Recording w/Nero Soundtrax?

John Daugherty · Post by **John Daugherty** » 23 Mar 2005 5:11 am

Has anyone mixed down from recorders into "Nero Soundtrax"? I have tried "Cool Edit 2K" and "Power Tracks Pro". They are both rather intimidating and require a lot of tweaking.
I have used "Nero 6" for quite some time to burn CDs. I just discovered that "Sound Trax" recorder is included in the package. It will record from cassettes or vinyl and use the silence between songs to automatically record the next song as a different track.
I record on a digital multitracker, then mix down to my computer, convert to wave files and burn a CD.
If you have tried Nero Soundtrax, I would like to know what you think of it. You may also have suggestions for using another program. I will appreciate any type of input on this subject.
THANKS......JD

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 23 Mar 2005 7:21 am

John, I use "GoldWave" for my audio editing. I have the Nero 6 package and looked at the Nero audio editor, which is like GoldWave but not as many features. Same way with the audio editior that came with my SoundBlaster Audigy 2 applications package. None of them come up to GoldWave. I've got some other "recording" software but it's not really needed.

I mixdown to the PC from my Fostex VF160 to a wav file and what program you use to "record" to the hard drive really doesn't matter - just get it to the hard drive as a wav then it can be editied and "mastered" with an audio editor such as Goldwave. In my case I have a SB Audidgy 2 EX (has the external I/O unit) and that has the S/PDIF, so I can go digital to digital from my Fostex's S/PDIF.

Once the audio is "mastered" I can then burn the CD's. And, I use 8X burn speed as my "standard" so they will be compatible with almost any audio CD player.

John Daugherty · Post by **John Daugherty** » 23 Mar 2005 8:18 am

Jack, thanks for your input. I will look into Goldwave.
Nero "wave editor" is NOT "SoundTrax". I have Nero 6 Ultra which has "wave editor" and "soundtrax".
BTW,I am using a Fostex VF-80,doing one track at at time. I have a Fostex D-80 on the way which will do 8 tracks simultaneously (for live recording). I find that the manuals have lots of "holes" and I think, some errors. I can tell that they were not written by English majors and probably written on a friday afternoon.

Al Marcus · Post by **Al Marcus** » 23 Mar 2005 10:26 am

John- Tht "soundtrax' feature sounds like I could use it. I recorded a bunch of song from cassette to computer, using MusicMatch Jukebox, but they run together like one track.
I still am not satisfied with any of my recording sofware programs.
If they are too tough to understand and learn, I don't use them.

I like to spend my extra time playing my steel guitar, not learning how to be a recording engineer.

I am not an engineer, just a poor musician trying to record my solos, from tapes that are 54 years old to wave then to CD's.

Is there any basic , simple programs that can be recommended? Thanks....al

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John Daugherty · Post by **John Daugherty** » 23 Mar 2005 11:34 am

Al, you feel exactly as I feel about the complexity of the recorder programs. I won't live long enough to learn all that stuff.
When I saw that I already had "SoundTrax" and read the overview, I thought it would at least be good enough to transfer recordings to CD.
I have done that before with other programs. If you want separate tracks on the CD, you have to record each song to a separate wave file in your computer. I will try "SoundTrax" and let you know how it works. It is supposed to recognize the silence between songs (on a cassette or vinyl) as the start of a new track, then automatically record to CD as separate tracks.
Years ago I did a lot of tape recording and mixing, but the digital computer age has opened up a whole new can of worms.

Ollin Landers · Post by **Ollin Landers** » 23 Mar 2005 11:58 am

Here is what I use. Even after the shareware period you still have some functionality.

I have done over 400+ albums to digital with this program.

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Vernon Hester · Post by **Vernon Hester** » 23 Mar 2005 9:48 pm

I use Sonic Foundry's Sound Forge for Stereo recording. Super and easy to use. For multi-tracking Magix. Both have all the goodies to correct or enhance your sound.
Vern

Dave Horch · Post by **Dave Horch** » 24 Mar 2005 4:29 am

The Nero wave editor is actually not a bad bit of programming. It's excellent for xfering old records or tapes to CD because it will automagically detect and create "track markers" for each tune (it looks for a certain length of (relative) silence and creates a marker). To clean up your old records, it comes with a de-clicker to take the pops out.

To boot - the thing also comes with a bunch of built-in FX, and it supports Directx plug-ins (effects) which are all over the internet for free.