Anyone jumped ship / switched DAW this year?

[starflakeprj]

I didn't switch, but I purchased Bitwig, Renoise, Reaper, FL Studio and Reason

Bitwig because it looked pretty fun to work with, and I like some features I miss in Studio One.

Renoise because I miss Fasttracker II. It loads the .xm format, but won't save in this format, even though there is an addon that can export in the .xm format, but it doesn't work very well with the songs I have tested it with.

Reaper because I needed something that wasn't as CPU hungry as Studio One can be. There is a huge difference using certain plugins.

FL Studio during the Call to Arms, I'm a bit curious of what the fuzz is all about. And there are a lot of tutorials on YouTube using FL Studio.

Reason because I just like how unique it is comparing to other DAWs. It was also the DAW I used for my track ever (not counting Fasttracker).

But, Studio One is still Studio One. Even though it's a CPU hog from time to time, nothing (and I mean NOTHING) beats its workflow. So I could probably never replace Studio One as my primary DAW.

[incubus]

I wouldn't say "jumped ship" but finally started getting into using my lifetime-license with FL studio.

Not selling reason, but I have to say it's tough for me to have gotten behind it and have such a lousy update (yes, I said update) that is version 9. Also, that forum (like many others) went into the turd box.

[LawrenceF]

Nope. Rarely ever do.

I play around with almost everything being a tech nut (things that are easy to demo anyway) but I rarely really switch daws. Like, maybe every 10-15 years. I will buy and use things to supplement what I use though, like over the years I've purchased various things for that reason like FLStudio, Acid, whatever... but I usually just pick something and stick with it for 10+ years for the most part.

I do have GAS in some other ways (like with i-apps), but not with that thing.

I can honestly say that Studio One is only my third "goto main software host" ever, in my entire musical life. The other two were Dr. T's KCS and Cubase. The only host I ever sold was Logic. I had to buy it to demo it when I was leaving Cubase, and once I decided it wasn't for me, I needed to get some of that cash back.

[koolkeys]

I switched back to Cubase. It wasn't new to me, so no learning a new workflow. I used it previously and had a few issues with it that were hampering my workflow, but they have now addressed almost all of them, and Cubase 9 is awesome. It is refined, feature-packed, creative composition-focused and I love the interface. So it was time to "come home".

With that being said, I haven't stopped using Studio One, which is my other "main" host. I still load it up frequently to test plugins and do some sketching on certain things, and I love the project mastering interface and will continue to use that no matter what.

I do still own Sonar, but haven't made a jump back to it. I have the lifetime updates, and lots of old projects in it, so it will get some use. But not enough to consider it a switch, since I never really stopped using it. I like where Sonar is going though for the most part.

So in the end, Cubase won me back over, and I made the switch back to 8.5 and then upgraded to 9. Couldn't be happier at the moment.

Brent

[LawrenceF]

It looks pretty nice to me, Cubase.

I couldn't imagine (at least at this point) leaving what I use currently for anything else but Cubase, if that ever happened, that I felt the need to change. Partly because I'd already used it so long and I already know a good bit about it and there wouldn't be much to learn new to get going with it... and partly because they've corrected almost everything I left it for in the first place.

They may get me back one day... but (like the guy said in Gladiator) "not yet".

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

It looks pretty nice to me, Cubase.

I couldn't imagine (at least at this point) leaving what I use currently for anything else but Cubase, if that ever happened, that I felt the need to change. Partly because I'd already used it so long and I already know a good bit about it and there wouldn't be much to learn new to get going with it... and partly because they've corrected almost everything I left it for in the first place.

They may get me back one day... but (like the guy said in Gladiator) "not yet".

I was a Sonar guy who went to Studio One a few years ago, and most of my biggest wants for S1 are on the MIDI side (outside of mixer undo and improved tempo drawing). Sonar's X series UI just made everything too big and ruined that application for me, and I got sick of the long-standing bugs. Cubase is the only other DAW I'd seriously consider, but the proprietary dongle and lack of a crossgrade are turn offs. I'd rather see how Studio One shapes up with the next few major updates.

[zenophilix]

I wanted to switch to FL earlier this year, but eventually decided learning a new DAW wasn't worth it. A friend shared his FL license file with me last week, though, which I was hyped about. Then I discovered sharing licenses is against the TOS, and it turned out to be a cracked license anyway, so that ended quickly.

[woggle]

I wanted to switch to FL earlier this year, but eventually decided learning a new DAW wasn't worth it. A friend shared his FL license file with me last week, though, which I was hyped about. Then I discovered sharing licenses is against the TOS, and it turned out to be a cracked license anyway, so that ended quickly.

I had not really thought of FL until today but just installed it and am trying it as a VSTi within Reaper - so far it seems very good and I will keep testing until the January sales drop the price a little (or I lose interest). I figure if I only use the midi it should not be a huge learning curve. Also Reaper is pretty good for audio anyway. Completely agree on the learning effort though - you really need a strong reason to shift DAWs if youve been on the same one for a few years.

[ATS]

Studio One uses more cpu than other hosts? If that's true I haven't noticed it.

[twolegstoneworks]

Sort of jumped ship this year from Cubase to Live. Still use Cubase for mixing, but for composing and initial arrangements I use Live.

The changing point for me was Push. It made a huge difference in my workflow.

[andy4trance]

I also reopended the DAW window this year to challenge my current to go hosts(notice the "s").
Studio One had a very intuitive workflow and the discounted offer they had was very nice. The CPU spikes are killing the experience for me though.
Cubase 9 made a nice move for the single monitro users like me.

[cowby]

Studio One uses more cpu than other hosts? If that's true I haven't noticed it.

It didnt happen to my pc which is an i7 4790 16G of memory.

[sqigls]

Cubase for life baby

[andy4trance]

Ref Studio One it's not the average usage the problem but the regular spikes that cause small brakes in the audio too.
And blaming third party vsts is not an argument as the other DAWs don't choke.

It's a pity, as the workflow is a breeze.

[narrie]

I've just purchased Cubase 9 Artist, coming from Bitwig.