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cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Tue Mar 15, 2022 6:30 pm

tommyzai wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 6:16 pm I wish I could check out Cakewalk. Wasn't that originally a Roland product?

Nope, it was originally a product of Twelve Tone Systems, which then became Cakewalk, which was subsequently bought by Roland and again later by Gibson, and is now Cakewalk by Bandlab.

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Tue Mar 15, 2022 7:51 pm

Nuendo is so nice the trial is 60 days as opposed to 30.

_leras · Post by **_leras** » Tue Mar 15, 2022 10:55 pm

Vortifex wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 10:04 am The cost of updates is what made me switch from Cubase. Without the cost issue I'd still be using it today.

This actually doesn't make that much sense as there is no driving need to upgrade Cubase every time there is a release.

A new DAW would cost as much as quite a few upgrades.

Now, if you said you switched for missing features or different workflow - that would make more sense.

macmuse · Post by **macmuse** » Wed Mar 16, 2022 12:31 am

jancivil wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 7:51 pm Nuendo is so nice the trial is 60 days as opposed to 30.

How are you liking it compared to Cubase? Worth the cross grade when their sale comes along?

Scrubbing Monkeys · Post by **Scrubbing Monkeys** » Wed Mar 16, 2022 1:02 am

I once had em all....I filtered down to Reaper and wouldn't change. Its not the answer to everything but it suits me very well and is super stable, portable and light weight. haven't crashed in years of working everyday. Can carry my entire rig on a pin drive and go Mac, Windows or .....One day ill get brave and tinker with the Linux version.

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Wed Mar 16, 2022 2:32 am

_leras wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 10:55 pmThis actually doesn't make that much sense as there is no driving need to upgrade Cubase every time there is a release. A new DAW would cost as much as quite a few upgrades. Now, if you said you switched for missing features or different workflow - that would make more sense.

Yep. I bought Cubase 10 a few years ago and they have offered nothing since then to tempt me to part with more cash.

zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Wed Mar 16, 2022 2:39 am

I use Cubendo cause they are my favourite DAWs for my workflow.. if I was a billionaire, I would still choose Cubendo, but I would also buy a pro tools ultimate or whatever it is called currently.
rsp

FapFilter · Post by **FapFilter** » Wed Mar 16, 2022 2:46 am

I'm also in the “just use what you already have“ camp.
Every halfway current DAW is super capable, so if you're fine with the workflow, there's no stuff in other DAWs that makes them magically superior.

I'll stick with Reaper: it's the best one for me as I know it well.
It's of course no all in one solution when it's comes to bundled instruments (in which area it's really appalling), but it's no problem fitting it with exactly the ones you like, even if some other DAWs happen to come with some nice plugs already pre-installed

jinotsuh · Post by **jinotsuh** » Wed Mar 16, 2022 3:16 am

tommyzai wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 6:16 pm LOL! I'm on a Mac. I wish I could check-out Cakewalk. Wasn't that originally a Roland product?

No it wasn't, well it was, but not originally, they had it before Gibson.
And No, you don't wish you could check it out.

hmmmm, for whatever reason I thought dudes post was last or something, anyway, I'll leave mine here for posterity.

tommyzai · Post by **tommyzai** » Wed Mar 16, 2022 3:47 am

Regarding My Interest in checking out CakeWalk/BandLab or whatever they're calling it nowadays . . .

jinotsuh wrote: Wed Mar 16, 2022 3:16 am And No, you don't wish you could check it out.

May I ask why?

I asked Google . . . Cakewalk by BandLab is a standalone digital audio workstation (DAW), based on the previous Cakewalk flagship software, SONAR Platinum. BandLab is a music creation and social platform for iOS, Android, and Google Chrome. BandLab's Mix Editor is a multitrack recorder with included MIDI instruments, a Looper, and more.

dlandis · Post by **dlandis** » Wed Mar 16, 2022 4:44 am

jinotsuh wrote: Wed Mar 16, 2022 3:16 am
tommyzai wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 6:16 pm LOL! I'm on a Mac. I wish I could check-out Cakewalk. Wasn't that originally a Roland product?
No it wasn't, well it was, but not originally, they had it before Gibson.
And No, you don't wish you could check it out.

hmmmm, for whatever reason I thought dudes post was last or something, anyway, I'll leave mine here for posterity.

Originally, Cakewalk for DOS was a Twelve Tone Systems product and Greg Hendershott was CEO of the company resigning in 2012. This was 25 years after starting the company, I think.

dellboy · Post by **dellboy** » Wed Mar 16, 2022 9:14 am

Does a DAW inside hardware that connects to and controls a DAW in software count?

If so, then I am pretty interested in the new Roland FANTOM-0 series keyboard \ synth. It integrates Live and Logic and is a pretty decent clip based DAW in its own right. The onboard virtual synths sound pretty decent copies of old Roland hardware. Price is ok and will be available in April. Unlike the usual promotional videos this one is well worth watching............................

Bombadil · Post by **Bombadil** » Wed Mar 16, 2022 5:23 pm

Logic Pro. If money was no object, I,d just get one of the top of the line Mac Studios, and I'd have far more than I ever needed.

jclosed · Post by **jclosed** » Wed Mar 16, 2022 6:01 pm

If money did not matter? I probably would have the same stuff I have now. Cubase and Bitwig as DAW, and Omnisphere, Trilian, Stylus RMX and HaLion as main soft synths (with BFD, Ezdrummer, Voltage Modular, Absynth 5 and FM8 as second stuff). I probably would buy Keyscape and the Sonic Extensions from Spectrasonics as well as Zebra, but no other DAW.

I tried and sold a lot of DAW's in the past, but Cubase in combination with Bitwig is for me the most relaxed and comfortable configuration I have the pleasure of working with over all the years I use music software.

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Wed Mar 16, 2022 7:14 pm

macmuse wrote: Wed Mar 16, 2022 12:31 am
jancivil wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 7:51 pm Nuendo is so nice the trial is 60 days as opposed to 30.
How are you liking it compared to Cubase? Worth the cross grade when their sale comes along?

It isn't slower or anything because of the extras, that I can discern. To open it and start working, the experience is identical. Nuendo projects work in Cubase and vice versa; If it's using something not in Cubase it tells you.
You have to know you're going to use the things C doesn't do to gauge value for you.

Which DAW: If Money Were No Object?