KVR Audio

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Wed Aug 31, 2016 6:30 pm

Not sure I get why for example Tracktion always seems to be listed in reviews that "the GUI might not be for everybody".

So what defines a "normal" looking DAW, and which are they?

I am thinking that Cubase, Sonar, Logic, ProTools has got the "normal" DAW look, but I could be wrong

tibah · Post by **tibah** » Wed Aug 31, 2016 6:39 pm

My DAW looks normal. At other times she feels she doesn't, but I tell her she does. I really love my DAW.

do_androids_dream · Post by **do_androids_dream** » Wed Aug 31, 2016 6:44 pm

Kvr threads get more and more unreal lol. New levels of boredom I guess

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Wed Aug 31, 2016 6:47 pm

In case, it seems somebody is so bored that they even bother reply

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Wed Aug 31, 2016 6:56 pm

Numanoid wrote: I could be wrong

Are you sure?

mcnelson · Post by **mcnelson** » Wed Aug 31, 2016 6:57 pm

I don't like traditional DAW's (which is why I like Tracktion too); rather than list which DAW's are normal, I would instead suggest which aren't normal. Like this one:

https://www.audiogl.com
Shame the dev abandoned it; looked pretty cool. Guess we all have to pay the bills somehow.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Wed Aug 31, 2016 6:59 pm

mcnelson wrote: I would instead suggest which aren't normal.

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Well, in that case I would nominate FL Studio and Renoise

FL Studio comes across as a drum machine, while Renoise is like Matrix, numbers flowing down the screen

ShawnG · Post by **ShawnG** » Wed Aug 31, 2016 10:13 pm

The reason why Tracktion's gui isn't for everybody isn't really how it looks, it's that Tracktion does not have a horizontal mixer option, and it's hard for some to adjust to mixing vertically.

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Wed Aug 31, 2016 10:19 pm

Pro Tools has always struck me as being the most "normal" looking - sorta generic, but in a good way, that feels familiar to anyone coming from a hardware background.

Aryaroman · Post by **Aryaroman** » Wed Aug 31, 2016 10:23 pm

mcnelson wrote:I don't like traditional DAW's (which is why I like Tracktion too); rather than list which DAW's are normal, I would instead suggest which aren't normal. Like this one:

https://www.audiogl.com
Shame the dev abandoned it; looked pretty cool. Guess we all have to pay the bills somehow.

What is this? It's futuristic, but like in a direct-to-DVD-early-2000s-kinda way. Or something.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Wed Aug 31, 2016 10:29 pm

My DAW is the most normal looking of them all. It's even more normal looking than other people's DAW of the same name and version number.

woggle · Post by **woggle** » Wed Aug 31, 2016 10:42 pm

ShawnG wrote:The reason why Tracktion's gui isn't for everybody isn't really how it looks, it's that Tracktion does not have a horizontal mixer option, and it's hard for some to adjust to mixing vertically.

I prefer track based vertical mixing - I find the old style mixer pretty useless

woggle · Post by **woggle** » Wed Aug 31, 2016 10:42 pm

mcnelson wrote:I don't like traditional DAW's (which is why I like Tracktion too); rather than list which DAW's are normal, I would instead suggest which aren't normal. Like this one:

https://www.audiogl.com
Shame the dev abandoned it; looked pretty cool. Guess we all have to pay the bills somehow.

yeah I was interested in this as well

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Wed Aug 31, 2016 10:45 pm

ShawnG wrote:The reason why Tracktion's gui isn't for everybody isn't really how it looks, it's that Tracktion does not have a horizontal mixer option, and it's hard for some to adjust to mixing vertically.

But why is it more "normal/familair" to have a mixer horizontal instead of vertically?

That is kind of the whole point of the OP, what kind of DAWs has made a mixer horizontally "normal"

chaosWyrM · Post by **chaosWyrM** » Wed Aug 31, 2016 10:49 pm

Numanoid wrote:
FL Studio comes across as a drum machine, ...

Which are the "most" normal looking DAWs?