Why you use multiple DAWs ?

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Daags wrote: Thu Feb 06, 2020 6:47 pm I use multiple DAWs because they have different strengths, and a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. So for each 'link' in my production 'chain', I use whatever DAW is best at that particular task.

the beauty of VST plugins is they work in whatever DAW is the 'link' I'm working on at any given time. All on the same computer, using wav & midi files. It's not like you have to lug 14 lbs of tape from the studio down stairs, up ten flights of stairs, convert it to a different tape format, then lug 23 lbs of the new tape format down 3 flights of stairs to the next studio to work in, and repeating this process everytime you want to take your project to another stage better suited in another 'studio'. So it is beyond me why neckbeards get their panties all twisted and bunched up their heinie just because someone might have some criticisms about their 'waifu' DAW, even when the criticisms are coming from people who own licenses to and financially support the waifu in question.

Funny thing is, some of the most ardent cry babies with the most amount of pantie wedged the deepest up their chair-shaped heinie ... appear to have a relatively plentiful supply of disposable cash to spend on their hobby. So it's not like they are under huge economic pressure to go 'all in' solely for their waifu, warts n all.

So who's with me ? .... Multiple-DAW gang check in.
Wow... that's some heavy music/sounds you make. :shrug:

Yup... use a few DAWs, playing to their strengths.
Also methodology/workflow... any one remember the 8 track format cassettes , they also made PRO 2 track versions (really expensive) but with a stack of them with cut loops, we had an analog kinda session thing going on, way before Live.. so I have live and Project 5 for that.. Acid>> 'coz it's fun ;) plus 4 regular linear DAWs..

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I'm totally with you Daags :tu:
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I don't "use" multiple DAWs (though, some folks probably think that's all I do :help: ), but I love to explore different products.

I have one primary product that I use, but every piece of software has an obvious workflow. Certain UI elements are easy to press, certain menus are in obvious places, left/right click do specific things etc...

Every piece of software also has a huge variety (or not... Ableton Live) of functionality that isn't readily available or obvious. When I'm in the flow of working on music it is difficult to back out to a technically minded context to think about functionality that I'm not conscious of.

Using other products puts you in a different context that forces you to utilize the obvious or prescribed workflow in that software. Eventually you adapt to it, and when switching back to another software you have that context in your head.

So let me provide an example:

In Digital Performer I became very used to using the search window to select data because DP did not have MIDI clips until recently. When I wanted to move around data I would use the search window to logically select the data I wanted. Using Search in DP was fairly natural because that was the main mode of doing that sort of work.

I then decided to spent time with Cubase, which has MIDI regions, the Arranger Track and Chord track. Totally different workflow for (re-)arranging MIDI. However, I found that I spent a lot of time fiddling with copying data around, splitting/trimming clips, re-editing after arranger changes etc... until I realized that I could just use the . Cubase has a lot of features for arranging data that are just barely good enough that I didn't take the time to step back and think "Maybe there's a better way to do this". If I wasn't already aware of how great something like DP's search feature can be, it would have taken me much longer to look for it in Cubase.

Then I go back to Digital Performer and miss having , so I adjust my main template to emulate that with some Auxes and a few plugins. It would have taken me years to realize how useful that bit of extra work would have been. It was only after using Cubase that I understood how valuable that functionality can be to me.

The cycle continues over and over. Each time I learn more about workflows that are possible, rather than being inundated with the workflows that are obvious.

EDIT: Ugh. Why does KVR embed videos when I just wanna link to something :(

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Robert Randolph wrote: Fri Feb 07, 2020 8:17 pm
EDIT: Ugh. Why does KVR embed videos when I just wanna link to something :(
If you want to embed a link without the whole video popping up, you can do it vie using text like this...

[ url=www.somewhereontheweblikeyoutube]Software Video [/url]
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when there is a 'perfect' DAW then i may buy and stick with it... but then again... nothing is or has been perfect yet in the history of mankind lol (with the exception of idiots... you can ALWAYS find the perfect idiot) each DAW has it's strengths and weaknesses. some do midi compilations better... some do audio work better. so until there is a perfect DAW i will use what i have to use to get the jobs done in a timely manner with the least amount of effort. i am quite lazy lol cheers
"two fools dancing on the hands of time... yeah the fool and me"

Knot Hardly Productions

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Nothing is perfect, especially in audio applications... even the top tier applications are anything but perfect. I just use what works best for me. :)

Frankly, there's much more professional software industries. But, that's fine. Musicians are a sloppy bunch anyway. :D

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whyterabbyt wrote: Fri Feb 07, 2020 3:51 pm
InLight-Tone wrote: Fri Feb 07, 2020 3:19 pm ^^^ THIS!
If you actually were doing music for money like it was your job, you wouldn't have time to tinker in multiple DAW's...
DAWs are used for more than just music.
Yes, I (for example) use DAWs for explicit practices in the field of s*xual borderline experiences. Can recommend without hesitation. :tu:

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Calenberger wrote: Fri Feb 07, 2020 9:39 pm
whyterabbyt wrote: Fri Feb 07, 2020 3:51 pm
InLight-Tone wrote: Fri Feb 07, 2020 3:19 pm ^^^ THIS!
If you actually were doing music for money like it was your job, you wouldn't have time to tinker in multiple DAW's...
DAWs are used for more than just music.
Yes, I (for example) use DAWs for explicit practices in the field of s*xual borderline experiences. Can recommend without hesitation. :tu:
Presumably lots of LFO automation on external instruments.
"I was wondering if you'd like to try Magic Mushrooms"
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THE INTRANCER wrote: Fri Feb 07, 2020 8:40 pm
Robert Randolph wrote: Fri Feb 07, 2020 8:17 pm
EDIT: Ugh. Why does KVR embed videos when I just wanna link to something :(
If you want to embed a link without the whole video popping up, you can do it vie using text like this...

[ url=www.somewhereontheweblikeyoutube]Software Video [/url]
That's exactly how I have it formatted.

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Mushy Mushy wrote: Fri Feb 07, 2020 9:41 pm
Calenberger wrote: Fri Feb 07, 2020 9:39 pm
whyterabbyt wrote: Fri Feb 07, 2020 3:51 pm
InLight-Tone wrote: Fri Feb 07, 2020 3:19 pm ^^^ THIS!
If you actually were doing music for money like it was your job, you wouldn't have time to tinker in multiple DAW's...
DAWs are used for more than just music.
Yes, I (for example) use DAWs for explicit practices in the field of s*xual borderline experiences. Can recommend without hesitation. :tu:
Presumably lots of LFO automation on external instruments.
Midi vibrato CC is the key :party:

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...followed by some heavy switching...

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and a real WET reverb!

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Calenberger wrote: Fri Feb 07, 2020 9:43 pm
Midi vibrato CC is the key :party:
I knew a girl called cc
I knew a girl called cc
she was soft 'N fleecy
and ever so effing sleezy

Oh
I knew a girl called cc
I knew a girl called cc

now I effing midi vibrato

WTF went wrong?

:lol:

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Poetry takes over!

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lol ALL songwriters and real music creators 'tinker'... if it is 'cookie cutter' productions it is not really creations imo as for working music as a job... more often than not you are required to use one software package to keep things unified across the board for all involved. cheers
"two fools dancing on the hands of time... yeah the fool and me"

Knot Hardly Productions

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