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dupont · Post by **dupont** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 6:50 pm

Hi,

Which one is you prefered DAW to make electronic music : minimal, underground techno, trance ?
And why ?

andrew71 · Post by **andrew71** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 6:59 pm

I don't believe that any one DAW is better for EDM than the others, but it seems to me that Ableton Live is frequently used in tutorials, most likely because of it's easy looping capabilities.

IMHO.

Doug1978 · Post by **Doug1978** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 6:59 pm

TBH, I'm not sure if any DAW will do EDM.

But from my own experiences:

Techno (underground, overground and wombling free) = Ableton.
Minimal = Bitwig.
Trance = Reaper.
House = Reason.
DnB = Fruity Loops.

I've heard that Dubstep = Logic, but I can't prove that as I don't have a Mac.

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crisis-at-music · Post by **crisis-at-music** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 7:13 pm

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Kriminal · Post by **Kriminal** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 7:14 pm

dupont wrote:Hi,

Which one is you prefered DAW to make electronic music : minimal, underground techno, trance ?
And why ?

Cubase
Sonar
Pro Tools
Live
Reaper
MuLab

etc etc etc

Kriminal · Post by **Kriminal** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 7:16 pm

braj wrote:So what host is best for underground gay Afro-Cuban jazz hip-hop?

braj · Post by **braj** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 8:46 pm

Kriminal wrote:
braj wrote:So what host is best for underground gay Afro-Cuban jazz hip-hop?

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cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 8:56 pm

dupont wrote:Hi,

Which one is you prefered DAW to make electronic music : minimal, underground techno, trance ?

The one that you're most comfortable using.

dupont wrote:And why ?

Because the DAW doesn't make the music. You do.

xbitz · Post by **xbitz** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 9:42 pm

Ableton Live with m4l and with Push (without Push FL Studio would be better, without m4l devices(community powered devices) AL would be nothing and I would choose Bitwig without any thinking because it supports Push nicely ) + Reason8(finally invented drag and dropping

) ReWired(AL has a bit boring look so good to see different colors and shapes to my eyes for times to times) + Edison - Image-Line(AL hasn't got audio editor, and Edison supports clip based drag and drop workflow in/out from/to AL)

incubus · Post by **incubus** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 10:02 pm

n/m, that's just going to go badly.

incubus · Post by **incubus** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 10:05 pm

dupont wrote:Hi,

Which one is you prefered DAW to make electronic music : minimal, underground techno, trance ?
And why ?

Will you be working with midi controllers? Drawing notes? Do you want mucho groove options? What have you worked with? What do you/don't you like?

qtheerearranger · Post by **qtheerearranger** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 1:26 am

Doug1978 wrote:TBH, I'm not sure if any DAW will do EDM.

But from my own experiences:

Techno (underground, overground and wombling free) = Ableton.
Minimal = Bitwig.
Trance = Reaper.
House = Reason.
DnB = Fruity Loops.

I've heard that Dubstep = Logic, but I can't prove that as I don't have a Mac.

First this person is either trolling or just on something that makes him feel some type of way.

Second, Demo the software to try before you buy.

My advice, dont worry about lack of content on youtube about your DAW specifically, most things translate from DAW to DAW and when they dont theres forums to get people to connect the dots for you. There are several strong DAWs for EDM imo and they are: Ableton, Bitwig, Cubase, Logic Pro X, and Studio One 3. Each of these daws have powerful edm tools that are unique to their daw. For instance, Cubase has an amazing piano roll and a chord builder that is so advanced it is truly incredible, Studio One 3 with its abundance of keyboard shortcuts (if your a pc gamer, this is your DAW im telling you) while having internal track splitting routing. Bitwig also has internal track splitting routing and so does Ableton, however, Studio One and Bitwig allow you to easily adjust the bands.

For me personally, Studio One was the best way to go. I produce progressive house and it is beyond ready to take on loads of audio and midi tracks with tons of processing with track transform to save that cpu.

Image-Line · Post by **Image-Line** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 2:32 am

qtheerearranger wrote:There are several strong DAWs for EDM imo and they are: Ableton, Bitwig, Cubase, Logic Pro X, and Studio One 3.

Just browsing the last Top 100 DJs list (from DJ Mag) these EDM acts use FL Studio:

http://djmag.com/content/poll-2014-martin-garrix

http://djmag.com/content/poll-2014-avicii

http://djmag.com/content/poll-2014-david-guetta

http://djmag.com/content/poll-2014-afrojack

http://djmag.com/content/poll-2014-dyro

http://djmag.com/content/poll-2014-ummet-ozcan

http://djmag.com/content/poll-2014-oliver-heldens

http://djmag.com/content/poll-2014-porter-robinson

http://djmag.com/content/poll-2014-audien

http://djmag.com/content/poll-2014-arty

http://djmag.com/content/poll-2014-heatbeat

Notable exceptions include - Aryay, Bare, Bastian Salbart, Bombs Away, Camo & Krooked, Cazzette, Feed Me/Spor, Hellberg, Julian Jordan, Khoma, Louis La Rouche, Le Youth, Madeon, Mighty Fools, Paris Blohm, Pixl, Savant, Seven Lions, Tom Swoon, Tristam, Tucandeo...to name a few more

http://www.image-line.com/flstudio/powerusers.php

I think FL Studio is well and truly on the strong contenders EDM DAW list. Although as the quoted post from dupont below points out, every DAW these days can do just about anything.

Regards Scott

dakkra · Post by **dakkra** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 2:40 am

cryophonik wrote:
dupont wrote:Hi,

Which one is you prefered DAW to make electronic music : minimal, underground techno, trance ?
The one that you're most comfortable using.

dupont wrote:And why ?
Because the DAW doesn't make the music. You do.

+1

Which DAW for EDM