Should I sell or keep 2nd DAW?

[Zipede]

If you are using Live, you will need a second DAW so you can answer their support question with "No the problem isn't present with my other DAW."

[Trensharo]

When I moved from Cubase to Studio One, I exported the MIDI, saved presets etc, and recreated all of my relevant pieces in Studio One. Recreating a song took less than an hour typically, and I just whittled away at them over time until I had everything worth keeping. They ended up sounding much better for one reason or another.

That's too much wasted time. I could never.

I guess if someone is on macOS (where software can easily break after OS updates, or become incompatible) I can see them going through the trouble to do that, though. On Windows, I would just keep the old DAW installed and remove the bonus content, etc. if I didn't tend to use it much.

[Trensharo]

Depends .... Let's say you have Renoise , Ableton , or Bitwig ... It is nice to have something like Traction , Reaper , S1 , or Cubase to have around . 2 different styles of DAWs one pattern loop base and one more multi track ish ..

If I were thinking like that, I'd still get rid of the other DAWs and get something like a Maschine or MPC to scratch that itch. I guess FL Studio falls into that category, somewhat, though it's getting a bit too "big" as time rolls on.

But, honestly, you can simply get a DAW like Logic or Digital Performer and get the best of both worlds. Hell, even Cakewalk has features for Loop Based production stuff.

[dellboy]

Depends .... Let's say you have Renoise , Ableton , or Bitwig ... It is nice to have something like Traction , Reaper , S1 , or Cubase to have around . 2 different styles of DAWs one pattern loop base and one more multi track ish ..

Mixcraft has a pattern based loop function that is similar to Bitwig. It can be recorded into, and launch clips. But unlike Bitwig, it started off as a linear DAW into which the loop function was added later so its a bit like having both types of DAW in one.