I'm just doing a 14 day trial with Mixcraft now. I don't know if I'll buy it or not. I don't know why, but when I render to .wav via BIAB or RB, the count-in gets put in even though the box is not checked. This has been going on for years and I always just use WavePad to fix it. While I'm in WavePad, I use some other features like noise reduction, filters, equalizer, etc.. Then I save as mp3. I try to save as mp3 in BIAB or RB but is says it cannot do it. I thought I had all the right codecs so I don't know what the problem is. WavePad does it though. I was just looking at some other daw's to see if I might like some other features and gui better than RB. Given my current knowledge, I'm limited in making an educated judgment about any of them. I'm having fun playing with some of the effects in Mixcraft which are not in WavePad. When I import midi into WavePad, the track wave form looks the same as an audio track. I don't like that and prefer RB's track view. There sure is lots of variation to explore in Mixcraft. I have to admit that I might not have a full appreciation of these effects since I might not recognize an appropriate situation to apply them to. I do like Mixcrafts's Help better than Wavepad, too. Maybe this is the wrong way to look at it, but I seem to be learning more by doing the stuff in the software than trying to read if from books--even though I have a few of those, too.

Stan

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