Acoustica Survey

YouTube · Post by **Acoustica Greg** » Mon May 19, 2008 4:40 pm

Hi all,

Edited (because the survey is winding down).

Thanks for taking the survey!

Greg

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Stef66 · Post by **Stef66** » Mon May 19, 2008 6:29 pm

Done!

Vincent · Post by **Vincent** » Mon May 19, 2008 7:48 pm

Did the survey

PDS · Post by **PDS** » Mon May 19, 2008 8:00 pm

Did it over the weekend

ukulele123 · Post by **ukulele123** » Tue May 20, 2008 4:43 am

?hm Qustion #4 doesnt make much sense to me.
"In general, what is a reasonable price to pay for software ?"

For what kind of software which is capable of what ? A CD label editor, Mixcraft 2,3,4, or "5" ...

I m satisfied with the pricing of the sowtware I use, which is MC4 & Beatcraft as musicians bundle, so I marked 80+ but nevertheless if there were the option I ve skipped this one.

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ukulele
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Sungodv · Post by **Sungodv** » Tue May 20, 2008 7:35 am

Yes, I took the survey from the link in my email. Glad to see this company taking the steps to continue their growth.

The free form area for suggestions was nice as there are a few steps I think Acoustica needs to take before they become a more "viable" DAW and people like me do more than Beta test or download a free trial (read purchase).
It is very easy to use, but the lack of certain features is holding it back from people who would use REAPER, Sonar, or say, Samplitude over MixCraft4.
Maybe that's not a demographic you are even trying to reach, however.

PDS · Post by **PDS** » Tue May 20, 2008 8:22 am

Sungodv wrote:Yes, I took the survey from the link in my email. Glad to see this company taking the steps to continue their growth.
The free form area for suggestions was nice as there are a few steps I think Acoustica needs to take before they become a more "viable" DAW and people like me do more than Beta test or download a free trial (read purchase).
It is very easy to use, but the lack of certain features is holding it back from people who would use REAPER, Sonar, or say, Samplitude over MixCraft4.
Maybe that's not a demographic you are even trying to reach, however.

I totally agree with your post.I've purchased Mixcraft and hope Acoustica continue to improve their present products which is essential as well as make new ones.

Stef66 · Post by **Stef66** » Tue May 20, 2008 10:09 am

Maybe thats because im an old schooler who is 42 and has been trough times when i had to use two reel tapes and a cassette recorder in order to achieve somewhat of a two track mix of my stuff filled with background noise back in the days compared to younger generations who were born with incredible tools already at their disposals...

Cause i personally don't think Mixcraft needs that much improvements, it's already loaded with everything i need to record my music, and i wanna give the team a huge Kudo for making this incredible software that has made my recordings so much better and easier.

I have already turned about 15 other artists i met on myspace to mixcraft, they asked me in what studio i went to record my stuff...
So in my book, Mixcraft is the very best of the best.

Post by **Acoustica Eric** » Tue May 20, 2008 11:28 am

re stef66: Me too, I started with a really bad 4 track cassette recorder that i thought was the ultimate in technology at the time

I put so many hours into that stupid thing and I listen back to some of the recordings and they are oh so terrible compared to today. Of course i was extremely inexperienced back then, but still, if i would have had something like mixcraft when i first started, who knows where I would be today?

Stef66 · Post by **Stef66** » Tue May 20, 2008 11:44 am

he he he... seems we come from the same school Eric!

I still have those first mixes i did, they sound God awful, but i was so excited about them back in the days.... I was all over my friends and familly making them listen to it.

Make me wonder where i would be now if i would have had mixcraft in those days as well...

PDS · Post by **PDS** » Tue May 20, 2008 1:19 pm

The Tascam 244 has a lot to answer for(in a good way)

Sungodv · Post by **Sungodv** » Tue May 20, 2008 4:04 pm

I did not mean to allude that MC4 isn't a nice DAW. I'm even older than you stef, and fer sure don't yern for the tape days, 8-Track (or reel & cassette) or otherwise either.

It's just MC4 isn't quite up to snuff with some other DAWs on the market.
What I am saying is while you have everything you need to record, MC4 is severley lacking in the Mixing, routing, etc dept.
That said, the VSTi's make my back teeth float...how's that for a 70's reference?.....

Stef66 · Post by **Stef66** » Tue May 20, 2008 5:03 pm

Maybe,
personally as far as mixing is concerned, all i need is a way to pan, level volumes, edit fade in or fade out points and such on each separate tracks, and mixcraft does all this and more.

my only inquire would be to be able to apply a given effect to a selected portion of a track, this would be useful instead of duplicating a track just for this purpose.

Also, i have tried pro-tools, Qbase and other very expensive DAW's out there and they may have a ton of features i'll never find a need for but they are also a huge pain in the ass to learn the basics about.

And last but not least, MixCraft doesn't cost a arm and a leg to buy, if they add up all the functions that the other software have, maybe that will have to change?

By the way, the worse DAW i ever tried was "Record Producer" by Voyetra, it's really a toy for children and lacking all useful functions, limited to 16 bits sound and costs about the same as Mixcraft... gives me food for thoughts.

EL34 · Post by **EL34** » Wed May 21, 2008 12:50 pm

Please don't upgrade mixcrat any more till you upgrade Beatcraft.

Mixcraft has had 3 or 4 major overhauls. When is the last time Beatcraft was upgraded?

For me personally, mixcraft 3 was all the software I needed to record and mix.
I don't really use midi, but I realize others do.

YouTube · Post by **Acoustica Greg** » Wed May 21, 2008 1:31 pm

Did you say that in the survey?

EL34 wrote:Please don't upgrade mixcrat any more till you upgrade Beatcraft.

Mixcraft has had 3 or 4 major overhauls. When is the last time Beatcraft was upgraded?

For me personally, mixcraft 3 was all the software I needed to record and mix.
I don't really use midi, but I realize others do.