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However, I'm looking for a DAW that let me work out ideas quickly and then move that over to reaper for final recording and production. Preferably something pattern-based, limited track count and such is not a problem.
The options I have available (installed) right now are Maschine (came with my Komplete keyboard), Tracktion 7, Ableton Live Lite, Reason Adapted (old version) if I can find the serial again and Caustic 3 windows version.
Before I start to commit a lot of time in trying out those, any ideas and suggestions about those options are welcome. Other suggestions are welcome as well, but it has to be free or cheap (50Euro-ish) available. Any ideas about setting something up inside reaper for this are also much appreciated.
First impressions so far:
- Maschine: workflow is pretty different from what I'm used to with scenes and all that, but plugs into reaper as VST so that's a plus.
- Tracktion 7: took a bit getting used to as well, but already getting there as it seems pretty logical to work with.
- Ableton Live Lite: very limited track count but that can be a plus for inspiration, didn't do anything with it yet.
- Reason Adapted: still have to locate my serial
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- Caustic 3: fairly closed system (no plugins or anything) but again that might be inspirational, also have it running on my tablet which might be a (big) plus.
EDIT:
For those that stumble onto this topic in search of something like this. I've settled on setting up something inside Reaper. The write-up I did on that is here: viewtopic.php?p=7428134#p7428134