Waveform , the application that supersedes Tracktion DAW, is a software utility that can be used to edit music, as well as use audio samples, effects and plugins to enhance sound quality and include additional bits to enrich the experience.
Moreover, it can also be used with external instruments, such as synthesizers or MIDI controllers, in order to record their output and save it to your computer. Among the new gimmicks provided by the application, you can also find support for multiple edits at the same time, which allows you to work on different projects at once and switch between them with ease.
Additionally, you can use audio loops to create intuitive arrangements for a large number of tracks, which can spare you the trouble of having to manually edit the entire recordings. Virtual instruments and filters can be included into your compositions as well, complete with a wide range of effects to edit their sound signature and create personalized samples to use throughout the songs.
Thanks to the wide variety of sliders and controls, every sound characteristic can be adjusted and enhanced according to your preferences. Plugins, on the other hand, can be applied to modify instruments and sounds, as well as obtain various types of effects and audio enhancements.
When developer Julian Storer launched Tracktion in , his intention was to create a streamlined DAW that was as easy to use as possible. Control and distribution of the software was acquired by Mackie soon after launch, in Then, in , Storer reacquired the rights to his creation — and gave it a new lease of life. Waveform is compatible with Windows and macOS, as usual.
What might surprise you, however, is its Linux support, tested on both Ubuntu Indeed, one of the biggest impediments to the wider take-up of Linux-based operating systems is the lack of professional software available for them — and that lack of availability is, you guessed it, due to the lack of take-up. Kudos to the Tracktion team, then, for walking where so many software-development companies fear to tread.
We hope others follow their lead. Once installed, Waveform Pro takes you by the hand and guides you through the configuration process, which will be a godsend for those with limited experience of DAWs. Where most DAWs try to recreate in software something akin to an old-school studio, complete with mixing desks, effects units and lots of signal routing to link it all together, Waveform keeps things simple.
For starters, there are no different track types, no divisions between audio and MIDI tracks, for example.
Instead, all tracks are able to hold all kinds of content. Said content is arranged in clips, and it is these that bear the types that would in other DAWS be assigned to tracks. But now they have! Everything flows from left to right. Your track inputs on the left, your recorded data in the middle and then your routing and signal processing on the right. The individual clips of MIDI or audio have a lot of creative possibilities with built-in processing, editing, randomisation and sequencing as part of the clip.
Further details and parameters are always available in the bottom section beneath the arrangement. One of the most fabulous features is the use of LFOs. The browser and drag-n-drop facilities are brilliantly implemented creating a very fast and creative workflow. Tracktion 7 is right up there as a first class piece of music making software.
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