Comments on: Waveform Free Released (Digital Audio Workstation)

By: YDARR

YDARR — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 18:24:45 +0000

I’d say cakewalk, but it isn’t available for linux. As a conservative Linux user i don’t use virtual machines or Dual Boot. so Waveform’s my take. Otherwise Bandlab has a lot to offer that I like.

By: Alan Kelly

Alan Kelly — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 15:23:41 +0000

In reply to 4-bit musik maker. Me neither - tried various browsers

By: Arov

Arov — Sun, 24 Jan 2021 09:20:11 +0000

Noticed that it has problems with plugin delay compensation! Or is it absent altogether … Is there a solution to the problem?

By: T.

T. — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 15:31:44 +0000

In reply to T.. Actually; I tried the above; registering from within the application with login credentials, and it activated as Waveform free! They should make this more obvious, because I actually uninstalled it out of frustration, and I imagine many potential users might have. Still seems like a very limited DAW though...

By: T.

T. — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 15:27:35 +0000

So the ‘free’ version is now a ‘demo’ version, and tells you this with a popup pretty much all the time. It also sends note off actions to midi devices and lacks virtually all features that the actual Waveform 11 has. Maybe there used to be a proper version, but this is basically like a trial (it is not actually the trial, although that annoying popup does offer for you to start a 30 day trial).

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 19:08:49 +0000

In reply to Tomislav Zlatic. how do you get to that

By: Tomislav Zlatic

Tomislav Zlatic — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 07:02:17 +0000

In reply to Michel. The DAW is free, you need to sign up for a Tracktion user account first. When downloading Waveform Free, there should be a pop-up form that asks you to enter your name and login credentials (or to create a new account). Once that's done, install Waveform, load the software and enter your login info. This will activate Waveform Free. I believe that you're using the free trial version.

By: Michel

Michel — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 22:20:33 +0000

I tried to download Waveform Free today.

I was greeted with a registration screen.
It said it was a demo.
It said it was a 30-day trial.

This is not a free DAW. This is a dishonest trial. I can just get the FL Studio demo if I want a trial.

Again, REAPER has an 60-day evaluation version that is fully featured, and I think it even continues to operate after 60 days, but with increasingly lengthy nag screens.

Waveform Free (Traktion T7 – why the confusing name change?) is worse than that IMO. Not only is it crippled and missing features, it is constantly nagging you to ‘unlock’ and ‘upgrade’, while giving you nagged messages that it is a demo and trial version only.

Thus, it is misleading to call this a “Free DAW” as it’s not free at all – it’s just a trial like all DAWs offer.

By: Atme

Atme — Mon, 11 May 2020 18:17:36 +0000

Always nice to see another free DAW. Thanks a lot Tracktion Corporation! <3

By: Vladinemir

Vladinemir — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 18:53:01 +0000

The question now is – how many great free 32-bit-only plugins are there? Is it time to switch to 64-bit for freeware users too?

By: Raoul

Raoul — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 11:18:15 +0000

I can’t register and download for FREE Version, …only DEMO version 30days Trial!
A lot of Ads Trial Demo trigger during using it!

By: Darryl Lim

Darryl Lim — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 19:42:04 +0000

Nice timing! Been waiting for this since its announcement at NAMM! :D
(Happy Tracktion T7 user here!)