Hello mr.Guillermo Navarrete and you guys! I want to buy a daw, but here 3 pretenders: fl, cubase and live. Mr. Guillermo Navarrete i know well about your copy protection but i don't know much about your daw. Can you list some advantages of cubase? And what I can do only in Cubase and can't in other daws?
It depends on what you want to do with it. for example, video production cubase, live performance Live, etc ..
If you like expensive high class cars choose Cubase,if you prefer KIA or Lada Niva choose the other two.
First of all you should try them by yourself. Demos are available and only your direct experience can tell you what better suits your workflow. These softwares are pretty different in terms of workflow so you should spend some time trying them out before deciding. After all everything you'll read will be based on other's people preferences and relying on those might be risky especially if you are going through an economical commitment. Anyway I would suggest to try out Studio One too. The workflow is more on the line of Cubase (FL studio is pattern based and Live is somehow in the middle between patterns and regular "hard disk recording" workflow) but again it's just a personal preference even tho you might miss something by ignoring it imo.
I'm Cubase 6.5 user . I can't say that you can't do anything in FL and Ableton what you do in Cubase. But as i see from my genre scene. Who used Ableton or FL , they changed it to Cubase or Logic. Cubase has more professional interface than others in my opinion but i don't say that FL or Ableton has worst. What i don't like in Cubase? I only don't like that upgrade prices are so high . That's why i still couldn't update Cubase 6.5 to Cubase 8.5 (it is just pain). Really they should take it more avaible for prices. It really sucks. But they always improve audio engine on every upgrade since Cubase 5 . Everything depends on your eyes and taste what DAW has better workflow for your mind. Just try all of them and buy one of them.
Its not as clear cut as what it can do that others cant do, its ease of use and operability from YOUR standpoint. I would definitely get the demos for all three and if you are trying to be as empirical as you can be, try to create the same type of project, or the same type of thing (make a sound assigned to the mixer with some effects for example) and gauge how intuitive it is for you to create. There may be some specific things you might need and that's the only differences you'll really need to take account of.
i love the live/arrangement view in ableton, its like a "jam room" and a "recording room" where u can play in the one and record in the other. i heard from many guys that live's soundengine isnt the best, that prize goes to cubase... but yeah like the others said u should download demo versions and paint ur own picture.
Obviously, you choose Reaper rather than any of the others. Its worth it just so you can post "Cockos" into all the other daws forums.
I own Cubase from 7 up till 8. I have switched to Reaper thus far. One reason, I have a 4790k and the latency with Cubase and my focus rite pro 40 is way higher than with reaper. Now before Von_steyr chimes in and post a disagree, since I think he should buy Cubase stock. You should try them all Reaper for me is the best bang for the buck. The only think lacking so far is there are no built in vst instruments like cubase has in reaper. Also with reaper you can try it for longer than a month. Cubase you will need to buy a USB dongle just to run the demo. Which to me is pretty lame. I mean if you have a Lamborghini and you do not let people test drive it it's not as good as you say it is. Which ever DAW you chose pick one and learn in inside out since they pretty much all do the same stuff in different ways. Some are better at not wasting you pc resources.
try to play 1920x1080p.mov real time full screen in second monitor in Kia or Lada Niva. Here cubase 5.1 4gb ram 100 Euros cost. from 2010 and no problems Last edited: May 24, 2016
There is no BEST daw in my opinion. It's all about work flow that you find comfortable. It can even come down to a gui that you find pleasing. Try them all out and see what you think. That being said, I have friends that are producers, mixing engineers and mastering engineers on the A-list in their field and EVERY one of them uses Pro Tools. I have asked them all if they would ever consider switching to another daw. Some said no and some said yes but all of those that said yes said that at this point it would be impossible due to industry demands. I personally use Pro Tools, mainly because I have been using it for so long and I am fast with it. I like the workflow of Studio One and Samplitude/Sequoia is a monster as far as features...just my 2 cents
So sorry but I can download only Cubase elements. It is therefore difficult to compare. I wrote the music for a while in version 5, but has been almost 7 years and technology stepped forward. Therefore, it seems to me unfair to compare the old with the new software. The problem is that I do not know what are the objective benefits of Cubase. If I do not know what exactly Cubase better than Fl or Live, to me more profitable to buy FL given that all future versions will be absolutely free. For Cubase's new version I need to put more money.
