Input Options & Features:  

n-Track supports a wide variety of sound cards and audio drivers, namely Asio, WaveRT, WDM, DirectSound and MME. In other words, n-Track supports most sound cards currently being manufactured. For audio file formats, n-Track is just as open, supporting standard file formats like FLAC, MP3, WMA, WAV, AIFF and other like MID, OGG Vorbis, CDA, SNG and SGW, giving producers a great deal of flexibility for incorporating varying compressions into tracks and projects.

Also, as mentioned earlier, n-Track supports a variety of VST instruments and DirectX instruments plugins, and even supports ReWire technology, meaning signals from other programs that uses ReWire can be mixed in real-time through n-Track's own channels.

Output Options & Features:  

Like its input support and functionality, n-Track is equally generous with its output options. Producers can export finished recordings or projects still under production to a variety of audio file formats, including WAV, MP3, WMA, MID, OGG Vorbis, FLAC, AIFF, CDA, SNG and SGW. Also, multitrack song files can be exported in stem file EDL format, making it possible to exchange tracks with other audio production programs.

Ease of Use:  

While it has made vast improvements in program set-up, functionality and overall execution and performance in recent years, n-Track is still a program that can be fairly difficult to gain a handle on. At first, anyway. This is true for most audio production software programs. However, n-Track could take some cues from programs like Apple Logic Express for making the program easier to use both for beginners new to music production software and those that have spent their fair share of time behind the monitor and keyboard. But, like virtually all audio production programs, continued use, experimentation and trial and error are necessary steps for program fluency and knowledge.

Help/Support:  

n-Track's official website hosts a FAQ section for basic issues related to various versions. n-Track also offers portals to request support and submit a bug or error. The most capable help and support feature is n-Track's forum, which allows program users and designers to discuss issues, give tips and tricks and suss out the odds and ends of the program as a whole.

n-Track has come a long way. It has polished its interface, expanded its support of audio file formats, hardware plugins and software-based plugin effects while making it easier to set up according to the producer's needs. These improvements and advancements, however, still haven't placed n-Track in the running with REASON, Ableton Live, KOREand other music production programs. Though for n-Track loyalists, branching out doesn't necessarily mean leaving behind: n-Track supports ReWire, allowing n-Track producers to incorporate and mix-in other program plug-ins and effects.