1. Hi.
    I’ve been using Nero Soundtrax for years (yes, still THAT version, Sergio) to make various live compilations but I don’t think it’s compatible with the MacBook I’ve recently been issued through work. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what program would be a good/similar replacement?
    Thank you!
  2. Originally posted by RUMMY:Hi.
    I’ve been using Nero Soundtrax for years (yes, still THAT version, Sergio) to make various live compilations but I don’t think it’s compatible with the MacBook I’ve recently been issued through work. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what program would be a good/similar replacement?
    Thank you!
    @RUMMY I guess it depends on what you'd like to do/achieve. There's quite a bit of choice in free/paid DAW's. I've worked with Audacity, Garageband (both free) and Ableton Live recently. But that's more for the 'construction' work of putting together mixes I guess. They each have their pros/cons:

    - Audacity has great plugin support (and there's a wealth of great plugins out there)
    - Garageband is less of an editor of (multi)tracks but has great realtime effect support, which Audacity lacks
    - Ableton is very feature-rich but has a learning curve and is more of a dance-production tool I guess.

    If you're more interested in audio enhancement or fixing audio then you can look at Izotope. Their Ozone mastering suite is kind of brilliant in fixing sound, but comes at a price-tag. You could do a 10 day trial though and run your back cataloque through it though

    What's the kind of stuff you would like to do?
  3. Originally posted by melon51:[..]
    @RUMMY I guess it depends on what you'd like to do/achieve. There's quite a bit of choice in free/paid DAW's. I've worked with Audacity, Garageband (both free) and Ableton Live recently. But that's more for the 'construction' work of putting together mixes I guess. They each have their pros/cons:

    - Audacity has great plugin support (and there's a wealth of great plugins out there)
    - Garageband is less of an editor of (multi)tracks but has great realtime effect support, which Audacity lacks
    - Ableton is very feature-rich but has a learning curve and is more of a dance-production tool I guess.

    If you're more interested in audio enhancement or fixing audio then you can look at Izotope. Their Ozone mastering suite is kind of brilliant in fixing sound, but comes at a price-tag. You could do a 10 day trial though and run your back cataloque through it though

    What's the kind of stuff you would like to do?
    Hey! Thanks for replying.
    I just need something relatively simple that allows me to make smooth “transitions” between various live sources and make subtle audio adjustments, when needed. For example, a while back I made an Elevation tour compilation using two sources: Audio from the Boston DVD and audio from the Slane Castle DVD. I did some editing/overlapping of tracks to make the switch from one track to the next (hopefully) seamless.
    Hopefully I am making sense here.
  4. Originally posted by RUMMY:[..]
    Hey! Thanks for replying.
    I just need something relatively simple that allows me to make smooth “transitions” between various live sources and make subtle audio adjustments, when needed. For example, a while back I made an Elevation tour compilation using two sources: Audio from the Boston DVD and audio from the Slane Castle DVD. I did some editing/overlapping of tracks to make the switch from one track to the next (hopefully) seamless.
    Hopefully I am making sense here.
    Yes makes sense.. Have you tried it in Garageband? If not I'd say Audacity is lightweight and open source and you can do fades or (multritrack) mixes in there without too much hassle. You could normalize the audio to a steady volume and I'd recommend using a few Tokyo Dawn Records VST plugins if you're interested in making parts sound better..
  5. Originally posted by melon51:[..]
    Yes makes sense.. Have you tried it in Garageband? If not I'd say Audacity is lightweight and open source and you can do fades or (multritrack) mixes in there without too much hassle. You could normalize the audio to a steady volume and I'd recommend using a few Tokyo Dawn Records VST plugins if you're interested in making parts sound better..
    Thank you for the guidance here. I’ll fiddle around with Garageband and let you know how it goes.
  6. Random one. Using an Apple magic keyboard with a windows machine but there is no delete key do I can’t do ctrl+alt+del to unlock my external display. I have to open the laptop to do it. Any ideas?
  7. Balls to it actually. I’m using an Apple laptop with a windows machine for work and a chrome OS machine for personal. Maybe I should just get a different keyboard.
  8. I have ordered a Windows laptop after 7 fruitful years on Chromebooks. Yikes.
  9. edit - Just saw that my previous two posts here paint a picture as to how I have arrived at this decision.
  10. You opened this thread 13 years ago when we were still talking about learning to rip DVDs (DVDs! I haven't touched a physical DVD disc in... years?) and touch screens were just starting to become normal

    Originally posted by germcevoy[..]I'm not keen on touch screens (definatley not on a laptop). I hate finger smudges. I suppose I could get one and just not use the touch screen.

    Technology and we ourselves have come such a long way from there haha
  11. New laptop is a bit of a stunner. Hilariously, I have it running just like my chromebook that it replaces.

    Huawei Matebook 14.
  12. Originally posted by germcevoy:New laptop is a bit of a stunner. Hilariously, I have it running just like my chromebook that it replaces.

    Huawei Matebook 14.
    Amazing battery performance I read. So bad I need a 15'6 or 17 " screen, otherwise I'd get one of these matebooks for sure.