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rod_zero · Post by **rod_zero** » Tue Nov 01, 2016 5:36 pm

In todays software world GUIs have to be thought out with a clear vision, goals and usability on mind. Reaper clearly lacks all of them, it is like going back in time when there wasn't any GUI design process, just throwing all functionality around menus and icons. Looks pretty much like Stata or Math lab from the usability POV.

Zexila · Post by **Zexila** » Tue Nov 01, 2016 5:38 pm

keyman_sam wrote:Cubase wins it for me. I'm actually sticking with my current version v7.5 mainly because the GUI (and performance too) has changed for v8 and I prefer this one.

Cubase 6 hit the nail in the head for me.

Obsolete236871 · Post by **Obsolete236871** » Tue Nov 01, 2016 6:23 pm

I think these GUIs are the most usable:

Logic (Logic Pro X, Logic 9)
Studio One 3

Cubase GUI is almost up there, but the window management issues on Windows up to version 7, are the reason why I would rank it a bit behind these two.

Pro Tools and Reaper GUIs - not really my cup of tea. I know, there are many themes available on Reaper, but Reaper in general doesn't correspond with my way of working.

Ableton Live's GUI is kind of special, since Live follows a different paradigm. Same goes for Bitwig. Both GUIs are perfectly fine, while Live's is a bit too pragmatic (for lack of a better word).

I was never able to accustom myself to FL Studio / Fruity Loops GUI, even though it looks much better and DAWish today than 15 years ago (yes, FL is that old already). The whole setup just doesn't correspond with me well.

At times I liked the Reason pseudo-studio rack setup, but at some point it always felt too inflexible to me to work with it continuously.

Obsolete236871 · Post by **Obsolete236871** » Tue Nov 01, 2016 6:27 pm

rod_zero wrote:In todays software world GUIs have to be thought out with a clear vision, goals and usability on mind. Reaper clearly lacks all of them, it is like going back in time when there wasn't any GUI design process, just throwing all functionality around menus and icons. Looks pretty much like Stata or Math lab from the usability POV.

Unfortunately, this describes the exact problem with Reaper's GUI and it's menu structure.

Andrei Marchenko · Post by **Andrei Marchenko** » Tue Nov 01, 2016 9:06 pm

For me top place here between Renoise and Live. Bottom place for Reaper. Great daw that i sold 95% for this reason only.

woggle · Post by **woggle** » Tue Nov 01, 2016 9:36 pm

Adobe Audition has a great GUI - easy to show and hide bits or move panels around.

reusenoise · Post by **reusenoise** » Tue Nov 01, 2016 10:48 pm

Synapse Orion,sadly discontinued,had one of the best and easy of use gui

chris.r · Post by **chris.r** » Wed Nov 02, 2016 12:36 am

Mystic wrote:Sonar. Like others, I'm bias being that I use it the most but I love how customizable it is and clean. Plus now that we can reskin it, I can make it look however I want. Most important to me is undocking though. For multi-monitor use, it's incredible.

same here... tungsten all the way

powermat · Post by **powermat** » Wed Nov 02, 2016 1:21 am

I've only used FL, Ableton and Bitwig, but out of those 3, Bitwig just sits right with my brain's logic. They can improve, for sure, but so far, so good.

buescher · Post by **buescher** » Wed Nov 02, 2016 2:56 am

record/edit on Logic 9. mix on Mixbus 32C.

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Wed Nov 02, 2016 3:03 am

Vienna Ensemble Pro is another host that has a great GUI (IMO).

ATS · Post by **ATS** » Wed Nov 02, 2016 3:33 am

have all the DAWS been named yet?

tooneba · Post by **tooneba** » Wed Nov 02, 2016 4:04 am

I wish Live could have each different height of piano roll and clip view. I want large piano roll view but I don't need fat waveform every time I want to edit clip.

beatmangler443 · Post by **beatmangler443** » Wed Nov 02, 2016 4:26 am

Izak Synthiemental wrote:I think these GUIs are the most usable:

Logic (Logic Pro X, Logic 9)
Studio One 3

Cubase GUI is almost up there, but the window management issues on Windows up to version 7, are the reason why I would rank it a bit behind these two.

Pro Tools and Reaper GUIs - not really my cup of tea. I know, there are many themes available on Reaper, but Reaper in general doesn't correspond with my way of working.

Ableton Live's GUI is kind of special, since Live follows a different paradigm. Same goes for Bitwig. Both GUIs are perfectly fine, while Live's is a bit too pragmatic (for lack of a better word).

I was never able to accustom myself to FL Studio / Fruity Loops GUI, even though it looks much better and DAWish today than 15 years ago (yes, FL is that old already). The whole setup just doesn't correspond with me well.

At times I liked the Reason pseudo-studio rack setup, but at some point it always felt too inflexible to me to work with it continuously.

Steinberg still hasn't fixed the windows issues?

koolkeys · Post by **koolkeys** » Wed Nov 02, 2016 4:31 am

beatmangler443 wrote: Steinberg still hasn't fixed the windows issues?

Note he said the issues "up to version 7". They did address them after that. Now when you open a new window or panel, it doesn't resize the others. Everything stays where you put it. This is one of the things I absolutely HATED about Cubase last time I owned it, and also one of the reasons I took a look again and just recently bought it again, since I saw they addressed it.

Brent

And the best GUI of all the DAWS in your opinion is... ?