Looking for a loop based DAW for beginners

[classic]

Son of my girlfriend wants to start making music.
I am looking for a not to simple loop based DAW that has easy tools to handle loops, slice them, strech them and so on.
Does not have to bee free, but somehow designed to have easy success and making him smile.

I have seen some cool featured DAW come to light in the last two years but can´t remember the names.
Would be greate if someone can help.

All the best
classic

[antic604]

I have seen some cool featured DAW come to light in the last two years but can´t remember the names.

Bitwig Studio probably?



https://www.bitwig.com/



Yeah, it's awesome

[excuse me please]

Ableton or Bitwig. But Bitwig has a demo mode trial, while Ableton promises to have a trial with all the features afaics:

https://www.ableton.com/en/trial/

[chk071]

LMMS.

[tonymax]

Magix comes to mind for a good starter system.. music maker might be a good first..

[SLiC]

LMMS.

Free is certainly cheap!

I would probably recommend Live for a complete beginner as there is just so much support, books, videos, courses, magazines etc and its probably the simplest interface of all to start with.

Live Suit 11 is also free and unlimited for 90 days, after 3 months you should know if they enjoy it or not and if its worth investing in more! Live 11 Lite is also coming out soon for a cheap or even free way in as it comes with so much hardware!

[chk071]

LMMS.

Free is certainly cheap!

TBH, watching some videos, I'm not even sure if it supports ASIO now... those Open Source projects are a real gamble.

The GUI came a long way though. Last time I checked it, it was pure shit. Now it's at least viewable. That's at least some progress.

[xbitz]

+1 to the free 90day Ableton Live (or Logic on mac https://www.apple.com/logic-pro/trial/ also 90 days), this is a quite good first-year plan

https://heroic.academy/edm-production-roadmap/

AL intro videos are quite good https://www.ableton.com/en/live/learn-live/

but I would pick this answer from the article above

...The short answer: IT DOESN’T MATTER. Honestly – great music can be made in any of the major DAWs...

[Tj Shredder]

For a start I would get the current Beat magazine and give him Bitwig 8-track that way. The best head start imaginable. He will need some time to get to the limits if he is a beginner. In case he really likes it, there are the upgrade options, but for the magazin price he would also get an introduction. There is a german and an international version of the mag....

[chk071]

Yes, probably the best to start with something limited, so that it doesn't get overwhelming.

[excuse me please]

I started with Magix Music Maker in 2012. But afaik the content has copyright. Then there is LiveLoop, but I cannot find much about it.
One can try it for $2.

https://www.liveloop.live/

[fedexnman]

Waveform 11.5 free . I'd start on something free .... Or demo Ableton Live 11 for 90 days .

[3lu5iv3]

REAPER is easy for loop based music.

alt + left mouse click and drag to time stretch and shift + 9 and 0 to pitch shift.

[chk071]

Loops based in terms of DAW rather means that it works like a step sequencer though, at least if you talk about the "classic" approach that FL Studio does.

Otherwise you could just name ANY DAW, because they're all capable of looping and time stretching.

[Passing Bye]

Magix got some of those, but I second Bitwig 8 track.