actually after looking around i have now decided to use reaper

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Last edited by hibidy on Sun May 20, 2012 8:27 am; edited 1 time in total

You should definitely install SWS extension with Reaper for full Reaper love:

http://www.standingwaterstudios.com/

Ableton Live of course

I say Reaper - I also still use Cubase 4.52 AI and still love it too.

what??? no one mentioned Ableton????

surprising.

This is what I use (Cubase Elements 6). It is the cheap version of cubase, but to be honest I already have a bunch of nice VSTi's and effects, so I don't need all the premium price cubase stuff. I even dumped Logic for it. The big advantage for me is the midi editing, but most things in general just feel a lot more streamlined, and the work flow is faster.

I put my pint of beer on Ableton once and it slipped off.Made a right mess!

Ableton Live 8 is nice it has drag and drop easy interface it's the best for being a one man band less clicks to get things done than the others. Studio One 2 is a runner up it has similar drag and drop but it has no midi effects. The other high end DAWS were over complicated.

The lite version of Ableton Live 8 comes free with a lot of midi controllers so if you're also looking for a new midi controller and fancy Live 8 try to get one that comes with it.

Live 8.3 with Klinikal Ninja Control skin.

Last edited by Kaboom75 on Thu May 17, 2012 10:24 am; edited 2 times in total

Live 8 Suite has everything you need.

That's the thing. Different DAWs for different people with different needs. Logic doesn't do it for me but FL Studio and Pro Tools do (both due to features and working stability).

This thread has also brought me back to Renoise, which interests me more each time I check it out (my initiation into computer based music was Octamed); in a similar manner, I keep checking out Reaper - which has some truly awesome features and has been recommended by a number of friends. Both programs have a great online community and potential for customisation.

Of course, whether a DAW is light or heavy on your system will depend on your CPU and to an extent, your working method and selected plugins.

Live interested me for a little while but now that FL Studio is receiving more focus on development of its own live features I can stick with that platform and approach track building from a different angle - which is the most interesting aspect of Live for me.

There are several very good DAWs out there and from what I've seen, read and heard, you've made a good choice with Reaper - though, from personal experience, my recommendation would have been FL Studio.

reaper, "we'll continue to thumb our nose at midi" lol

FL Studio all the way Though reaper is pretty awesome for quick handling of a lot of multitrack audio stuff and audio editing.

Oh yes there is






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Note that all the different views can be shown and hidden with keyboard shortcuts, see my website. This includes different sections of the browser, ie you can view your samples or plugins without using the mouse.

Also note that Live has 2 main views, the normal time based DAW view, called Arrange), and the non-linear Session View where you make you tunes building blocks. Like a palette and a painting. But guess what? You can use both at the same time. You can have your basic song playing in Arrange, and at the same time compose a beat or melody in Session and have it looping over your song. When you are happy with it you just drag it into your Arrange View.

With it only being 32 bit, I'd crash live the first time I tried to do something. I need more ram access much of the time. No, I don't want to use jbridge.