


Especially handy for beginners, n-Track comes with a lot of useful bonus content, such as MIDI drum and bass tracks that could help you familiarize yourself with the fundamentals of MIDI sequencers and piano roll editors. If you are a beginner music producer looking for a DAW and you want all the functionality associated with big name digital audio workstations, but without spending your next paycheck on it, n-Track is a good place to start. See also: Best FREE Digital Audio Workstations! However, their latest update (version 8) brings some fresh features to the plate, along with cross-platform support, and a rather low price tag. If you are a zealous user of a particular DAW, n-Track Studio 8 is probably not going to convert you outright. It is with this philosophy in mind that I have approached my review of n-Track Studio 8. Restricting yourself to only one DAW means that you might be missing out on important features of other applications, and thus limiting your creative process.

Breaking up your music making process into various stages will also allow you to integrate different pieces of software more easily into your workflow. For example, I might sketch a new project in Maschine, mix it in Logic, and perform live using Ableton. In fact, many of us have found there are multiple suitable DAWs for us to use and, instead of compromising in order to limit ourselves to a single program, we use their various strengths for different parts of our creative process. Regardless of your profession, hobby, or process, there is a DAW out there for you. This is the landscape of the modern DAW era: endless choices. No matter how many DAWs squeeze into the picture, there will still be many that didn’t even get the invite. Meanwhile, everyone’s indie favorite Reaper shows up late, having just received another update at the development lab. Tracktion, ReNoise, MuLab, and Ardour are relegated to the back where they quietly work on improving themselves and presenting their innovative concepts to the wider audiences. The youthful Bitwig, with a cool air of confidence, would be peeking over their shoulders from just behind.Ĭubase, Nuendo, and Digital Performer trying hard to get in with the young crowd, but knowing that they have a loyal fan base already. Ableton and Reason would be butting in while showing off their innovative paradigms. Big names like Pro Tools and Logic would be fighting for space with FL Studio and Digital Performer. If all currently available digital audio workstations got together to take a picture, it would be a very crowded affair.
