If you had to stick to one DAW, which one would it be?

[antic604]

Antic, you have created this Poll to help you make a final (?) decision (unless just to “confirm” the DAW you’ve already chosen in you mind) you should pick Cubase or Ableton. Any other choice would defying the logic of making this Poll.

I never asked you lot to help me choose "the one" DAW for ME.
I only asked what it would be FOR YOU.
I'm doing my own soul searching

[sQeetz]

I've been doing DAW-hopping a lot.
For the longest time I've used FL only. from 2000 till 2018 to be precise. Didn't even need/want anything but ImageLine plugins. It changed when gol left. FL stagnated and new features just are bolted on the existing app.
I tried all of them but must say that Logic would be the one I would end up using if there would be just one.
Luckily I don't have to choose, so I'm perfectly happy with the trio mentioned on my signature

[Tj Shredder]

My heart says Reason, my brain says Bitwig, so I'll probably end up with Ableton - go figure

Your signature whispers to me, you have decided. I am relieved…
Your tips and helping hand mean something to the Bitwig community… (I simply guess you keep Reason for the rack…)

[antic604]

My heart says Reason, my brain says Bitwig, so I'll probably end up with Ableton - go figure

Your signature whispers to me, you have decided. I am relieved…
Your tips and helping hand mean something to the Bitwig community… (I simply guess you keep Reason for the rack…)

Yup. Live's gone (just now ). I'm contemplating moving to Linux, which would "allow" me to sell Reason, S1 and most of the plugins, too. But I'll probably leave KvR eventually - it doesn't do me any good.

[sQeetz]

But I'll probably leave KvR eventually - it doesn't do me any good.

Just like me trying to leave f*ing facebook just to be dragged back in by relatives still using it

[sQeetz]

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[sQeetz]

To be honest: I would have spent a lot less money on plugins if it wasn't for kvr. They are doing a great job at promoting the stuff even on an indirect way.

[xbitz]

antic604 "6.13 posts per day" this is the problem ... my one is 1.18


sry

[sQeetz]

antic604 "6.13 posts per day" this is the problem ... my one is 1.18

0.12... am I less kvrian?

[antic604]

But I'll probably leave KvR eventually - it doesn't do me any good.

Just like me trying to leave f*ing facebook just to be dragged back in by relatives still using it

Facebook was easy. Reddit too. I'm leaving Twitter because it's hard to get into any discussions there (so I don't) and I like it for news & links for stuff to read/watch

[Biscotto]

Antic, you have created this Poll to help you make a final (?) decision (unless just to “confirm” the DAW you’ve already chosen in you mind) you should pick Cubase or Ableton. Any other choice would defying the logic of making this Poll.

I never asked you lot to help me choose "the one" DAW for ME.
I only asked what it would be FOR YOU.
I'm doing my own soul searching

I’ve chosen BW because it’s a better (in my opinion) version of Ableton. Not completely, but enough for my Music Production needs.

You seems to be a BW aficionado and you made more help GIF here on KVR than the help panels built in BW
( that’s a compliment).

Some of the factors in moving to BW were some of you GIF explaining or resolving issues and some of insightful points made by pdxindy.

Also, having used Reason from v2.5 on, the Rack made more sense in BW than Live due to BW modulation system and in combination with the Rack Players it’s a heaven.

Midi comping is obviously coming to BW.

Clips Aliases and Midi capture? Who knows….

[Trensharo]

But I'll probably leave KvR eventually - it doesn't do me any good.

Just like me trying to leave f*ing facebook just to be dragged back in by relatives still using it

Iv3e decided that people who can't keep in touch outside of Facebook don't exist to me anymore.

Quality of my relationships has increased a lot. I haven't been on Facebook in years.

The negatives of Facebook aren't worth it.

[machinesworking]

My heart says Reason, my brain says Bitwig, so I'll probably end up with Ableton - go figure

Your signature whispers to me, you have decided. I am relieved…
Your tips and helping hand mean something to the Bitwig community… (I simply guess you keep Reason for the rack…)

Yup. Live's gone (just now ). I'm contemplating moving to Linux, which would "allow" me to sell Reason, S1 and most of the plugins, too. But I'll probably leave KvR eventually - it doesn't do me any good.

To a large degree I get and respect what you're doing here. I, in my search for MPE before Live and DP natively supported it, ended up with Reaper, Bitwig and Logic in an attempt to death match them until the last DAW was standing. I still haven't sold any of them, and I have had to ask my self a similar question, because I know there's a distinct advantage to knowing one DAW well.

That's probably the biggest reason I'm not going to be really using Logic or Reaper, and switching back to Live for Clip based composing, (and Jitter). Both DP and Live got MPE, and there are distinct reasons for using both of them.

I've never felt that having hundreds of VSTs has left me with choice overload, but not settling on a single DAW most definitely can, mostly because of using Live previous to it being a full fledged DAW I've always used Live along with an "old school" DAW like DP, for things that get introduced like articulation mapping that I'm interested in using. So I'm used to at this point bouncing around a bit, but I do plan on making choices on which DAW to use based on what I'm doing. Orchestral work in DP, smaller electronic projects in Live.

In general setting rules for yourself is a good idea. I'm not sure how selling everything and dropping down to Bitwig on Linux will work out for you, but it's a solid limitation. The biggest problem is Linux is an area where you can waste a lot of time. Physical limitations don't matter if you can't abide by them. Taking a stand and limiting your choices is IMO a super smart thing for someone whose gained a reputation for switching DAWs, but in the bigger picture you have to set rules for yourself, you're capable of breaking them so they need to be an internal decision more than external.

[BONES]

knowing all the features of the areas of the DAW you use IMO is just going to save time and mental energy when something comes up that knowing that feature would be advantageous.

Except you're not going to keep all that knowledge in your head if you aren't using it every day.

It's easy to get lost in the weeds if you experience some writers block, but at least for me if I get writers block or just don't feel like writing, I will learn new things. It's actually advice I've given people over the years when they complain about writers block and not being able to finish songs, educate yourself on the DAW you work with, explore theory, practice your instrument. It works for me.

But writing is such a tiny part of the process. e.g. Once we have an album's worth of songs, it still takes me at least 6 months to finish everything, longer if we're gigging. Then there is the EP we just released, which are all songs that had already been written, yet that still took 5 or 6 months to produce.

In fact, I hardly write anything any more. There are two songs on our last album that I wrote, and one of those I wrote in 2004, so only one that I wrote at the time. There were a couple of others but they didn't make the cut in the end. There was a period of about 10 years that I didn't write anything, yet we still managed to get three albums out, which kept me as busy as ever. For clarification, I write 90% of our lyrics but I hardly write any music. It doesn't feel like writer's block, though. I don't actually try to write stuff and the way I work makes it extremely unlikely that I would write anything new, in that I hardly ever just play around with instruments because it never feels like the best use of my time.

To be honest: I would have spent a lot less money on plugins if it wasn't for kvr. They are doing a great job at promoting the stuff even on an indirect way.

Me, too, but only because I wouldn't know about things that I find really useful.

Midi comping is obviously coming to BW.

Now that I understand what you're talking about, why would you need comping for MIDI clips when you can just go in and fix them up? Honestly, it seems like the stupidest idea ever.

Live's gone (just now ). I'm contemplating moving to Linux, which would "allow" me to sell Reason, S1 and most of the plugins, too. But I'll probably leave KvR eventually - it doesn't do me any good.

To a large degree I get and respect what you're doing here. I, in my search for MPE before Live and DP natively supported it, ended up with Reaper, Bitwig and Logic in an attempt to death match them until the last DAW was standing. I still haven't sold any of them, and I have had to ask my self a similar question, because I know there's a distinct advantage to knowing one DAW well.

Do you guys not have any self-discipline? Do you have to play tricks on yourselves all the time? I could have a dozen different DAWs installed and I can guarantee you I would still spend 100% of my time using Studio One because it's the one in which I am most productive.

I've never felt that having hundreds of VSTs has left me with choice overload

Me either, because 80% of the VSTi I have installed are only there because my bandmate is the exact opposite of me and likes to use a million different things. If it was just me, I'd probably only bother installing a dozen or so because that's all I ever use.

[Biscotto]

Midi comping is obviously coming to BW.

Now that I understand what you're talking about, why would you need comping for MIDI clips when you can just go in and fix them up? Honestly, it seems like the stupidest idea ever.

Because it’s one of the features that Antic wishes was available in Bitwig.
Not my call… but I understand your opinion on it.