Mackie Tracktion2 Music Production Software (Macintosh and Windows)

Unlimited track count. Support for sample rates up to 192kHz. Importing and exporting of all major file types.

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Overall User Ratings

Overall:: 9 out of 10
Features:: 9 out of 10
Quality:: 10 out of 10
Value:: 9 out of 10
I Want It:: 10 out of 10
Sound:: 10 out of 10
Ease of Use:: 9 out of 10
Support:: 10 out of 10

"Clean, functional and no-nonsense, as good software should be."

Overall:: 9 out of 10
Features:: 9 out of 10
Value:: 9 out of 10
Sound:: 9 out of 10
Support:: 9 out of 10

User: a customer from yahoo.com

Submitted: 7/13/2006

Style of Music: Progressive metal, some blues, acoustic rock.

Musical Experience: Hobbyist

Location: Raleigh NC

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Feature:
Has mixer parameter automation, which I think I will use later as I get better at this. It's a VST host so there's ton's of synths and effects you can add to it if you're not happy with the prepackaged ones. Comes with a lot of plug-ins already, you shouldn't need anything else.

Quality:
Seems very polished. The GUI is clean and functional, you won't get a virtual knob graphic with knurls here :-)

Value:
Comes with a lot of good VST plugins, including mastering. Altho there are pretty good free/cheap sequencers around (Kristal, n-track), they have some limitations. Tracktion is worth the money for the interface alone (for me).

Sound:
I haven't had any issues, it's great. I'm a novice and just getting started. I use a Zoom MRS-8 to record with and then do mixing offline on Tracktion. So I don't use it for audio capture, just mixing and mastering. But I HAVE used it with an audio interface (TASCAM US-122) and it works great. It's a VST host so there's ton's of synths and effects you can add to it if you're not happy with the prepackaged ones.

Ease of Use:
As easy as a DAW software can get! Great for a newbie like me, who HASN'T used a standard mixer console model with all the sends, returns, bussing etc. This treats every track as a signal chain that you can see from input to output. It's very "big picture" so novices like me don't get trapped in some submenu somewhere.

Support:
Great forums online.

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"I have used PT, Logic, Nuendo, Cubase, Recording is my major...I pick Tracktion...at least for now!"

Overall:: 10 out of 10
Features:: 8 out of 10
Quality:: 10 out of 10
Value:: 10 out of 10
I Want It:: 10 out of 10
Sound:: 10 out of 10
Ease of Use:: 10 out of 10
Support:: 10 out of 10

User: a customer from gmail.com

Submitted: 9/11/2006

Style of Music: ALL

Musical Experience: recording engineer

Location: Fredonia, NY, USA

Feature:
Tracktion has everything you would need in most cases. It lacks some of the "nitty gritty" details that can be accomplished in other DAW's but if you are a good engineer it won't matter.

Quality:
Fast Install....Great documentation..(wich is more important than people realize) it's software...i mean..it works!

Value:
Totally worth it

Desirability:
It's like this...I can record 16 tracks in and monitor out through one firewire cable....into a MacBook Pro...uh....on location recording anyone? Then there are the times when I have a full cd worth of audio to edit...i walk to starbucks drink coffee and smoke outside while editing...fantastic...just great.

Sound:
I am a student at SUNY Fredonia in the sound recording major. I have used PT, Logic, Nuendo, Cubase. This software with my Mackie 1640 Consol sounds better than PT by far and I would compare Logic and Tracktion without hesitation.

Ease of Use:
Extremely easy...period.

Support:
I have never needed it for the software. However I own the 1640 and i emailed them for schematics wich where sent to me the next day...They are awesome!

Overall:
I will upgrade this product and continue to use it...why? Bottom line in this buisness...IT SOUNDS GOOD. (and I can afford it)

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"SIMPLY THE BEST"

Overall:: 10 out of 10
Features:: 10 out of 10
Quality:: 10 out of 10
I Want It:: 10 out of 10
Sound:: 10 out of 10

User: a customer from roscoepeterson.com

Submitted: 2/5/2006

Style of Music: blues rock

Musical Experience: professional musician and recording artist

Location: hollywood florida

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Feature:
i used the box pack with all the plug ins. you dony need anymore than what is offered there. you can make a top quality radio ready c.d.

Quality:
i used tracktion after it was already installed. i would however reccomend you have a really powerful fast computer.

Value:
please! my pro tools cost 5 times as much and i had to buy drum, and prossesor plug ins. and it is no better than tracktion

Desirability:
i am on the computer right now to buy one!

Sound:
the sound is as good as my pro tools. period!

Support:
cant imagine needing it

Overall:
cant be beat. not by anything i know of. and the price is GREAT!!!!!

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Mackie Tracktion2 Customer Review

Overall:: 10 out of 10
Features:: 9 out of 10
Quality:: 10 out of 10
Value:: 9 out of 10
I Want It:: 9 out of 10
Sound:: 10 out of 10
Ease of Use:: 9 out of 10
Support:: 9 out of 10

User: a customer from hotmail.com

Submitted: 5/1/2006

Style of Music: Pop Oriental

Musical Experience: Rec. Engineer

Location: Singapore West

Quality:
Perfect and near Nirvana..better than protools

Value:
What value you want, Mackie delivers it to you.

Desirability:
Yes I got it...

Support:
Perfect.

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