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The fastest, most natural way to produce professional-quality music on your Mac or PC. |
If you like sifting through endless menus and windows to make music, Tracktion 3 is not for you. Based on a simple, single-screen interface, Tracktion is the fast, powerful, complete solution for turning your ideas into finished songs. And unlike the competition, Tracktion 3 comes with all the power and plug-ins you'll ever need. So if you want to keep your music flowing—not locked in menus or limitations—you've come to the right place.
Composition is the first part of the music-making process, and it's also the most important. If you're like many musicians, you don't want your audio software to simply document your performances; you also want it to inspire them. So Tracktion 3 music software serves up everything you need to get your creative juices flowing, right at your fingertips.
When it's time to dig in and actually record something is when you'll realize how different Tracktion 3 is from other audio software. If you've never recorded audio into your computer, you'll be amazed at how quickly Tracktion 3 lets you get going—creating real music within minutes. That's because unlike most other music software, which is designed around analog mixer concepts and routing, Tracktion 3 is truly different. It uses a simple, single-screen interface for all basic recording and editing operations—with a property panel that follows your every move, providing pertinent information for the task at hand.
Once tracks have been recorded, it's time to see if they cut the mustard. Thankfully, Tracktion 3 has some of the best mustard-cutting technology out there. That's because Tracktion's editing power is as good, as or better than, software costing hundreds of dollars more, yet it retains Tracktion's hallmark ease of use. As with most non-destructive editing software, Tracktion's editing allows you to undo and redo your edits to your heart's content—so there's never any fear of messing up your song.
A new Marker Track allows display of all your markers in the edit. But Tracktion's markers are special in that you can treat them as clips, much like audio and MIDI. So you can move them around, split, stretch and edit them. Name and color them as needed to identify different sections of your song. And store and recall them using lightning-fast key commands.
Mixing, of course, is the art of leveling, panning, EQing, adding effects, and otherwise accentuating individual sounds and instruments to get your song to sound just right. Most audio software accomplishes this through the use of a dedicated "mixer" screen, which mirrors the faders and knobs of a traditional analog mixer. Tracktion software, however, has never had—or needed—a dedicated mixer screen, because its users are actually "mixing" their songs throughout the recording process. This is really the genius of Tracktion, and one we'll explore a bit here.
Once you've recorded and mixed your music, you'll want to master it to give it that polished, radio-ready sound. Or you may want to send it to a trusted musician or producer friend for a second, or third, opinion. Thankfully, Tracktion 3 lets you easily do both. Tracktion's built-in archiving capabilities let you save and send your project to other Tracktion users so they can listen, collaborate, and edit. Of course you can easily export to a variety of formats such as .wav, .aif, and .mp3 to share with those not yet part of the Tracktion Collective. And because Tracktion 3 comes bundled with Mackie's acclaimed Mixing and Mastering Tools, you can rest assured that the final music will rock as hard—or as soft—as you like.
Mackie Tracktion 3 Project Bundle Features:
- Streamlined audio and MIDI recording, mixing, editing and mastering
- Clutter-free, single-screen user interface keeps the music flowing
- No limits on track count, virtual instruments, or plug-ins (except as determined by your Mac or PC's processing power)
- Acid, Apple and REX Loop Browser with automatic pitch and tempo adjustment
- High-definition 64-bit/192kHz mix engine for superior sound
- Rack filters for simple creation of complex instrument and effect combinations
- Multi-processor / multi-core CPU support
- QuickTime video support for professional soundtrack creation
- Control surface support including Mackie Control Universal, C4 and more
- Over 150 new features and enhancements from Tracktion 2
- T3 bundles give users everything they need to jam, track, mix and master a pro recording.
Project Bundle features
- IK Multimedia SampleTank 2 SE w/ 50 sound sets
- IK Multimedia Amplitube Uno w/ upgrade to Duo LE
- Submersible Music DrumCore TK Diet
- Garritan Personal Orchestra Tracktion 3 Lite Edition powered by Native Instruments Kontakt 2 Player
- LinPlug FreeAlpha classic synth
- Linplug CronoX 3 Lite sample synth
- LinPlug RM IV Lite drum machine w/ 100 kits and 500 MIDI loops
- Mackie Mixing and Mastering Tools
- Sonic Reality Tracktion 3 Project Collection w/ 500 Apple loops, 50 Rex loops, 250MB multi-track loops
- SWA Video - Tracktion 3 Quick Start
Check the specs—Tracktion 3 has got it all and then some! Order your copy today!
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Keep Away From This Software!
Posted by Anonymous Musician on Feb 21, 2009
Experience w/product: I have heard about it
Reviewer's Background: N/A
Reviewer's Play Style: N/A
I've always liked software that was easy to use. I never realized I had to have a P.H.D. from Oxford to leard this software. Beleave me it's nearly impossible to get it up and running. Take my advice and buy something like pro-tools, because Tracktion is a bunch of British BS. P.S. It's a very snobby program. Don't waste your money. I hate it!!!
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Great Budget Recording
Posted by Pewrat from Nebraska on Aug 7, 2008
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist
Reviewer's Play Style: Christian Rock/Blues
If you're looking for an easy to use, inexpensive recording software package this is it. I use it with the Mackie Onyx Satellite interface in Windows XP. (There are no Vista drivers available for the Satellite). My only complaint is the service and support is really lacking. If you have problems they direct you to discussion forums which is kind of like navigating through a maze for me.
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