Every Major DAW Explained/Summarized (Community Responses)

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  1. PoptartBoody

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    The title is self explanatory. Explain every major daw. Whether it's through humor, detailed history, personal takes, anything related to the software and the people who use them. All discussions are free of mind. So if you take the responses on the thread personally, try not to represent your software (*cough* FL Users *cough*)
     
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  3. Balisani

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    I don't know, it's not that far off, but sure, there are exceptions to everything.
     
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    I'm confused, am I getting paid for this, or at least maybe getting some college credit or something?
     
  7. Balisani

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    Be kind now.
     
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    It's not first time I'm accused of not being kind because I disagreed with someone. Well, anyways....

    1. I'd say that Reaper is the Linux of the DAW world (I'm talking about DAW's here, not PD, Max, etc).
    2. I personally prefer Bitwig over Live for live performance, I'd say Bitwig is like Live if Live was consistent from a UI perspective and didn't have PDC issues, among other structural real-time processing problems.
    3. Renoise kinda feels like writing score sheet but in a much more intuitive and cool way.
    4. FL Studio feels like ADHD in the form of a DAW, its a pop up window mess and a UI disaster... but it's kinda cool, I'd use it a lot more if it made any sense. Some people click with it instantly, if that's not you I guarantee you insisting won't really make a difference.
    5. Pro Tools is kinda like going to college just because you parents forced you to.
     
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    It depends on who pays me: if Ableton gives me a thousand dollars, I'll write three pages of positive reviews about Ableton. If Studio One gives me a thousand-dollar bill, I'll, of course, write that Studio One has these and these advantages. Jokes aside, everyone should try out all DAWs and see which one suits them.

    After testing them all, I landed on the following: Presonus - Studio One. I like it, I bought it; the workflow was the deciding factor.
     
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