How Many Different DAWs Do You Use?

[hibidy]

But there is nothing wrong with FL. If that is what you like, then THAT is what you like! If it works for ya, then it's bitchen!

[AstralExistence]

But there is nothing wrong with FL. If that is what you like, then THAT is what you like! If it works for ya, then it's bitchen!

it killing me though, because my dad spent 300 usd on it for xmas. i guess what ill do is, ill use fl studio for a month and see if its a different musical experience, i actually wrote tons of songs in fl studio, and another 10 song full album in reason both with drums) and well, none in cubase. wrote as in finished and posted online. non as in wrote completed drafts (with no drums) in cubase but finished nothing. i think your right, deep down inside, i know fl studio works for me while cubase does not.

[cryophonik]

i know i should like cubase...

N-n-n-n-n-no.

There's no rule stating that you should like any DAW.....especially not Cubase.

[schnapsglas]

I know I should like Sonar, but I am sticking with Studio One... bring on notation support! And step sequencer! And better mixer!

(guess which DAW has those?)

[wesleyt]

95% Logic for me lately, and 3% Live 8.

Logic just makes sense to me; I'm so comfortable with it.

Live because of Session View. It's a marvelous place to arrange and experiment. I've lots to learn yet in Live. I used to use it more, but I'm focusing on learning Logic now. I am confident I'll come back to Live in time.

The last 2% is Renoise. I've been studying tutorials here and there. I expect it'll grow on me over time.

I used to use Reaper for mastering, but I realized that Logic is actually faster (both performance-wise and usability-wise), so I've pretty much retired Reaper.

Every so often I'm tempted to give Reason a try. I'm resisting because I have so much to learn with what I already have. Maybe someday I'll give in.

[JoeCat]

Live 9 is my main squeeze, but I'm always having an affair with Renoise - granted it's a tracker interface, but it is essentially a full-fledged DAW, inexpensive, rock-solid, well-supported, and tons of fun. Plus it forces me to work differently, so it seems to have its own place.

[debra1rlo]

just bitwig

[billcarroll]

Cubase 7

... and Studio One 2.5 Pro tries to tempt me away but it's just so damn ugly. Efficient interface, but ugly.

Still, Studio One is tempting for ease of use and some great features like bounce in place of transform midi to audio, excellent Melodyne integration.

[hibidy]

Cubase 7

... and Studio One 2.5 Pro tries to tempt me away but it's just so damn ugly. Efficient interface, but ugly.

Still, Studio One is tempting for ease of use and some great features like bounce in place of transform midi to audio, excellent Melodyne integration.

I can't care though. The more I use it, the more it just makes sense. It's so logical, it's scary. If it wasn't for the cpu meter (which is cause for concern) I'd bang the table for this to be EVERY ONES host. No really, I like it that much.

[Synthbuilder]

Currently Live 9 - even though I don't like the new browser, the new colours are nice.

However, I've just bought Studio One and my next project will be in this to see what it's like. Although I've already found one niggle with it: no full screen mode.

[Caco]

I use MuLab if I need to do any linear sequencing and apart from that I use Sensomusic Usine for composing new ideas / playing live.

[reusenoise]

Synapse Orion it's my main daw
Reaper for mastering

[core]

I picked 2. FL Studio most the time, Ableton sometimes, and I'm currently trying Reason to see how I could fit it in my workflow.

FL Studio is what I'm most familiar with and I can get things done quickly, which is a must for me since I have a full-time job, a time consuming blog, and 3 kids, aged 0 to 4

Ableton is great too. I use it mostly as a sketchpad, probably for no other reason than what I just said about FL Studio.

I'm currently checking Reason 7, and I like it lots. It has a completely different feel to me, and so far I really like tinkering with the racks but the sequencer and GUI aren't doing it for me yet. Feels cluttered. I can see it become a useful sketchpad as well because the racks are fun.

[dredd i knight]

I have Project 5, Sonar X1, Ableton Live 8 Suite, Studio One 2 Pro, and Maschine (I know, I know it's not strictly speaking a DAW).
I don't have either Project 5 or Sonar Xq installed, after P5 died, and I got tired of battling Sonars bugs and general instability. Really miss its arp patterns, and some of the Pro Channel modules...

I now use Maschine for writing and sketching out tunes, Live for arranging, and Studio One 2 for mixing duties... That's when I'm on a roll, and have ideas that I have to get down quickly...

When I'm messing with samples I have a much more schizophrenic approach to my workflow, using all 3 in varying ways... Studio One 2's Melodyne integration is great for morphing samples, and isolating sounds within a sample (editor version). I use the audio to midi, and flesh this stuff out with bass/ strings, melodies etc. I then take these ideas into both Live and Maschine as audio and midi, and mangling and chopping the $h!t out of them is lots of fun. I usually plug Maschine into Live as a VST for this. I then can take the results of that back into Studio One for Mixing and polishing...

I'd love to do this in one app, and I'm sure I probably could, but this is what works for me right now

[chk071]

I'm thinking of getting Reason Essentials as a "resting area". I would like to try and simplify, and I think having less options while composing may be a good thing.

Same here... the only thing holding me off is the presence of only one, at the same time oldest and most limited, synthesizer with Subtractor. If it offered only Thor, i probably would have bought it yet.