Musictech's Best DAWS

[satya]

https://musictech.com/guides/buyers-guide/best-daw-music-producers-in-all-genres-styles-workflows/

No Sonar or Reaper

[ralfrobert]

Well,  they have to make a choice.  I'm happy with Studio One and Reason for instruments.  

[Grem]

Rated Live as #1.

Rated Bandlab as best mobile DAW.

 

So Bandlab may have a direction after all! 

[The Dispossessed Orangutan]

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Edited January 29 by Back from the Abit KT7

[Mark Morgon-Shaw]

10 minutes ago, The Dispossessed Orangutan said:

I wonder if  they know something about SONAR that we don't.

Best DAW for Seniors

[Grem]

Well, all the users of Bandlab will eventually want a better DAW. Guess which on they will choose.

[The Dispossessed Orangutan]

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Edited January 29 by Back from the Abit KT7

[dubdisciple]

1 hour ago, Grem said:

Well, all the users of Bandlab will eventually want a better DAW. Guess which on they will choose.

I'm guessing Ableton or FL Studio. 

[kitekrazy]

4 minutes ago, dubdisciple said:

I'm guessing Ableton or FL Studio. 

Interesting.  If you are a linear tracking DAW user FL will drive you crazy unless you are doing dance genres. One of the best piano rolls out there. While it may come across as a simple to use DAW it's very complex when you go deeper.

Live - seems like it was designed for a laptop.  You resize windows a lot.  Session view is underrated. 

I'm a fanboy of both but if I want to do some orchestra that is more advanced (rare for me) a staff view is needed.

[Lionel]

I'm a Reason + Live user.  

Surpised Reaper or Bitwig didn't make the list.

I'm definitely not surprised Pro Tools isn't on that list.  They haven't done anything exciting since adding elastic audio, ADC - audio delay compensation and getting rid of HW as dongles to use PT (being sarcastic, of course).  I'm an ex-Pro Fools user... I have some resentment

Edited June 20, 2024 by Lionel

[dubdisciple]

23 hours ago, kitekrazy said:

Interesting.  If you are a linear tracking DAW user FL will drive you crazy unless you are doing dance genres. One of the best piano rolls out there. While it may come across as a simple to use DAW it's very complex when you go deeper.

Live - seems like it was designed for a laptop.  You resize windows a lot.  Session view is underrated. 

I'm a fanboy of both but if I want to do some orchestra that is more advanced (rare for me) a staff view is needed.

This guy manages to do well with classical in FL, but even he admits it poses challenges:

 

[Cookie Jarvis]

The best DAW is the one you enjoy using and get work done in...for me that's Nuendo.

[satya]

is Abletion live intro updrade free just like live lite

[Milan]

I never understood the fascination with Ableton and FL, but it could be just me.

[dubdisciple]

3 hours ago, Milan said:

I never understood the fascination with Ableton and FL, but it could be just me.

FL , for starters has lifetime free updates.  In a software world that is shifting from periodically charging for what are sometimes minor upgrades to endless subscriptions, this is huge.  In a pop world that relies more and more on computer based production, having what is often said to be the best piano roll among DAWs is also huge .  

 

Ableton simply has a workflow that works better with EDM than most.  Ableton also has very usable sounds and stock plugins.  It has a more modern workflow that does not assume user is coming from analog world. Pro tools and other products that have a similar workflow that emulates working with tape, are in some ways less efficient, particularly for younger users who were not raised on consoles and tape.

Both have very tight sampler/ DAW integration. Something Sonar/Cakewalk has always lacked.  Studio one does a decent job at this, but nowhere near as well as these two.