My DAW is better than yours! (Friendly DAW Wars debate)

[futures_untold]

Reaper Complete domination.

[Samuel_L_Damnson]

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[Pulp]

Hello all

Been getting into production a lot more in the past few months and I've been using Cubase as my DAW. I don't use any internal instruments on it, only VSTs really. Do you think I should have a go with some other programs before completely settling on Cubase? I always go to try out a new program but find myself just opening up Cubase making a tune there, I guess it's because it's what I know, but I can't imagine some of the others are that hard to learn? Was thinking of trying Ableton Live or Reason.

Cheers.

[press]

i suggest reaper.

[virks]

i like rich people..the just cant decide what to buy next

[escapes]

Reaper! it will take a while to learn but when you get the hang of it you can pimp it out make it the DAW you've dreamed of! For the price you can't com plain

[ehbes]

Trying to wrap your head around Reason is gonna be hard if your coming from Cubase, but its well worth it!

[Pulp]

I guess I'm also looking for reasons why other DAWs are better than others etc?

Cheers.

i like rich people..the just cant decide what to buy next

Good job there's such things as trials etc as I'm not rich!

[daeMTHAFKNkim]

I'd say FL Studio is pretty easy to work with/easy to make some bomb-sounding drums. You just need the right compressors/EQ's to download cuz the built-in ones aren't really reliable to work with.

Cubase is pretty nice but I haven't touched it with dubstep really. Only my rock stuff I use it for....Cubase seems pretty similar to Logic. I forgot what Reason looks like....

Ableton Live is similar to Cubase but a more confusing advanced layout.....but of course when you get used to it then it seems like nothing....haven't spent enough time on Ableton to like it yet..someday :p.

Moral of the story: FL STUDIO FTW. The track in my sig is with FL Studio =]

[subfect]

I tried reaper after it received such a good rap (I come from ableton live) and tbh, I find it to be incredibly over-rated. Workflow for me is actually quite bad (though some people claim it's faster) and unlike ableton live, which I was able to get into and really start writing tunes within a few days (with good time and workflow), reaper I had constant headaches in the learning curve. Not for me.

[wub]

Every DAW/program is the same - easy to pick up, hard to master. Switching DAWs won't suddenly up the quality of your output, though you might find some are more favourable to your workflow.

[RandoRando]

I went from a user of FL for 6 years to starting to using ableton now. No lookin back I love ableton.

[stevemac]

Pretty much all DAWs are good these days, it's all about your preference and workflow.

I switched to Live a few months back and my productivity and creativity has gone through the roof. Just work out which one works for you and all will be gravy

[Electric_Head]

I`ve used Cubase, Reason, FL, Logic and Albeton.
I still prefer Reaper hands down.

[Pulp]

Great replies thanks all. So I guess I'm just going to have to try them out! What's different about the workflows? Is it just quicker to do certain things? (automation looks a lot nicer to edit in Ableton).

[subfect]

Every DAW/program is the same - easy to pick up, hard to master. Switching DAWs won't suddenly up the quality of your output, though you might find some are more favourable to your workflow.

I really disagree with this, based on my experience with Reaper. But that's just me, most people seem to have no problems. hehe

[Sine69]

Try Ableton!

[VirtualMark]

Speaking from my experience - when i first started out i tried loads of software and daws. I've really studied Cubase hard, and know it really well now. When i try to make a tune on Ableton i get frustrated as i'm much slower at doing basic stuff, and like you i end up going back to Cubase. I've decided to stick with it, as i feel its more important for me to spend time on music and sound design, than be learning more software. I've realised i had 'grass is greener syndrome', and thought changing daw may improve my production skill. It didn't, but it was interesting using other software.

From what i gather, the advantages of each are only a few, as they can all do pretty much anything.

Ableton: Audio/midi effects racks, instrument racks etc. These are beyond what Cubase can do, i.e assign one midi control to 20 parameters. Can be fun for sound design.
Automation is easier - you don't have to scroll through tons of parameters like Cubase, the last control you touch is displayed and ready to be automated. Definite time saver.
Ease of working with audio, very quick to stretch and manipulate etc.
Superior layout, everything has its place. Unlike Cubase with its annoying floating windows. Abletons a much more modern design.

Cubase: Better mixer, more tools for editing midi, dual monitor support, offline processing history, also seems to be less cpu intensive for me at least.

Reason: Has its own set of instruments, some are really nice. But the minus is that you can't use VST's.

I've messed around on other daw's but not enough to give them a fair chance. Hope this helps.

[DrastikMeazures]

I suggest you try rewiring reason or fl into cubase. That's how I work and I love the combination. Reason is great for programming drums triggering samples and all sorts of other stuff.

[Pulp]

I suggest you try rewiring reason or fl into cubase. That's how I work and I love the combination. Reason is great for programming drums triggering samples and all sorts of other stuff.

I currently use Battery 3 for programming drums, and I'm getting pretty comfortable with that, unless Reason is better.

Speaking from my experience - when i first started out i tried loads of software and daws. I've really studied Cubase hard, and know it really well now. When i try to make a tune on Ableton i get frustrated as i'm much slower at doing basic stuff, and like you i end up going back to Cubase. I've decided to stick with it, as i feel its more important for me to spend time on music and sound design, than be learning more software. I've realised i had 'grass is greener syndrome', and thought changing daw may improve my production skill. It didn't, but it was interesting using other software.

From what i gather, the advantages of each are only a few, as they can all do pretty much anything.

Ableton: Audio/midi effects racks, instrument racks etc. These are beyond what Cubase can do, i.e assign one midi control to 20 parameters. Can be fun for sound design.
Automation is easier - you don't have to scroll through tons of parameters like Cubase, the last control you touch is displayed and ready to be automated. Definite time saver.
Ease of working with audio, very quick to stretch and manipulate etc.
Superior layout, everything has its place. Unlike Cubase with its annoying floating windows. Abletons a much more modern design.

Cubase: Better mixer, more tools for editing midi, dual monitor support, offline processing history, also seems to be less cpu intensive for me at least.

Reason: Has its own set of instruments, some are really nice. But the minus is that you can't use VST's.

I've messed around on other daw's but not enough to give them a fair chance. Hope this helps.

Thanks for the time for this post. I was going to switch to Ableton recently because as I said and you reinforced that it's quicker, generally, for workflow. But then I said about Reaper, how's Ableton compared? I want to try at least one other DAW before just settling with Cubase, but stuck between these two.

Thanks.