tracking out your beats

is it really necessary,unless you plan on having your beats mixed and mastered ? i personally never tracked out my beats,i just got into the habit of saving everything i do on the fc.i realized it was helpful after getting feedback on the sound quality of my beats ,then i can easily go back and make some adjustments to the levels,filters,etc....

whats a good program to use for tracking ? any suggestions
and after i record everything seperately ,do i have to sync and align all the tracks together ,or is there some sort of option that only starts recording when it detects a sound ,like the threshold on the mpc when ure about to record a sample.any suggestions for startes would b helpful.
appreciated

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Personally, I use Pro-tools when I track out, and coming from the land of 2 tracking and no knowledge, it was the simplest software for me to understand. I don't like how proprietary it is, and I'd rather the freedom to use any hardware interface I choose, but my MBox Pro works quite well.
Decide which program will work for your situation.

good idea,i should start with youtube,with regards to the inbox ,do u have to record everything one track at a time ?
since the mpc has 4 assignable outs,where u can assign each track to a different output and this have them recorded at the same time.

"since the mpc has 4 assignable outs,where u can assign each track to a different output and this have them recorded at the same time."

Depends on the interface you use. With the Mbox, you will have to do one track at a time if you do stereo recording. You can do multiple simultaneous tracks with the Digi 001/002/003 interfaces. With Protools, you HAVE to use their interfaces unless you have the M-Powered versions, but you still limited to only using M Audio interfaces.