Comments on: What is a DAW and which one should I choose?

By: Randall

Randall — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:21:25 +0000

I started out with acid pro and it wasn’t bad, but wasn’t really good for what I was doing. So I was searching daws and came across cubase LE. Cubase is by for one of the best daws in my opinion that is not only good for creating music from scratch but mixing. It was a huge learning curve though and I’m still learning new things now using Cubase 6. My only thing I would say is find a daw that is stable with your computer, a great interface is where the most of your money should go into which I just got the Steinberg MR816x, and THE MOST IMPORTANT PLUGINS!! It’s not really about the daw but Plugins, plugins are what make the mixes sound better, louder, or whatever. I hate Pro-tools even studying it in Audio engineering class, too over-rated. Invest your MOST money into your audio interface, then computer, Plugins, pre-amps, monitors, room acoustics, and time into learning it all

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:30:14 +0000

Here is a more up to date, accurate and less biased article about what a DAW is and which one is the best.

http://thedawstudio.com/Gear/What-Is-A-DAW.html

By: Jane McLugash

Jane McLugash — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 04:25:01 +0000

Howdy! I’m at work browsing your blog from my new apple iphone! Just wanted to say I love reading your blog and look forward to all your posts! Carry on the great work!

By: machine

machine — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 08:46:55 +0000

Also Pro-Tools is for windows always has been.Pro-Tools also works on macs.But if you have a mac logic works better it’s the best for mac.Pro-tools is pretty much the Logic for the PC.The best 2 daws in the market are Pro-tools and Logic.Every pro studio in the World either has pro-tools or logic.Major studios like to use macs because they don’t normally crash like windows.Logic in a mac is probally one of the most stable daws in the World today.Pro-Tools in a mac is just as good but not as effective in a mac as logic.Reading your article made me laugh it’s coming from a newbie to a daw lmfao.Do your homework before you spread ignorance anymore newbie.

By: machine

machine — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 08:40:04 +0000

All daws work the same pretty much now.It depends on personal taste.I use protools 9 i love it.I use Fl-Studio 10 also.I also use komplete 7 as my personal instruments along with Omisphere.Buy your own vst pack to suplement your daw.Most daws include basic sounds.Pro-tools 9 can take anything you throw at it.Anymore people pick their daw based on music creativity.For some people navigation for them is better in cubebase,pro-tools,logic,albeton live,ect.They all work the same they record lol.This article comes from a logic/cubase fanboy that has no ideas about daws.Do research and download demos before you buy your daw.See what you like because you may not like what others like lmfao.

By: Prime8

Prime8 — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 06:11:50 +0000

Hi guys just wanted to ad my 2 cents to the blog. Propellerhead is also in the game now with Record 1.5 for Reason which if you go to their website or look it up on you tube is a very powerful tool. Thanks for all the info from everyone else.

By: kwills

kwills — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:26:11 +0000

THANK YOU so much! This article saved me so much searching & reading. We are total beginners, and now we were able to narrow it down to 2-3 DAWs to look at, and I’m about to DL Fruity Loops’ free trial.
Thanks!

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 02:39:58 +0000

What do you think about Cockos Reaper as a DAW?

By: Dylan G

Dylan G — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 01:45:15 +0000

How long did it take you to transcribe this info? Seems like some of this I dont belive. Not your foault though

By: Nikman

Nikman — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:07:50 +0000

Gotta go with FL.STUDIO 9 or Ableton 8 foe show.