KVR Audio

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Wed Mar 05, 2025 10:33 am

Still Waveform by far

I_Am_Become_KVR · Post by **I_Am_Become_KVR** » Wed Mar 05, 2025 6:11 pm

Reaper and FL Studio are instant, if the splash screens etc are turned off.

maxwellthen · Post by **maxwellthen** » Mon Mar 31, 2025 6:47 pm

Out of the few I've tried (FL, Live, Bitwig, Renoise) FL is definitely the fastest, although I have found that sometimes it takes a little bit for the audio engine to actually kick in after the UI has loaded. (Still the fastest overall even with that though)

Scoops · Post by **Scoops** » Tue Apr 08, 2025 8:36 am

While everyone talks of how their favorite DAW is the fastest, a number of things need to be kept in mind.

What constitutes when it's loaded? A blank project with nothing in it? An orchestral project with many many instances of say Spitfire, which takes a while to load into RAM?

And then the other question I have would be dependent on the computer you are running. Pretty sure RAM, CPU, Hard drive config, and computer optimization all come into play.

YMMV

Just sayin ...

mjolnir · Post by **mjolnir** » Tue Apr 08, 2025 3:45 pm

Just recently a REAPER project of mine opened up in about 5 seconds: it was about 30 stereo tracks full of a lot of edits.
Some of the tracks had VST effects on them.

Honestly, though, it depends upon your hard drive, CPU, and which plug-ins you might be using. Some plugins are really slow, while others aren't.
But I find the REAPER open's projects really fast. LMMS opens projects fast. Probably most modern DAW's are fast these days. I can't think of what would make a DAW slow except the project itself being really dense and complicated. Some of the FL Studio demos are really complex and take a while to load, for example. But complex doesn't necessarily sound better. A lot of the demo projects are utter crap, in my opinion.

syntonica · Post by **syntonica** » Tue Apr 08, 2025 4:14 pm

I just wanna know who these weirdos are that CLOSE their DAWs in the first place...

stefani ss · Post by **stefani ss** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 9:07 pm

It depends on what VGA, Processor and RAM you are using.

Nug Wrangler · Post by **Nug Wrangler** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 11:25 am

FL Studio is very quick

keyman_sam · Post by **keyman_sam** » Mon Apr 28, 2025 3:59 pm

Energy xt

Tj Shredder · Post by **Tj Shredder** » Thu May 01, 2025 11:20 am

mjolnir wrote: Tue Apr 08, 2025 3:45 pmProbably most modern DAW's are fast these days. I can't think of what would make a DAW slow except the project itself being really dense and complicated.

Simply any DAW that thinks it needs to scan plugins before it lets you start to work is dead slow, I mean really slow. I use for certain tasks Logic. Often enough it even thinks it has to rescan all plugins. This will stall it for several minutes with pop-ups and all that shit. If you use a DAW rarely, its happening regularly…
Scanning plugins has to happen in the background, or only for those you actually want to use. Its completely unnecessary for a lot of tasks…
I never understood, why nobody would simply create a plugin scanner, that exposes its result for any DAW in a simple data base…

Bartone · Post by **Bartone** » Sun May 04, 2025 8:22 am

For me it is FL Studio.
I own Studio1 (version 6). And it is MUCH slower to open. Yes I can wait but why should I if I can open DAW faster and start using it “right away”?

Which DAW is fastest to load?