Are there any planned updates to the DAW Essentials package?
I figure it has been a while since the last release, and could use a few more tools, like IR, stereo tools, spectrum analyzer, saturator, deesser. So wondering if there's a known development timeline for DAW Essentials.
DAW Essentials 2 Plans?
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- KVRian
- 872 posts since 25 Aug, 2006
I thought there was some talk from Tracktion that they were working on a new range of effects, maybe saturators and vintage flavored things. This about when 9 was coming out. I maybe completely wrong on this though.
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1030 posts since 26 Feb, 2018
I'll add that a 32bit bridge would add a ton of interest from the DAW community. Lots of people want to run their 32bit plugin and are staying with old software or grudgingly moving forward leaving plugins behind or using uncomfortable bridge solutions. Tracktion could decide to incorporate a bridge in W9 or W10, and that would be a huge selling point for a good section of the DAW audience.
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- KVRist
- 492 posts since 7 May, 2018
A 32 bit bridge would be nice for the Variety of Sound plugins alone. I know Reaper runs both 32bit and 64bit plugins.
DAW Essentials 2 seems like a challenge for Tracktion. I'd think that there's two potential audiences, and they both want slightly different things. Some people will buy Waveform as their first or only DAW. They'd want all the bases covered: standard EQ, filter, modulation, dynamics, distortion, delay, reverb, and amp sim plugins. But as others have pointed out, DAW essentials is missing basic stuff like a spectrum analyzer, a stereo plugin, a saturator, and amp sim plugins. And some of their basic plugins could sound better.
The other group is people who already have enough third-party plugins that they don't need stock plugins. This is the category I belong to. I haven't felt any desire to purchase DAW essentials after my demo ran out. I've thought about what would tempt me personally into buying a DAW essentials, and I have two ideas.
Convenience plugins. These are common things that I already have third-party plugins for, but I use them so often I'd rather have a stock plugin. Spectrum analyzer, vector scope, stereo scope/controls, pitch analyzer/tuner, sine/noise generator, and other utility plugins. As long as they work and are dead simple, it'd be preferable to use stock plugins to third party for basic stuff like this.
Unique/weird/licensed plugins. Plugins like phase distortion, binaural panning, granular processing, that kind of thing. Something to point to as unique to Waveform. Or licensed plugins. I'd get Logic almost entirely for plugins like Alchemy and PhatFX. With all the great plugins floating around on the internet, it'd be interesting to see some licensed plugins, although it might be time-intensive to convert existing plugins.
To do all of these would be a monumental task, but expanding the basic plugins, improving the sound where a few are lacking, adding more utility plugins, and adding distinctive plugins would make Waveform's stock effects comparable to any other major DAW's.
DAW Essentials 2 seems like a challenge for Tracktion. I'd think that there's two potential audiences, and they both want slightly different things. Some people will buy Waveform as their first or only DAW. They'd want all the bases covered: standard EQ, filter, modulation, dynamics, distortion, delay, reverb, and amp sim plugins. But as others have pointed out, DAW essentials is missing basic stuff like a spectrum analyzer, a stereo plugin, a saturator, and amp sim plugins. And some of their basic plugins could sound better.
The other group is people who already have enough third-party plugins that they don't need stock plugins. This is the category I belong to. I haven't felt any desire to purchase DAW essentials after my demo ran out. I've thought about what would tempt me personally into buying a DAW essentials, and I have two ideas.
Convenience plugins. These are common things that I already have third-party plugins for, but I use them so often I'd rather have a stock plugin. Spectrum analyzer, vector scope, stereo scope/controls, pitch analyzer/tuner, sine/noise generator, and other utility plugins. As long as they work and are dead simple, it'd be preferable to use stock plugins to third party for basic stuff like this.
Unique/weird/licensed plugins. Plugins like phase distortion, binaural panning, granular processing, that kind of thing. Something to point to as unique to Waveform. Or licensed plugins. I'd get Logic almost entirely for plugins like Alchemy and PhatFX. With all the great plugins floating around on the internet, it'd be interesting to see some licensed plugins, although it might be time-intensive to convert existing plugins.
To do all of these would be a monumental task, but expanding the basic plugins, improving the sound where a few are lacking, adding more utility plugins, and adding distinctive plugins would make Waveform's stock effects comparable to any other major DAW's.
Linux version?