again, I love that damn mixer so...

I'm doing the entire track (midi & audio) in eXT because it's so fast, friendly and smooth then only using T2 to master. T2s midi is so bad it will drive you insane and make you hurt your computer (Cue psycho Music). But T2 mixes and masters audio so naturally that it's second nature and a pure pleasure. I'm so happy.

Edit: Before I get jumped on. T2s midi step recording is pretty good but performance capture and editing.. it's psycho time.

Yeah, see, that's bad news: I live and breath in the Piano Roll. But I'm sure the next version will address it. I plan do get deeper into eXT when I can spare the cash. I know it's cheap, but I've been spending too much...you guys know the drill: wife, etc.

[ObsoleteAcc99]

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[Z3R0T0N1N]

ttoz:
if you're truly interested, perhaps you could list some of the features you need;
there's quite some power in there, and it's not always self-evident.
I am not saying that it definitely has them, but it might;
I have been using it since the beginning, so i know it quite well, but there are people in the eXT forum that are absolute gurus, and think of stuff that i never would.
So, how 'bout it? you never know

[ObsoleteAcc99]

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[Z3R0T0N1N]

ok then.
i was trying to be helpful, but i guess you're not into it.

you might check out the soon to be released XT2, when it comes out.

[ObsoleteAcc99]

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[Z3R0T0N1N]

... Maybe XT2 will be a huge leap!

it certainly seems so, by the list of improvements / changes so far.
kind of freaky that it is all developed by one guy

chrrz.

[tomg]

Yeah, see, that's bad news: I live and breath in the Piano Roll. But I'm sure the next version will address it. I plan do get deeper into eXT when I can spare the cash. I know it's cheap, but I've been spending too much...you guys know the drill: wife, etc.

I understand. The good news is that eXT runs as a VST in T2 and has great midi capture. It replaces Chainer as a VST stacker and test bed too. I had a moment just before I clicked the Cubase uninstall but the past few days of bliss killed the pain. I can always go back but I don't think so.

[MattmaN]

I'm surprised that only 1 person said Audition was thier main DAW.Then again most of us are midiots,and Audition has yet to implement midi.

[bullshark]

I'm doing the entire track (midi & audio) in eXT because it's so fast, friendly and smooth then only using T2 to master. T2s midi is so bad it will drive you insane and make you hurt your computer (Cue psycho Music).

I feel the exact opposite, used Tracktion for a while, then bought eXT because of so many raving about it but I hate editing MIDI in it, drive me totally insane, whish I'd kept Tracktion for that at this point.

[The Chase]

[SonicBreeze]

CubasEXT Rocks!!!

[tomg]

I'm doing the entire track (midi & audio) in eXT because it's so fast, friendly and smooth then only using T2 to master. T2s midi is so bad it will drive you insane and make you hurt your computer (Cue psycho Music).

I feel the exact opposite, used Tracktion for a while, then bought eXT because of so many raving about it but I hate editing MIDI in it, drive me totally insane, whish I'd kept Tracktion for that at this point.

I always keep stuff until I'm sure. I've still got an Amiga with Bars&Pipes and KCS on it somewhere around here.

That's really good news for T2 users, maybe some others won't have midi problems ether.

I have midi capture problems with everything PC. Logic was the one and only PC sequencer I ever got along with without having to do a bunch of peformance editing but I hated the bolt-on VST support.

It's too bad I can't give you my NFR version. I would if I could.