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

[D-Fusion]

Bitwig because it works great on Linux.

[Yorrrrrr]

Bitwig Studio 6 just won my heart.

[Michael L]

Bitwig Studio 6 just had my baby.

I can hear wedding bells.

[Scrubbing Monkeys]

Reaper.....you could even stop the feature updates. It just works. Does everything I want it to do...and I have a workfliow that is 10 yrs old now.

That is for production

For creation with built in vstis....Mulab all the way.

Great combo to have.

[Scrubbing Monkeys]

Bitwig Studio 6 just had my baby.

I can hear wedding bells.

Never mind .....it's a quote. Duh

[Saffran]

Maybe move to Band in a box and Realband.

[XorXisT]

I love Ableton Live since Live 8, but I'm trying really hard to not go back to Logic Pro.

Emagic Logic was the first daw that click with me long time ago.

[machinesworking]

Coming back to this a couple years later, it's still Digital Performer here. I can name every issue with the DAW, but I can name every reason I use it as well.

I do use the MPC and Live sometimes, but I miss the more intense level of key command selections you get in old school DAWs after a while. I think if I had to switch, if MOTU just killed DP it would be to another super extensive keyboard shortcut capable DAW like Reaper or Logic, (if it ever gets ARA support)...

[BONES]

I have to give it to Presonus, they have made Studio One a lot more reliable for me in the past couple of years. I still have annoyingly regular crashes/freezes but I know exactly which plugins will cause them, so they have become 100% predictable and new songs are 100% rock-solid these days (anything started in v7.1 or newer). If only I could wean myself off Ujam plugins, I think I could be crash-free.

Bitwig because it works great on Linux.

That is totally arse-backwards. You use the OS that best supports the software you want/need to run, you don't choose your OS and then find applications that work with it. I did that around 25 years ago but I eventually realised that what I was doing was setting myself up to fail.

Reaper.....you could even stop the feature updates. It just works. Does everything I want it to do...and I have a workfliow that is 10 yrs old now.

I'd have said that about every DAW. In fact, I'd go further and say that most DAWs had all the features I needed 20 years ago. Don't get me wrong, there are newer features that I use and appreciate but I wouldn't miss them if they weren't there.

[D-Fusion]

Bitwig because it works great on Linux.

That is totally arse-backwards. You use the OS that best supports the software you want/need to run, you don't choose your OS and then find applications that work with it. I did that around 25 years ago but I eventually realised that what I was doing was setting myself up to fail.

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I have used Bitwig for years on Windows too and i still like it and it is also a native Linux Daw now so the Linux part is just a Bonus for me
I didn't change Daw just because it supports Linux and my favorite windows Vst's works fine in Linux and some of them are even Native Linux plugins now that runs better than they do on windows

[thecontrolcentre]

Still Live for me ... does everything I need and more. v12 is awesome. I have enough software to learn properly as it is. Another DAW would be a step too far

[machinesworking]

. If only I could wean myself off Ujam plugins, I think I could be crash-free.

I resemble that remark with the old as the hills VSTi2 MPC2 plugin. Akai are taking their sweet time with the MPC3 VSTi3 version, so this plugin is always a matter of whether or not I want to risk it or not. I also seem to be good at finding other types of bugs in DAWs and the OS...

One advantage of Reaper and Bitwig among other DAWs is plugin sandboxing so you can run a crash prone plugin and just reinstantiate it when it crashes, get work done etc. I've been petitioning MOTU to get that for DP.

One cool feature of ChatGPT or any free AI service likely is being able to read crash reports, useful when it's not obvious.

[twal]

REAPER I have a semi-modular build where I load tracks or any amount of tracks with any amount of fx. One example is a drum machine I created using the built in sampler that uses several of these. Razor edits gets used all of the time when I'm not sure my automation lane set up so I don't have to fuss about midi items nor audio items when I copy them. I'm not sure what is possible in other daws but I essentially run a custom action where I first select a midi item, click a button, looping range is set around said item, the playback starts at the beginning of the loop, then plays. It's sort of like making a clip around any set of items. I also have a custom "panic" button that stops playback, closes all open windows, and returns me back to the beginning of the project. Like a I mentioned previously, being able to create a track template and any fx on it allows me to insert any fx on the timeline or load any vst. I can right click and select a track template "riser/drop" and place a couple predetermined waves anywhere on the timeline, and adjust them or replace them if I see fit. I can load entire midi clips this way to, like hi-hit phrases or complete drum ensembles. I usually don't go crazy with this because I like adding drum arrangements per each project. I don't know what other DAWs can do but REAPER is just so simple, customizable, and efficient. It gets a bad rap (sometimes) because people deep down feel like they are missing out or are lazy because they don't want to spend the time. It's ok to not want to spend the time, go ahead and stick with what the proverbial you gots. Being able to build the DAW like blocks is more fun for me than learning a "super synth" because REAPER is going to work for me and help my workflow; and that's just part of why REAPER is so great...

Edit: sorry for typos on phone.

[Igro]

Glad to see the Bitwig is second. But a slowly dying Cubase is third? Must be a conservative fanbase support (the "legacy", lol)

[PTV]

Right now Bespoke is the DAW I use almost exclusively, with some aid from Wavosaur to edit recordings. So Bespoke, yes.