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Funkybot's Evil Twin · Wed May 02, 2018 1:17 am

1. Studio One 3.5 (Primary)
2. Cubase 9.5 (Secondary - love the feature set, but the workflow is clunky)
3. Reaper (use it whenever beta testing plugins, or just when I want to quickly launch something or just jam)
4. Sonar (my first main DAW for years - use it when revisiting old projects and have been exploring the new Cakewalk by Bandlab release)

Kithairon · Post by **Kithairon** » Wed May 02, 2018 3:35 am

I mainly use Ableton but I can mess around with FL

machinesworking · Post by **machinesworking** » Wed May 02, 2018 4:24 am

Good to know I'm not the only nut job that uses more than one DAW!

I use:
Digital Performer 9.51
Live 10 Suite
Reaper 5.8
Logic 10.4

I also have old copies of Reason and ReNoise laying around here..

Switched from DP 2 to Logic 4 with Reason 1 rewired before computers were fast enough for a lot of VSTi's, eventually got into Live, then back to DP. Reaper is a new obsession, I'm trying to see if I can tailor it explicitly to my needs, if that happens, then I probably will be Reaper and Live. As it stands I'm in limbo, haven't messed with Logic X too much since I got it, but the idea is to harvest old songs, and I was thinking of switching back to it before I got hooked on customizing Reaper.

zenophilix · Post by **zenophilix** » Wed May 02, 2018 5:55 am

Ableton Live 10 99% of the time. Although granted, from time to time I'll pop over to Studio One to use the MIDI humanize function.

Zexila · Post by **Zexila** » Wed May 02, 2018 6:58 am

Daimonicon wrote:One. Cubase 9.5. I rather spend time recording and make music and mix than jumping around with other DAWs. After all they do the same thing. So what's the point spend time on doing the same thing with multiiple DAWs? It's easier be more creative with limits than with too many choices that only creates confusion.

I also prefer to use one DAW, but I can see benefit in using something like Live/Bitwig besides main linear one, stuff I do in Bitwig is so effortless, but it can't match the depth of Logic on long run.

Also limitations in one DAW are seeking for workarounds which seek for more wasted time and patience, there's more creativity in good implemented feature, remember the time when Cubase didn't had sampler tracks, yeah, imagine a DAW that have more feature like this and that are real workflow enhancers, maybe that's a small thing, but Live/Bitwig are full of these small things that let you get creative without much BS, but as I said, on long run they keep showing their quick sketch nature and good ol' linear one starts to be awesome again with his workflow enhancements for people really into heavy recording, editing, arranging, mixing and etc.

PeterP_swe · Post by **PeterP_swe** » Wed May 02, 2018 9:27 am

Ableton Live for song writing and pre-production.

Cubase for recording, production and mixing.

Reason, for fun. Great when I want a change of scenery sometimes.

antic604 · Post by **antic604** » Wed May 02, 2018 10:37 am

I own 4 (Live 10 Suite, Bitwig 2, Reason 10 and Studio One 3 Pro) but use one at a time for given project, to simply focus my attention better. Nowadays any DAW is sufficiently equipped to produce a well-sounding music (at my level, anyway).

So I really have no clue how to answer the poll - both '1' and '4' look valid to me

JJ_Jettflow · Post by **JJ_Jettflow** » Wed May 02, 2018 10:42 am

Just Pro Tools.

Jace-BeOS · Post by **Jace-BeOS** » Wed May 02, 2018 11:00 am

I used to use multiple, but part of that was the conversion from Windows to Mac, and the other was using Reason for sound generation & conversion of old soundtracker projects. My conversion is done and I don't want to use Reason's tiny GUI anymore.

wetdentist · Post by **wetdentist** » Wed May 02, 2018 11:04 am

Maschine + Cakewalk by Bandlab has got me covered

pdxindy · Post by **pdxindy** » Wed May 02, 2018 1:41 pm

I use 2...

Bitwig and Logic.

el-bo (formerly ebow) · Wed May 02, 2018 2:00 pm

I own Logic 10 and Live Intro 9.

Really only use Logic, and currently (once-and-for-all) trying to learn it deeply. I do muck around with the demo's of Renoise and Hollyhock, now and again, but I'm putting that all aside till I've a Logic workflow that doesn't have me pulling my hair out.

I can envision a time when I'll use Live, Renoise and Hollyhock as idea/pattern generators, to be constructed, mixed etc. within Logic. We'll see

Kinh · Post by **Kinh** » Wed May 02, 2018 2:07 pm

You dont bloody need more than 2 daws.

Shockwave77598 · Post by **Shockwave77598** » Wed May 02, 2018 2:22 pm

Only one

It is too hard to master more than one DAW. Knowing where the thousands of controls are located and all the small idiocyncries of it is challenging enough with a single DAW -- trying to master more than one would required adding memory to the brain.

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Wed May 02, 2018 2:36 pm

Kalamata Kid wrote:I have several DAW's and and use all of them at one time or another.

My aim is not to find my main Daw but my one and only DAW.
Focus! is the answer.

I think that's right.

I use Cubase. Saying someone that uses but one DAW is sticking with teh 'one trick pony' is idiotic. Cubase does but one trick, riiiiiiiight.

I have a workflow that is comfortable and no-brain-required most of the time. I have no interest in writing my own DAW (REAPER) or wondering about things that are out there I don't actually need. And apparently the only DAW which has a 'warp the timeline to your music as you input it' capacity is Samplitude which is Windows-only so the most fundamental part of the workflow will be missing everywhere else. Also, VSL is Cubase-oriented with their VE Pro which is also indispensable. Some hosts are awkward in their connection to VEP and present problems I don't have to contend with. Anyway the point is, there is nothing of consequence standing between me and getting the ideas down except for computer power.

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