What DAW do you use and why?

[playas]

What different Digital Audio Workstations do people use and why do you use those particular ones.

I (hopefullly) have allowed multiple choice for those who may use more than one. For those who use various, what are the advantages of each and is it more flexible and is it more / less work doing it that way?

 

[jon the art guy]

Re: What DAW do you use and why?

lol

I Rob'd it because I haven't had good luck with my DAWs on PC and haven't had a Mac to try out the ones I want to try. I'd be using Garageband and Logic if I had my choice, I think.

 

[DankStar]

Re: What DAW do you use and why?

Logic express because my wife got it for me when we bought our Mac. I was sort of not into it at first but now I like it. Has cool fx already in it and a fairly intuitive flow. At this point I could use a better computer - with an amp sim, a drum vst and multiple tracks its easy to overload it.

I don't need much in a daw - just something that can track, mix (with easily programmable automation), load vsts/au's and have some type of midi editor.

 

[AudioWonderland]

Re: What DAW do you use and why?

Reaper. It's powerful and efficient

 

[El Dunco]

Re: What DAW do you use and why?

I utilize all of them. I mainly use Cubase.

I believe that the DAW is the least important part of the recording and production process. It's a means to get the source to track. Garbage in is garbage out. Excellent in works way further for excellent results.

I much prefer to utilize real hardware and use few plugins. It uses less processing power, I prefer the sound, predictability and don't think plugins should be relied upon to get a great sound, not that they aren't useful.

It's all about serving the song. If the plugin you just ran through isn't really doing anything and doesn't make a noticeable difference to the song and it's a "just because" kind of thing... don't use it.

I'm a bit of a traditionalist. I use real amplifiers and cabinets and real natural drums for any professional studio recording (but to clarify I don't have any contempt for modelling, software and triggers. When you put the time and effort in to study and learn how to capture real sounds properly, you rarely look back!)

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: What DAW do you use and why?

Logic X Pro for making music.

Adobe Audition for some other purposes and finely detailed audio editing.

 

[beaubrummels]

Re: What DAW do you use and why?

I use ProTools. It's been around a long time, is an industry standard and guaranteed to be in most any professional studio. That enables me to take my tracks/sessions to other locations to have additional recording/mixing done and then bring the tracks back home. It also has the right plugins I need for the sound mix I want to go after.

 

[ginormous]

Re: What DAW do you use and why?

Reaper; powerful, low CPU impact, free eval version.

 

[Mincer]

Re: What DAW do you use and why?

Traction 5....fast, with everything on 1 screen. Very quick to record, and sounds great, with low CPU impact.

 

[Progbusters]

Re: What DAW do you use and why?

garageband cuz i'm too busy to learn a new ecosytem

 

[Chris of Arabia]

Re: What DAW do you use and why?

Sonar X3 Producer - my first DAW was built with Sonar 1, and I've just gradually upgraded over the years from there. It does way more than I'd ever need, but it's what I'm familiar with, so why change now.

 

[FretFire]

Re: What DAW do you use and why?

I use Logic Pro X, because I like to party.

 

[GoldenVulture]

Re: What DAW do you use and why?

Sonar because of the sound engine as much as anything.

 

[rashayritto]

Re: What DAW do you use and why?

reaper because i'm cheap and it does more than I need

 

[Kamanda~SD]

Re: What DAW do you use and why?

Sonar X2 producer. Started using Sonar around when they released...oh man, 6 or 7? Just got comfortable with it and went from there. I notice its not super popular (especially with guitar/ band type guys) but its been super stable for me and I know the interface.

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: What DAW do you use and why?

LPX. Why is Logic not an option??

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: What DAW do you use and why?

Why is Logic not an option??

There is nothing outside the goldfish's bowl.

 

[everdrone]

Re: What DAW do you use and why?

I use reaper cause it is cheap and easy

anyways it all depends what plugins you use and how you use them, the daw is not really a deciding factor with recording as they all pretty much will render similar results

the DAW doesnt matter; the plugins matter though!!!

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: What DAW do you use and why?

I only semi-agree. Work flow is very important. More important than plugins. And mixing will vary wildly from DAW to DAW depending on how it handles aux buses, audio routing, & cet.

So, on second thought, I guess I don't agree at all lol.

Reaper's busing and work flow is definitely the weakest of all the DAWs. The way it processes plugins is also dodgy.

It has a very 'open source', kludgy feel. I mixed my last album on Reaper ... wasn't about to subject myself to that again!

 

[playas]

Re: What DAW do you use and why?

Because I ran out of poll options :smack:
(There were lots of others that could potentially have been added too but for the same reason.)

PS. This was supposed to be a reply to Twighlight´s question, but I hit the wrong button and the quote didn´t appear.