Best and worst DAWs?
- KVRAF
- 1724 posts since 31 Dec, 2004 from betwixt
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- KVRAF
- 8414 posts since 4 Jul, 2012 from Alesia
Codestation wrote:Ableton Live. Both the best and the worst. Simultaneously.
I agree with this, i found it to be both enjoyable and highly frustrating to use at times.
- KVRAF
- 2392 posts since 29 Jun, 2005 from La La Land
You're in top form tonight.LawrenceF wrote:I like The Hulk. He's the best. Thor might be close but Hulk rules. He also has cool pants. He grows 10x and his pants never rip off. Must be those futuristic rubber pants.
Hulk smash.
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Alienware i7 R3 loaded with billions of DAWS and plugins.
Alienware i7 R3 loaded with billions of DAWS and plugins.
- KVRAF
- 2392 posts since 29 Jun, 2005 from La La Land
Honestly, I think it is in some serious need of a face lift. I can't look at that insipid, lifeless interface for one more minute. I just can't do it anymore.Codestation wrote:Ableton Live. Both the best and the worst. Simultaneously.
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Alienware i7 R3 loaded with billions of DAWS and plugins.
Alienware i7 R3 loaded with billions of DAWS and plugins.
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- Banned
- 1780 posts since 26 Aug, 2012
What makes it worst?Codestatio wrote:Ableton Live. Both the best and the worst. Simultaneously.
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- KVRAF
- 15135 posts since 7 Sep, 2008
Horses for courses.Orbit-50 wrote:Honestly, I think it is in some serious need of a face lift. I can't look at that insipid, lifeless interface for one more minute. I just can't do it anymore.Codestation wrote:Ableton Live. Both the best and the worst. Simultaneously.
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Love the interface, especially the cleanliness and simplicity.
"I was wondering if you'd like to try Magic Mushrooms"
"Oooh I dont know. Sounds a bit scary"
"It's not scary. You just lose a sense of who you are and all that sh!t"
"Oooh I dont know. Sounds a bit scary"
"It's not scary. You just lose a sense of who you are and all that sh!t"
- KVRAF
- 7358 posts since 9 Jan, 2003 from Saint Louis MO
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- KVRist
- 489 posts since 24 Nov, 2008
arkmabat wrote:Uhm, this is the key. A good DAW works with you. Allows you to record what you have in your head.No_Use wrote:Oh, so that's the key to Zimmer's success ?digitalboytn wrote: Hans Zimmer said that,"The best DAW is the one that you're used to.Whatever’s in your head, you’re supposed to be able to get it out and into your sequencer as quickly as you can."
That's pretty good advice I reckon
Good to know, I'll try.
So what do you use if all you ever have in your head are voices and ringing?
- KVRAF
- 25420 posts since 3 Feb, 2005 from in the wilds
I love the boring grey look of the Live guiOrbit-50 wrote:Honestly, I think it is in some serious need of a face lift. I can't look at that insipid, lifeless interface for one more minute. I just can't do it anymore.Codestation wrote:Ableton Live. Both the best and the worst. Simultaneously.
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- KVRAF
- 2392 posts since 29 Jun, 2005 from La La Land
It's obvious that you are trying to make me throw up, and it almost worked, but I stood up and walked around for a few minutes, and then the queasiness subsided. Mind over matter applied here. Dude, I just wish to God that after 10 frickin' years that there would some good vibrant skins for Ableton Live. At this point, it's obvious to me, that it might happen as the last event, in the history of mankind's existence to ever come about. I'm crushed beyond recognition on this one.pdxindy wrote:I love the boring grey look of the Live guiOrbit-50 wrote:Honestly, I think it is in some serious need of a face lift. I can't look at that insipid, lifeless interface for one more minute. I just can't do it anymore.Codestation wrote:Ableton Live. Both the best and the worst. Simultaneously.
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Alienware i7 R3 loaded with billions of DAWS and plugins.
Alienware i7 R3 loaded with billions of DAWS and plugins.
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- KVRist
- 414 posts since 15 Nov, 2012 from New Zealand
Lol
C'mon man what about disco?
C'mon man what about disco?
- KVRAF
- 2392 posts since 29 Jun, 2005 from La La Land
Let me think. Hmmm. Oh yeah that's right, I wanna shoot myself now. I was actually going to give the "shit brown" one a try again, but it seems like they removed it? I don't know. I give up. We'll see what Live 10 brings.crashedthecar wrote:Lol
C'mon man what about disco?
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Alienware i7 R3 loaded with billions of DAWS and plugins.
Alienware i7 R3 loaded with billions of DAWS and plugins.
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- KVRist
- 414 posts since 15 Nov, 2012 from New Zealand
Shit Brown is an acquired taste.
Try the monkey shit Brown
Try the monkey shit Brown
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- KVRian
- 509 posts since 26 Oct, 2006 from Tokyo
Best: Reason
Why? Because it's intuitive and rock-solid. It never crashed for me in over 10 years use. Love the routing and rack-backside and the design of REs. It's the only DAW where I feel my creativity can flow and isn't hampered by eventual crashes (which happen in pretty much every VST-compatible DAW).
Worst: Cubase & ProTools
These two share the space for worst DAWs.
Why? Bloated, unstable (thanks to VST), complicated to use (Audio in Cubase, the horror!), Cubase 8 UI looks like Fisher Technics. ProTools looks better but it's starting to lack behind other DAWs feature-wise.
Notable Mention: Studio One 3. This one looks promising but I don't hold my breath on stability.
The usual suspects: Live, Bitwig, REAPER. Live is useful to varying degrees, best audio support ever but also unstable and MIDI sucks. Bitwig is still in child's shoes, also unstable. Reaper is cheap and more stable than Live or Cubase but routing in REAPER is a pain in the A$$!
So far I've tried many DAWs but eventually I always returned to Reason because it allowed me to get the job done instead of hanging up in the midst of a session.
Why? Because it's intuitive and rock-solid. It never crashed for me in over 10 years use. Love the routing and rack-backside and the design of REs. It's the only DAW where I feel my creativity can flow and isn't hampered by eventual crashes (which happen in pretty much every VST-compatible DAW).
Worst: Cubase & ProTools
These two share the space for worst DAWs.
Why? Bloated, unstable (thanks to VST), complicated to use (Audio in Cubase, the horror!), Cubase 8 UI looks like Fisher Technics. ProTools looks better but it's starting to lack behind other DAWs feature-wise.
Notable Mention: Studio One 3. This one looks promising but I don't hold my breath on stability.
The usual suspects: Live, Bitwig, REAPER. Live is useful to varying degrees, best audio support ever but also unstable and MIDI sucks. Bitwig is still in child's shoes, also unstable. Reaper is cheap and more stable than Live or Cubase but routing in REAPER is a pain in the A$$!
So far I've tried many DAWs but eventually I always returned to Reason because it allowed me to get the job done instead of hanging up in the midst of a session.
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