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trappist · Post by **trappist** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 11:41 pm

I had almost forgotten about Kristal, another free piece of recording software. I haven't done much research into it though.

I currently have Tracktion. Any advantages of downloading Kristal...? A step up or a step down or a totally different beast?

[absurd] · Post by **[absurd]** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 11:46 pm

Kristal 2 should be coming out soon, it looks promising. There is some info here:
http://community.kreatives.org/viewthread.php?tid=480

maximilians1 · Post by **maximilians1** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 11:48 pm

Kristal can't host vst instruments, it does effects though. Kristal doesn't have any midi but thats coming with Kristal 2, it is a nice program though easy to use and all that.

Bunnyboy · Post by **Bunnyboy** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 11:53 pm

I like Kristal for multi-track mixing and a bit of arranging (if needed)

It has a clean interface and is easy to use (and free!!)

Version 2 looks very interesting

trappist · Post by **trappist** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 4:14 am

I hope version 2 is still free....

Lunch Money · Post by **Lunch Money** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 10:02 pm

It's a cool app, and I'm thankful they made it; however, it doesn't do anything that can't already be done in Tracktion, that I'm aware of. I didn't like the workflow, either.

Greg

VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 10:32 pm

maximilians1 wrote:Kristal can't host vst instruments, it does effects though. Kristal doesn't have any midi but thats coming with Kristal 2, it is a nice program though easy to use and all that.

it will also support virtual instruments too..

and it looks like its going to be a commercial venture this time.. though the forum thread (linked here) says he (matthias - the dev of kristal) will have a free version for private use will probably be released too.

Hmmm, Crystal is a softsynth--is Kristal a Host?