KVR Audio

jonljacobi · Post by **jonljacobi** » Sat Dec 23, 2017 8:49 pm

If I missed one, vote for it in a reply. I started another thread that explains the purpose of this poll and for the discussion.

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=497014

Please read that before making comments.

telecharge · Post by **telecharge** » Sat Dec 23, 2017 9:45 pm

For me, it depends on the job. I read a review just yesterday (honest!) with a paragraph written by a kindred spirit. Here's the quote:

bpb wrote:This is the landscape of the modern DAW era: endless choices. Regardless of your profession, hobby, or process, there is a DAW out there for you. In fact, many of us have found there are multiple suitable DAWs for us to use and, instead of compromising in order to limit ourselves to a single program, we use their various strengths for different parts of our creative process. For example, I might sketch a new project in Maschine, mix it in Logic, and perform live using Ableton. Breaking up your music making process into various stages will also allow you to integrate different pieces of software more easily into your workflow. Restricting yourself to only one DAW means that you might be missing out on important features of other applications, and thus limiting your creative process.

https://bedroomproducersblog.com/2016/0 ... o-8-review

But I can also see the other side, where having too many choices becomes overwhelming and causes analysis paralysis, AND/OR you end up spending a bunch of time trying to figure out how to integrate disparate systems instead of creating.

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Sat Dec 23, 2017 10:02 pm

The one I use every day ...

Kypresso · Post by **Kypresso** » Sat Dec 23, 2017 10:04 pm

Most efficient at what?

Making a song, Reaper.

Sound design, Bitwig.

Frustrating me because the fonts are ridiculously small on windows 10, DP9.

Working on linux, Reaper and Bitwig.

Working with a friend who uses Cubase, then Cubase.

And so on and on and ... etc.

Daws are tools, people use what is most comfortable for them, polls like this are pointless.

What works for me probably wont work for some others and yet will work for others.

What does it matter who uses what, make your own minds up.

Dont be a sheep and follow others, its stupid.

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Aliens · Post by **Aliens** » Sat Dec 23, 2017 10:07 pm

thecontrolcentre wrote:The one I use every day ...

Same, but not the same, if you know what I mean?

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Sat Dec 23, 2017 10:09 pm

Aliens wrote:
thecontrolcentre wrote:The one I use every day ...
Same, but not the same, if you know what I mean?

telecharge · Post by **telecharge** » Sat Dec 23, 2017 10:12 pm

Kypresso wrote:Most efficient at what?

Daws are tools, people use what is most comfortable for them, polls like this are pointless.

What works for me probably wont work for some others and yet will work for others.

What does it matter who uses what, make your own minds up.

Dont be a sheep and follow others, its stupid.

It's the holidays, so can we not argue and beat up the OP?

He's just trying to tap the 'wisdom of the crowd' like many others here. People don't come here for fellowship, do they?

Kypresso · Post by **Kypresso** » Sat Dec 23, 2017 10:35 pm

telecharge wrote:
Kypresso wrote:Most efficient at what?

Daws are tools, people use what is most comfortable for them, polls like this are pointless.

What works for me probably wont work for some others and yet will work for others.

What does it matter who uses what, make your own minds up.

Dont be a sheep and follow others, its stupid.
It's the holidays, so can we not argue and beat up the OP?

He's just trying to tap the 'wisdom of the crowd' like many others here. People don't come here for fellowship, do they?

If you want fellowship, go and get your likes on facebook or some other crappy social media site.

I'm not trying to argue and beat anyone up, just being honest as i see it.

I use a Nektar Panorama P6 keyboard/controller, this gives me great integration with Reaper and Bitwig which makes both of them very efficient for me. Now someone else using Reaper or Bitwig without that deep integration may decide that Studio One is more efficient for them.

Does that make Reaper/Bitwig or Studio One more efficient?

If i want to do some sound design, then Bitwig 2 with its new modulators is what i would use in preference to Reaper.
Someone trying to record a rock band probably wouldn't choose Live or Bitwig.

So to sum up, its context that helps you to choose, what is most efficient depends on what you are going to do and how you are going to use it, its not a fixed choice based on how many other people use any particular daw.

ATS · Post by **ATS** » Sat Dec 23, 2017 10:39 pm

Studio One because the first time I tried it everything just worked exactly how I thought it should. Extremely intuitive for me.

Spencer Maddox · Post by **Spencer Maddox** » Sat Dec 23, 2017 10:40 pm

Its kinda weird with me. The two daws I use the Most are Ableton and Bitwig.
I work faster in bitwig then ableton, But I enjoy the UI of ableton 10 more...If that makes any sense

Muziksculp · Post by **Muziksculp** » Sat Dec 23, 2017 11:03 pm

Studio One Pro 3.5

Topcheese · Post by **Topcheese** » Sun Dec 24, 2017 2:35 am

There is no DAW.

THE INTRANCER · Post by **THE INTRANCER** » Sun Dec 24, 2017 3:56 am

Back in day when I first heard of Studio One (2009) I was primarily a Reason user which remained the case up until Nov 2014 so I didn't just immediately switch to Studio One, there wasn't any particular need to but what I did find immediately noticeable, was it's friendly, elegant and simplistic but cosy environment. I couldn't explain why at the time, it just had something about it. It's lack of instruments, a proper synth for example and limited set of other instruments, and programmability was why I didn't jump onboard I think from the outset. It was always in the back of my mind though as a possibility in the future if more meat and potatoes was added in a future release however.

I thought I'd end up with FL Studio, but really it's system of working was just always weird to me.

Bitwig was interesting but infuriating GUI wise where things I wanted to move couldn't.

Cubase...too expensive.

Reaper, a bloated mess of complexity, archaic design and no meat and bones.

Sonar, too many bad previous experiences to even consider.

Renoise, been there in the 1990's and done that, wasn't keen going that route again.

Magix Samplitude, too budget consumerist focused.

Abelton Live, hated the flat interface design, weird workflow and buggyness.

And the others, I didn't spend much time thinking about if at all..

xbitz · Post by **xbitz** » Sun Dec 24, 2017 11:55 am

most important was for me is the StayFocusd Chrome extension

"StayFocusd increases your productivity by limiting the amount of time that you can spend on time-wasting websites."

it can boost the speed of any DAW dramatically

KVR Audio

Poll: Which DAW interface do you find lets you get the job done quickest?

Which DAW do you find the most efficient?