Open Mic: Tell Us About Your DAW of Choice

on Oct 13th 2009 with 72 comments

Digital audio workstation software is the central hub of music production. Which program do you use?

Each Tuesday we open our mic to readers and lurkers alike to come out of the woodwork and tell us your thoughts and opinion, your experiences and mistakes, what you love and what you hate. We want to hear from you, and here’s your chance.

What DAW software do you use? Why do you choose your DAW? Are you happy with the choice?

Do you use just one DAW or several? Why? What are the strengths of each program?

Would you like to see more tutorials on a particular DAW?

 
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  • http://www.myspace.com/mr_paulwilliams Paul Williams

    FL Studio 9 all day

  • Steve

    Very Happy Logic user. Most of the issues re DAW choices to me are familiarity.. I like Logic, know Logic and it does what I want and comes with a lotta cool tools to help in the box.

    I would consider Protools but I would in some way have to change my mindset as Logic seems to work the way I think.. Mind you that said Protools v8 has really kicked the standard up a little and so would be more approachable to me.

    Logic is probably great for Muso’s other DAWs may suit engineers better because of their thought patterns and also because of their historical training etc.

    There is little that I , personally, need to do that Logic cant do for me so as far I as I am concerned Logic is my main man.

  • http://www.kieranklaassen.com Kieran

    For audio and midi film scoring and recording: Pro tools
    For making electronic music: Ableton Live
    And for some midi sequencing Live.

  • Wavestorm

    I’ve tried almost everything (ACID, Samplitude, FL Studio, Sonar, Cubase etc.). For now i kept my hands on Ableton Live 8, Reason 4 and Cockos Reaper 3. Awesome set! Seems to mee that i’ll never leave them :)

  • Oktavio

    Ive been using Reason 4, I recently got Live 8 but I cant get my head around it and dont really do anything productive and just was time figuring stuff out.

    With Reason I have a faster workflow, especially using combinators. I have thought recently however to rewire and maybe use some effects from Live, but rewiring can be so daunting tho.

  • Alex_HS

    I worked with all major PC DAW, but for me Cubase is most versatile choice for both audio and MIDI sides.

  • Robert

    Using Ardour DAW on Arch Linux, but it’s also available on Mac. Very versitile and efficient.

  • http://www.myspace.com/derekwestdj Derek West

    Cubase only because i don’t have MAC. If i did, I’d probably work with Logic.
    Cubase is so simple and straight forward, u don’t have to think to much.
    And that’s what a DAW should have..

  • Dar

    Samplitude Pro 11. I don’t need to sample 2 or 3 different DAWs and I have ZERO interest in the “industry standard.” This program works and sounds great! Won’t be switching to anything else unless it’s the next version up. But there’s enough in this one to keep me busy! :-)

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