<s>
Tracktion	B-Application
(	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
Waveform	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
digital	B-General_Concept
audio	I-General_Concept
workstation	I-General_Concept
for	O
recording	O
and	O
editing	O
audio	O
and	O
MIDI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
cross-platform	O
,	O
that	O
runs	O
on	O
Apple	B-Operating_System
macOS	I-Operating_System
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tracktion	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
independent	O
UK	O
designer/programmer	O
Julian	O
Storer	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
2002	O
by	O
UK-based	O
Raw	O
Material	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
took	O
over	O
the	O
distribution	O
of	O
Tracktion	B-Application
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
no	O
official	O
word	O
came	O
from	O
Mackie	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
understanding	O
was	O
that	O
Tracktion	B-Application
had	O
been	O
discontinued	O
as	O
the	O
company	O
issued	O
no	O
updates	O
,	O
communication	O
,	O
or	O
announcements	O
on	O
it	O
since	O
January	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
January	O
2013	O
NAMM	O
show	O
,	O
Tracktion	B-Application
's	O
original	O
developer	O
Julian	O
Storer	O
announced	O
he	O
had	O
reacquired	O
control	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
and	O
would	O
continue	O
developing	O
Tracktion	B-Application
with	O
his	O
new	O
Tracktion	B-Application
Software	O
Company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tracktion	B-Application
was	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
transparent	O
and	O
intuitive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tracktion	B-Application
represented	O
a	O
move	O
away	O
from	O
the	O
modal	O
dialog	O
boxes	O
,	O
multiple	O
menus	O
,	O
and	O
cluttered	O
windows	O
common	O
to	O
most	O
legacy	O
MIDI	O
sequencers	O
and	O
digital	B-General_Concept
audio	I-General_Concept
workstations	I-General_Concept
,	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
a	O
streamlined	O
,	O
single-screen	O
approach	O
that	O
presented	O
the	O
user	O
with	O
only	O
the	O
options	O
they	O
needed	O
at	O
any	O
time	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
editing	O
audio	O
,	O
adjusting	O
MIDI	O
automation	O
parameters	O
,	O
and	O
effects	O
settings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
way	O
,	O
Tracktion	B-Application
is	O
often	O
compared	O
to	O
Ableton	B-Language
Live	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
,	O
Live	O
has	O
two	O
separate	O
work	O
areas	O
(	O
Session	O
and	O
Arrange	O
)	O
,	O
Tracktion	B-Application
has	O
fully	O
context-sensitive	O
windows	O
that	O
automatically	O
appear	O
or	O
hide	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
current	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tracktion	B-Application
's	O
other	O
innovations	O
,	O
later	O
emulated	O
by	O
most	O
other	O
DAWs	O
,	O
were	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
"	O
freeze	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
convert	O
a	O
MIDI	O
instrument	O
track	O
to	O
audio	O
to	O
free	O
up	O
RAM	O
and	O
CPU	O
;	O
and	O
an	O
inline	O
MIDI	O
editor	O
that	O
allowed	O
MIDI	O
to	O
be	O
edited	O
in-track	O
rather	O
than	O
in	O
a	O
separate	O
window	O
or	O
dedicated	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
underlying	O
C++	B-Language
code	I-Language
developed	O
to	O
create	O
Tracktion	B-Application
's	O
graphic	O
and	O
audio	O
capabilities	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
as	O
an	O
open-source	O
library	O
,	O
JUCE	B-Language
.	O
</s>
