Tracktion Corporation has announced that the award winning Tracktion 6 digital audio workstation for PC, Mac, and Linux is now free to download and use.
T6 DAW ($60 value) was released two years ago, as yet another major upgrade to Tracktion Software’s flagship DAW. The version that was re-released as freeware today isn’t a limited or a “Lite” version of the software. It is the full version of T6, the same one you’d get if you purchased it two years ago.
Tracktion Corporation has dominated the freeware DAW market since 2015 when they released the Tracktion 4 digital audio workstation as freeware. Due to its commercial-grade feature set and capabilities, Tracktion 4 blew away the competition and was instantly regarded as the best freeware DAW. The same happened when T5 became freeware one year later. Users can now upgrade to T6 completely free of charge and take advantage of its Z-Plane’s Elastique Pro time stretch algorithm, Warp Time audio editing features, and Tracktion’s time correction tool kit.
Often regarded as “The Musician’s DAW”, Tracktion is an efficient, workflow-oriented tool for music production. T6 is one of its finest versions to date with new (at the time) highlight features like dedicated sub-mix and automation tracks, an improved plugin management system, a powerful “super comp” audio compiling tool, and tape-style start/stop effects. It was also the first version of Tracktion to offer access to the Marketplace hub for purchasing and installing expansions, plugins, and other content.
The software is consistently upgraded with new features, following the suggestions and requests from its vast user base. Earlier this year, Tracktion Corporation released a brand new digital audio workstation called Waveform, with an enhanced workflow and user interface.
On a related note, users can upgrade to Waveform for $74.25 (Waveform+ Pack Upgrade, a $99 value) or $112.50 (Waveform Ultimate Pack Upgrade, a $150 value) during the Labor Day sale. Use the coupon code LABORDAY at checkout to apply the discount to your upgrade purchase before September 5, 2017.
UPDATE: The download link isn’t working at the moment, probably because increased traffic is hammering Tracktion’s servers. This happens quite often when major software goes freeware. I’m expecting it to go back online in a few hours.
T6 DAW is available for free download via Tracktion Corporation (32-bit and 64-bit standalone application for Windows, Mac OS, and Linux).
27 Comments
Jorge
onAmazing! Thanks for the news :D
Tomislav Zlatic
onThanks for reading BPB!
Doug M
onWhat do you click on to download T6. Everything I see is for other products or T7. Where is the actual download for T6?
Katya
onI don’t want this DAW even for free!
Jorge
onWell, nobody forces you to download it ;)
Podunk Rasta
onThen move along. Why even bother telling the internet that you don’t want something that a developer has been generous enough to give out for free? Extremely rude…
Piotr
onWhy say things like this? If you do not like it, do not dowload it. “When you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anythong at all”.
Crispy Banana
onNeedlessly rude comment, indeed.
There are other free DAWs up there if this one isn’t up to your taste.
Matt
onAnd what exactly is wrong with it?
Once in the box, summing digital numbers is the same in any DAW, so the sound and quality is exactly the same as anything else, plugins aside. Furthermore, the learning curve is pretty shallow so it’s very fast to pick up for old hands and newbies alike. It makes an ideal teaching tool and is a useful addition to my studio.
Lesha
onAm I the only one who can’t access their download page?
Tomislav Zlatic
onShould be back online now.
Nest G.
onAwesome, I have used T5 for a year, the best free DAW ever, now i am downloading T6, thanks.
Chris Schutte
onGood on you Tacktion! So awesome that they have done this, great news for musicians! Especially those who are new to music production!
Jorr
onIt’s really nice news since Tracktion is a quite pleasant line of DAWs. One can relatively fast adapt to its quite specific workflow and the possibilities offerd are numerous.
Neverthless sometimes it’s quite challenging to find some features that are rather obvious in its market rivals. For example – maybe someone’s has encountered similar problem, I’d be grateful for suggestion – how to assign selected CC message# to certain VST parameter (for example to use MIDI plugins that emit CC streams)? Is it possible without engaging MIDI controller and moving some knob?
Wing Yee
onThanks Tomislav! Got it just now, can’t wait to try it out!
Tomislav Zlatic
onIt’s very good!
Wing Yee
onYes it is! The Track VSTi / Fx chain is identical to the Free Temper http://www.angryredplanet.com/temper/download.html (though it’s focus more on Midi than audio tracks).
The only set back with T6 is that it doesn’t support multi outs for samplers such as UVI Workstation, Independence, and Shortcircuit 2 crashes.
I’m also experiencing some noise with the T6 audio outputs – anyone else?
Frank
onTracktion has the nasty habit of crashing and closing with no warning. I’ve had T5, T6 and T7, and they all do the same. It’s advisable to enable the auto save feature and set it to save every minute.
Ike
onAmazing. Can anyone tell whether it works on an offline computer?
Tomislav Zlatic
onShould work offline too.
Josh
onThis is great news that everyone should jump on, I paid for it a while back, then upgraded to 7 because it was cheap, but anyway the only thing making me cringe now is the money I spent! Great DAW!!!
Tomislav Zlatic
onThanks for your comment! Yeah, it kind of sucks when something you bought becomes freeware. On the other hand, they’ve moved to Waveform now (Tracktion is an old product at this point), and it’s a paid upgrade so it does make sense in a way.
Adam Bialy
onHave to admit that it’s the best DAW for making quick edits.And when I mean fast I’m talking even on good old core 2 duo laptop with 2 gigs of ram that can slow down by opening chrome :D . I think even if you don’t like it’s interface – everyone should download it just for purpose of checking the audio engine.
Tomislav Zlatic
onAgreed!
Carlos76
onThanks for the info, is the best free DAW by far
Marcus
onIf this pattern continues, I believe Tracktion 7 will be free the next year in 2018. But still, a reasonable free DAW like Tracktion 6 is hard to beat.
Massimo del Rosario
oncomplimenti all ‘autore x aver rilasciato free il prog. volevo sapere se esiste un turorial x l’uso del drumm, le caratteristiche tecniche avendo come piattaforma windows 7 32 bit , x farlo girare alla meglio , grazie