Recommendation for the fastest workflow DAW
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- KVRist
- 357 posts since 21 May, 2018
I will also say Waveform. Especially if you are mainly sample based the new Waveform uses the Chord track and it will control all the midi and also control the audio samples.
Waveform is the fastest from idea to a song out there.
Waveform is the fastest from idea to a song out there.
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Bitwig is my DAWs and UHe and Tracktion Synths are my Bae. I maybe buy one synth a year. REMEMBER SELF just one synth a year!
Bitwig is my DAWs and UHe and Tracktion Synths are my Bae. I maybe buy one synth a year. REMEMBER SELF just one synth a year!
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- KVRAF
- 4007 posts since 8 Jan, 2005 from Hamilton, New Zealand
For straight recording + mixing, nothing beats tracktion's Waveform imho (the latest version, 11, will have a stripped-back free version). However if you're doing more sequencer-type stuff, have a look into the other alternatives, as well.
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- KVRist
- 63 posts since 5 Dec, 2019
Coming from Logic Pro X, Ableton felt faster in terms of workflow imo. I like Ableton more than Logic for beatmaking. That being said, learning your basic key commands for whichever DAW you're using is HUGE and will drastically speed things up. Spend some time learning them, you won't regret it.
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- KVRAF
- 4584 posts since 21 Sep, 2005
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- KVRAF
- 2989 posts since 5 Nov, 2014
- KVRist
- 425 posts since 23 Aug, 2012 from Way Out West
Ditto.... I primarily use Live to "sketch out" new ideas and then switch over to Logic for arrangement, mixing etc... But IF I had to choose ONE, it would be Ableton Live.thecontrolcentre wrote: ↑Sat Jan 04, 2020 5:44 pm For me, its Ableton Live ... takes me next to no time to get my ideas down in session view, then I can jam around with them before recording my jam into the arrangement view. Couldn't be easier. It almost feels too easy most of the time.
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- KVRAF
- 2265 posts since 30 Aug, 2004 from Lancaster, UK
True to my byline, I would like to suggest MuLab. I read most posts in the Mulab (=MUTOOLS) subforum, and what almost every new user reflects on is how fast the workflow is compared to whatever DAW they used before. I personally haven't seen a piano roll with a better and faster workflow (which is why I respond in this thread). Another workflow-related thing in MuLab is that since it's modular, also including VST's, everything can be put in own configurations, super-quickly and very easily. In practice, this means you build your own FX chains or so, consisting of VSTi's and MuLab's internal effects (or build synths with your choice of VST effects included).
Can't tell if MuLab is the best bet for your style, as I am doing traditional sequencing, but the workflow is great! And it's super stable, has never crashed on me though I have used MuLab for five years or so. It's also very lightweight, sort of the opposite of, say, Cakewalk.
Can't tell if MuLab is the best bet for your style, as I am doing traditional sequencing, but the workflow is great! And it's super stable, has never crashed on me though I have used MuLab for five years or so. It's also very lightweight, sort of the opposite of, say, Cakewalk.
Thu Oct 01, 2020 1:15 pm Passing Bye wrote:
"look at SparkySpark's post 4 posts up, let that sink in for a moment"
Go MuLab!
"look at SparkySpark's post 4 posts up, let that sink in for a moment"
Go MuLab!
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- KVRer
- 6 posts since 29 Feb, 2020 from Atlanta, GA, USA
As far as DAWs that don't have a lot of windows and keep everything in view, Ableton and Bitwig are the obvious choices that come to mind.
As far as whipping up beats quickly and trying out different samples, have you considered a hardware sampler/drum machine? Digitakt?
As far as whipping up beats quickly and trying out different samples, have you considered a hardware sampler/drum machine? Digitakt?