Which DAW do you use? [POLL]

Zigg · June 23, 2015, 2:58am

ableton master race

syrup · June 24, 2015, 4:42pm

Reepa.

khybot · July 19, 2015, 7:51pm

Sony Acid, because I saw Rusko talk about it, found that it’s pretty affordable and does pretty much everything you need. It’s a little limited in vst pop outs, but it’s fast and elegant.

I like Cubase alot, but it’s too expensive. Ableton seems over complicated.

Samuel_L_Damnson · July 19, 2015, 8:53pm

sony acid is one of the worst things ever (imo)

Stuff_iain_ttryingto · July 19, 2015, 10:22pm

They didn’t ask tbf.

Samuel_L_Damnson · July 19, 2015, 10:23pm

Let’s be honest. Someone had to say it.

Gatineau · July 19, 2015, 10:52pm

Not really though tbh

Cheyne_Taylor_Bush · July 19, 2015, 10:55pm

Ableton Live 9 for building the beats, Pro Tools for some audio editing, final mixing, and mastering (sometimes)

Samuel_L_Damnson · July 19, 2015, 10:56pm

Yea really. Its like trying to make a sandwich with one hand. U can eat it but ur options are so limited u always end up with a bit of ham in between two bits of dry bread

Ascenic · July 19, 2015, 11:35pm

I’m very familiar with and can work VERY fast in FL, but Ableton’s workflow presents interesting sound design opportunities when I occasionally feel like using it. dat blues amp tho

FL: main workhorse
Ableton: niche sound design

Gatineau · July 20, 2015, 12:00am

If it works for mans why spoil it for him though? Clearly Rusko made some decent tunes on it

khybot · July 20, 2015, 5:54pm

why, specifically?

Samuel_L_Damnson · July 20, 2015, 9:22pm

Granted last time I used it was 2008. But it wouldn’t let me open more than two vsts without crashing.l, it looked awful and it was harder to use for editing audio compared to the se3 version of cubase (hardly any more costly at the time) on the same computer.

And it looked grim.

I can hardly talk tho, I still use Reason 4
:lol:

kLuster_of_stars · July 21, 2015, 12:57pm

nah

khybot · July 22, 2015, 6:49am

yeah, I agree. that’s the big drawback. you can’t open more than one vst on a track at a time. I managed to get two open once, but I don’t remember how I did it. (maybe one was a bus/fx?)

as for price, here’s what b&h has

$699 Avid Pro Tools 11 - Professional Audio Recording and Music Creation Software (Boxed with DVDs)
$199 (suggest retail) Image-Line FL Studio 12 Producer Edition - Complete Music Production Software
$399 Propellerhead Software Reason 8 - Music Production Software (English)
$799 Ableton Live 9 Suite - Music Production Software (Boxed)
$119 Sony ACID Pro 7 - Audio, MIDI and Loop Based Recording Software (Boxed)
$549 Steinberg Cubase Pro 8 - Music Production Software
$499 Ableton Live 9 Standard - Music Production Software (Boxed)

I guess I was being cheap and then sort of got used to the workflow. I kinda like that it’s a bit unfashionable too (perhaps unique is a way to look at it).

khybot · July 22, 2015, 6:55am

you can’t even use vst’s in reason, right?

Samuel_L_Damnson · July 22, 2015, 7:09am

Correct! But ita better for it in my opinion. Its very stable and the synth s are amazing. But yea ur stuck with what u have.

Stuff_iain_ttryingto · July 27, 2015, 1:00pm

Yeah, I’d say the same about FL. Nothing you can’t actually do with it, also don’t remember the last time I didn’t use stock synths and effects on everything.

Actually, it could do with a formant filter, and a better bit crusher, but other than that I’m sweet as a nut.

dansci · July 27, 2015, 3:41pm

Anyone here use audacity I’ve thinking of switching to that recently

Stuff_iain_ttryingto · July 28, 2015, 12:16pm

Macintosh plus does.
Audacity doesn’t let you do midi at all. Not sure if it does effects either.