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Phorous · Post by **Phorous** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 10:15 pm

EnGee wrote:
spaceman wrote:
Moka Disco Express wrote:EDM? what is?
Eclectic Dixieland Musings
I thought it is Euro Drugs Master!

Studio One or Ableton Live would be my choice

Don't think Ableton has bounce in place does it? That was one of the OPs requirements.

FarleyCZ · Post by **FarleyCZ** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 10:48 pm

Voice303 wrote:Don't think Ableton has bounce in place does it? That was one of the OPs requirements.

It does. Two ways actually. You can either freeze the track and flatten it, or make a new track, select "Resample" as an input and then record whatever you wish to solo at the moment.

ksandvik · Post by **ksandvik** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 11:43 pm

FarleyCZ wrote:
Voice303 wrote:Don't think Ableton has bounce in place does it? That was one of the OPs requirements.
It does. Two ways actually. You can either freeze the track and flatten it, or make a new track, select "Resample" as an input and then record whatever you wish to solo at the moment.

It works but not as easy as the Bounce feature in DAWs such as Logic where you could specify what track it goes to, or use the same track, or if you include effects or not, tail effect or not and so on. With a single popup view.

EnGee · Post by **EnGee** » Tue Apr 07, 2015 12:35 am

Voice303 wrote:
EnGee wrote:
spaceman wrote:
Moka Disco Express wrote:EDM? what is?
Eclectic Dixieland Musings
I thought it is Euro Drugs Master!

Studio One or Ableton Live would be my choice
Don't think Ableton has bounce in place does it? That was one of the OPs requirements.

Yes you are right. I thought it does. I don't have Live now but I remember when I had it, I felt everything is made easy for making dance music. There are also many good tutorials about EDM using Ableton Live (the mixing part as well as composing). The Midi and audio effects are great and using the Session View is a big plus as a sketch board.

Anyway, I believe the OP should demo the suggested DAWs in this thread and find what's suits him/her. The requirements are easily adjusted when we like something really a lot.

frankz00 · Post by **frankz00** » Wed Apr 08, 2015 7:46 pm

Tracktion

JohnnyA · Post by **JohnnyA** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 1:15 pm

For a laptop and EDM, you'd be well suited with a simplified sequencer and mixer, and access to some easy way of looping and combining sounds. Bitwig is perfect for that. It's like a cleaned-up version of Ableton. Cubase, Logic and Pro Tools are big, bulky sequencers, and they're fantastic for advanced music, but I have to admit that Bitwig's loop workflow is the way to go for EDM producers. It was built for that.

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 2:59 pm

For anyone with a Windows laptop that has a touch screen, the latest version of Sonar is an excellent choice.

beatmangler443 · Post by **beatmangler443** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 6:33 pm

Uncle E wrote:For anyone with a Windows laptop that has a touch screen, the latest version of Sonar is an excellent choice.

Uncle E what is your preferred DAW of choice? I think you use maschine.

gamecat666 · Post by **gamecat666** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 7:04 pm

i'd have said try FLStudio for portable EDM but its bounce 'workaround' is pants.
so probably Live/Bitwig

spaceman · Post by **spaceman** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 7:12 pm

Logic may be bulky, but workflow is top notch and fast, it has superb bounce in place and it's no surprise so many dance producers use it.

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 7:17 pm

EnGee wrote:
spaceman wrote:
Moka Disco Express wrote:EDM? what is?
Eclectic Dixieland Musings
I thought it is Euro Drugs Master!

Economic Downturn Music

I have Live on my laptop ...

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 8:06 pm

beatmangler443 wrote:Uncle E what is your preferred DAW of choice? I think you use maschine.

I use Maschine and Studio One. I usually start a project in Maschine and then export stems to Studio One when I'm ready to track live instruments or mix. If the project involves live instruments from the beginning, I'll start in Studio One and load Maschine as a plugin.

Knober · Post by **Knober** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 8:59 pm

spaceman wrote:Logic may be bulky, but workflow is top notch and fast, it has superb bounce in place and it's no surprise so many dance producers use it.

usually it's like this:

The first choice for dance producers is Ableton, then FL studio and then Logic and Cubase. More people are getting in touch with the newer daw like Studio One and Bitwig (i haven't heard any track from this btw)

Really depends on personal choice. The OP is coming from Cubase so the most natural choice to start with should be Studio One or Logic since they are more similar to Cubase than other daws.

will be cool if the OP give us more informations about his workflow, how he came up with ideas and also what type of EDM is talking about since the term is a little bit generic: could be Lady Gaga's edm or big room/club track.

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 9:07 pm

Knober wrote: ...and also what type of EDM is talking about since the term is a little bit generic: could be Lady Gaga's edm or big room/club track.

I don't see how that minor distinction would be helpful in choosing a DAW for a laptop. Are you suggesting that you might advise a different DAW for someone who creates Lady Gaga-esque EDM than you would for someone who creates big room/club tracks? Maybe I'm just misunderstanding or reading too much into it.

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 9:10 pm

Knober wrote:The first choice for dance producers is Ableton, then FL studio and then Logic and Cubase.

True. There's been a strong shift towards Logic in the studio world lately. Everybody loves that it's got great sounds right out of the box.

The OP is coming from Cubase so the most natural choice to start with should be Studio One or Logic since they are more similar to Cubase than other daws.

True.

will be cool if the OP give us more informations about his workflow, how he came up with ideas and also what type of EDM is talking about since the term is a little bit generic: could be Lady Gaga's edm or big room/club track.

Also, if he didn't already, whether he's on Mac or PC.

Daw recommendations for laptop producer?