When comparing n-Track 8 vs Waveform, the Slant community recommends Waveform for most people. In the question“What are the best DAWs? ” Waveform is ranked 14th while n-Track 8 is ranked 36th. The most important reason people chose Waveform is:
Runs great on Linux(except LV2 Support).
Specs
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Pros
Pro High quality customer service
Pro A step-sequencer composition mode
Pro Cross-platform
Compatible with Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android devices.
Pro Low CPU usage and light installer
Pro Clear and nice interface
Pro You can share projects with mobile versions
There are Android and iOS versions of this DAW, which allows for composing and playing on the go.
Pro Affordable price
Pro Supports all major plugin formats
Vst, Vst3 and AU.
Pro Linux support
Runs great on Linux(except LV2 Support).
Pro Free version available
Older releases are available for free when new versions come out.
Pro Clean interface
Pro ARM/ARM64 support
Runs on SBC (single board computer) systems like the Raspberry Pi3, Pine64, and ODroid development boards, as well as systems like the Pinebook and Chromebooks with ARM based SoC CPU's that have been reformatted with a Linux OS.
Pro Easy to understand
Very logically structured.
Pro Creative Tools
Has a Chord Track, MIDI pattern creator and great included tools.
Pro Very stable
Pro Ideal for beginners
Self-explaining interface.
Cons
Con Unreliable effects
When three or more effects are applied, their parameters behave sporadically.
Con Included drum plugin is not very intuitive
Con Crashes a lot
Con Not open source
Con Not suited for live performance
No session based Workflow (like Live/Bitwig), hiccups upon loading projects.
Con No option to easily cut a file
There is no scissors tool or similar....
