Congrats Squeak. The original Tracktion was an excellent program. I was able to d/l it for free when Mackie was giving it away during last winter's promotion. If it had any weaknesses, midi recording / editing would be the one thing that stands out.

When we had talked in the past, I remember you were into making some modern music, perhaps with a synth oriented and/or hip-hop flair, and that you like working with hardware drum machines.

With this in mind, Before you decide on Tracktion, I'd also recommend a serious look at FL Studio Producer edition. It is among the best of the best when it comes to pattern based sequencing, although it serves quite well for non pattern based sequencing and single or multitrack audio recording as well.

Orion Platinum also excels in this area, and although I tend to think of FL as a slightly more complete DAW, Orion certainly is capable. Just depends which interface you like better. I can use either, and really, I rarely feel the need to use Sonar at all any more. I find both FL and Orion's interfaces to be more intuitive. You can d/l fully working demos of both ( no saving of files ).

You'll likely want to get more Ram if you'll be doing serious Audio work with your new machine, and perhaps disable any of the Windows based apps ( CPU hogs ) that you won't ever use. A few audio sites give tips on optimizing Windows for Audio. They are certainly worth a look.

Regards,

AJ



[This message has been edited by Bluezplayer (edited 05-30-2005).]