Mackie Tracktion 3

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Mon Dec 20, 2010 11:15 pm

Anyone use it? It's really cheap at MF (4.99) http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com/pr ... sku=701816 and seems more powerful than garageband which is what I've been using.

Any input?

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Mon Dec 20, 2010 11:31 pm

can you really go wrong at that price? it's the equivalent of a frozen pizza or something.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 2:21 am

It's good, but dude just get fucking REAPER.

http://www.cockos.com/reaper

I used Tracktion 2 for live tracking bands on a Macking 16.4 firewire mixer. I didn't like it.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 3:42 am

Reaper is not 4.99 though

cobascis · Post by **cobascis** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 4:32 am

I'm not sure it would be a worthwhile upgrade from Garage Band, personally. It is only 4.99, though.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 1:22 pm

endsjustifymeans wrote:Reaper is not 4.99 though

reaper starts as a totally unrestricted trial, you decide when/if you want to pay for a license. your license is good till the next major upgrade. it's awesome as hell.
if more people would try reaper there would be less discussion about these other shit programs.

$40 if you just use it personally / $150 if you use it commercially - fucking CHEAP

The trial NEVER EXPIRES so you can use it as long as you want.

Download the full, uncrippled, unexpiring evaluation version of REAPER, and give it a test drive. If it suits you, you'll need a license.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 1:27 pm

Tracktion ships free with Mackie firewire hardware, so I think it's just shit they put together so they didn't have to license copies of Cubase trials etc... hence why it might be $4.99

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 2:51 pm

I got it for $0.39 shipped by getting Music123 to get the 123% price match!

cobascis · Post by **cobascis** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 9:11 pm

endsjustifymeans wrote:I got it for $0.39 shipped by getting Music123 to get the 123% price match!

lol

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 4:23 am

cobascis wrote:
endsjustifymeans wrote:I got it for $0.39 shipped by getting Music123 to get the 123% price match!
lol

Al_ · Post by **Al_** » Thu Dec 23, 2010 8:32 pm

There's an article about the Reaper dudes in this month's TapeOp.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Fri Dec 24, 2010 12:38 am

yeah brah!

i always thought that 'Justin' was the same dude that did WinAmp, but that confirmed it. good read. i think i might actually pay for it when it hits 4.0