What DAW are you using and why? Please comment down below!

Mixcraft pro 9. I'm new to mixing, but mixcraft is east to use. Price was a consideration as well. I purchased Mixcraft pro 9 for $129. It does everything I need so far, and again, is super easy to use.

For me the key here is not so much about the wars but about Warren allowing us to get a glimpse of the diverse selection of amazing tools we have available to us as DAW hosts. These are truly great times for the producer. Nice one Warren and team and thank you. 🙂

Been using Studio One for 10 years now. Before that I went through Cubase and Pro Tools, and before that I used a hardware/software DAW system by Ensoniq called PARIS, which I still have, though I only use it to retrieve audio files. I got Studio One in 2012 on a special NAMM discount of $20.12. I loved it immediately. It seemed analogous to working in a recording studio, which I had done for many years. It was everything I had wished ProTools was, in fact, it's very similar to ProTools, but streamlined and more user friendly. And more stable. I looked at a number of other DAWs when I was helping a friend pick a DAW, and some of the popular ones seemed to be designed more for copy and paste production using loops and samples, rather than being aimed at recording and mixing audio.

Love Cakewalk and will always have a soft spot for me but STUDIO ONE is the DAW that to me e has everything I need. Simply incredible

For me -Reason 12 for simple sequencing and great effects! -ableton for easy audio editing and I love the retrospective recording and the simpler -cubase for big sessions and mixing

The best DAW is usually the one you get familiar with the easiest then continue to use. There is absolutely no point in changing it once you are familiar enough to start creating. They all do the same thing but in slightly different ways. You can make just as good a song in whichever one you use. They all use the same technology and can pretty much use the same hardware, although some hardware is better integrated with the software from the same vendor. I love Studio One because it was the most natural progression from the old Logic on the PC. Therefore I stick with Presonus interfaces, and currently use the Presonus thunderbolt Quantum 19” rack mount.

I may only be 21 but crazy how similar mine and Roberts stories are. My dad did house music in the 90's and used acid (as well as the DAW with the same name) it was my first experience with a DAW, I got a BR80 by roland probably for an early teen birthday present and went on to make many pink floyd sounding tracks. it came with sonar LE (cakewalk by bandlab) it was the first dwa i only really and truly understood and has been my weapon of choice ever since. The fact it is free when other DAW's command such a premium is beyond me. It is a fab DAW and has never limited my creativity once.

Used Logic for years but when I moved to an Apollo I checked out LUNA when it first came out. All I can say is I've never had to go back to Logic, I really like LUNA and the videos that UA put out to help support users.

They all have pluses and minuses. You really can’t go wrong with all the major DAW’s available. I think that because folks choose one over the other, they are emotionally attached to it and therefore will fiercely defend their choice. Personally I use Studio One; free version available too. It does the job just fine. I will not claim it’s “better or worse” than any other DAW. It’s all about the user, not necessarily the program.

One of the best for home use that no one ever talks about, easy to use, sounds great with its built on circuit emulated EQ, Compressors & Tape Saturation, is Harrison Mixbus. Mixbus 32C is what I use for mixing and is the pro version of the regular version. Harrison are always offering great deals on their DAWs, both sound amazing

I started with Pro Tools but made the switch to Studio One V1. Now have Studio One 6 and I am very happy with it. Like anything it could always be improved but for me, I feel most comfortable with it. I have also used Digital Performer, Cakewalk, Luna, Samplitube and Harrison Mixbus. Harrison Mixbus is a great sounding DAW, really love that Harrison console sound. Just wish it had the Studio One workflow. Maybe someday the two companies will work together, I can only hope. Thank you for the great video. Stay safe and may God bless 🙏✝️🙏

Thank you so much for allowing me to be a part of the DAW Wars! Warren is our YODA! 😂

Back in 1998 when I first checked out DAWs I basically had 2 options: Cubase and Cakewalk. I mostly work in audio and only occasionally use midi. At that time Cubase was basically a midi program with 2 just tracks of default audio. It took me hours to open up more audio tracks and then the program became unstable. Cakewalk immediately let me use as many audio tracks as I wanted along with full midi functions, so I bought ProAudio 9. After a few years I upgraded to Sonar and now I'm using Cakewalk by Bandlab. I can still open Cakewalk projects I created in 1998!

I enjoyed being part of this. Thank you for including me and Tracktion Waveform! 👊👍

Bruh..that intro.. I love that we're at a stage where we can make fun of the DAW wars and how silly it really is

Too cool to be a part of this video! Thanks so much guys! Killer job to everyone else who was in the video, I really enjoyed their takes.

Presonus Studio One v6, works great on Windows, has all the features I need, specifically the Pipeline plugin to incorporate external hardware.

Logic Pro. It's easy to use, and you can start in GarageBand and then switch it right over to Logic Pro for more finesse if needed. And it's made for my Mac, by Apple. Perfect combo!

There are so many great DAWs but I use Studio One because it comes with Joe Gilder and a Flux Capacitor! Thanks again Warren! You are absotively posilutely fantabulous!

How long comment can I leave? Haha... First, great beginning of this video, Warren!! I currently run Logic and have been running ProTools, Cubase, Nuendo and even SAW (old audio software), Notator and so on, and I feel it would be great if I could "borrow" a few functions from almost all these DAW's to use in Logic. I think it's safe to say that Pro Tools no longer is the only "Pro" software because ALL the DAWs today are "Pro". The audio engine and the main functions are often all the same, meaning no DAW is bad. I feel Logic has so much for a very low price, but then there are features that I would like to add or change, for example the routing of the sends. I am sure this is something all DAW users feel, that one or more features are missing in their DAW. If there only was one DAW delivered empty or with a base regarding features where the engineer could add features and functions from ALL the different DAW softwares, or if for example Logic would allow importing of functions. Now this would probably not be an easy thing to do, but I feel often in DAW's there's one or a few functions I miss. One thing I really miss in Logic is that it is not possible to arrange the channels in mixer view. Of course on a real desk this is possible but takes a bit of work, but why Logic doesn't allow re-arranging of the channels I don't understand. All the DAW softwares are good enough for music production etc, but some functions are bette than others. These are tools only, and so it all comes down to what fits your workflow, so I use Logic because it is overall what best fits my workflow, but again there are functions/features missing, but at least most of Logic gives me what is right for me. ... Can I write more? haha...

Studio One for ALL work!

I use Logic Pro and then export to Harrison Mixbus 32C. I like the Loudness Analyzer & Normalizer feature, in Mixbus that has output settings for Spotify, Amazon etc.

Been messing around with Ableton, but we never really clicked. Now I'm using Studio One and it just sits right with me - and that's what it all comes down to at the end of the day :)

Studio one User here! I can't recommend it enough. Great as always 🤘

It’s so great to see Robert on this wonderful channel! Robert is super ninja pro when it comes to Cakewalk! Thank you Warren for promoting great guys like Robert on your amazing channel!

I still play with Pro Tools or Fruity Loops from time to time, but Reaper is the best, super light, not very expensive, you can basically change anything you want, I started using Reaper because of the folders, routing was easier.

Mixcraft 9 Pro. Easy to use with so many built in VST effects and virtual instruments. I was hoping Warren was gonna' comment, as the overview here was disappointing missing a lot of things.

cakewalk fan and user, here. really excited about it, even though it drives me up the walls sometimes. very complex software, you can do pretty much anything you want to, and stuff you didn't know you could do, video, surround, whatever, with some things being easier than in other daws, and some more difficult, as you would expect. i love the pro channel, which basically gives you a proper open format mixing console, with the sound to go with it - if you want it, otherwise the pro channels can be hidden and deactivated - instead of just the standard faders with boxes, like most daws - only it's a fully modular, build it yourself, console, which is even better. you can create your channel strips individually, with several choices for each module - famous compressors, saturators, tape, spacial tools, limiters, reverbs, preamps, and even summing, including the channel variations. and the eq, while providing the optional ssl curve ("gloss"), is fully parametric, with q-s everywhere, individual band on/offs, which i've always wanted on an ssl strip, and nobody provides - various filter shapes and slopes, etc. - it's only missing the band solo function, the ability to add a second instance - or more bands - and a bit of accessibility, if the pc is collapsed. of course, you additionally have a choice of other, separate eqs, compressors, etc., available as standard insert fxs - you have the boxes, too, so you can go either way - several of each, in fact. i love the pc - the open console format, but modular and with the flexibility and variety of vsts - best of both worlds - but in the end i still landed on using "boxes", though, cause there are, to my preferences, some better sounding, newer vst versions of every type of module included, but that's not to say the built in pro channel modules sound bad, and you can absolutely mix with those alone, if you want the open console format. so you can choose your workflow, which nobody else offers, to my knowledge. you can create and save effect chains, track templates, gui configurations, etc., it has automatic staff generation from midi data, midi from audio extraction, all kinds of functions. fully customizable control bar, with modules for all kinds of functions, you can size and order them how you want, and place the whole thing where you want to. native audio stretch, quantize, pitch correction included, in addition to the optional melodyne - even though that's implemented a bit more clumsily, and not as reliable, in comparison to melodyne - it's the standard elastique pro - but it's there. humanization for midi, drum maps, everything you can think of. the editing part is the major drawback - some daws, like reason - are easier and more intuitive to work with, in that department - but you you can still do anything you want, and more, only with more clicks and a little more hassle. there are some bugs in this department, too, which i hope get addressed in time, but they do come up with updates regularly, so fingers crossed. reaper, too, is very powerful in functions, highly customizable, great sounding engine, very low cpu use, but a little more complicated, to me, with its own routing and plugin integration, and without the open console format, no embedded channel input gain, form some reason - i don't get why that's missing in daws - you cannot fully maximize the console, which i really dislike, great real time time stretching capabilities for audio - which cakewalk, for instance, doesn't handle that well - you can do it manually, but it doesn't automatically sync great on tempo changes, but i think it's on the list of fixes - which reaper does very well - reason does that well, too - overall a great daw, with a great price. i like the multi vst chain frame, where you can work an the entire chain from a single window. harrison 32c shines, for me, through the open console - though not modular, or fully tweakable - and especially its great sound - which can be deactivated, though, if you want clean. its routing, though, and various other aspects, to me, are unintuitive as hell, and some things you can only do in specific ways, whereas in cakewalk you can usually perform the same operation in various ways, depending on where you are, in the daw, which is great. it could use some preamps - harrison could - the control bar (or the gui overall) is not that customizable, and it's kind of expensive. but the sound, and those compressors, are worth it, plus the open console format. the eq, though good sounding, could use a q, in my view, and the parameter value visualization could be improved. waiting for luna to come out in windows - same deal, semi-open console format, fully customizable and modular, summing - can't wait - even though it's expensive as hell, from what i've seen - i know, it's free, but it's really not. the console frame is free, but if you actually want anything in it, you gotta cough up through your nose. still waiting for it come out, though, and i'll see what i can put together. really like the concept. but if cw solves its editing clumsiness and bugs, i will probably stick to it even then. the functionality and concept are just great, just a little simplification and reliability are in order. and the staff you can really talk to, maybe a bit set in their choices on some aspects, which is to be expected, but overall open, knowledgeable, and very well intended - which is miles above many developers who don't even bother to acknowledge communications. reaper team is pretty responsive, dedicated, and user oriented, too, which is not something i can say about reason's or harrison's - even though i've had a good experience with someone from harrison's support. daws aside, the guy with nuendo, in this video, should really release that song. didn't play much of it, in the video, but from what i've heard it's the good stuff - some cool floyd vibe in there - so don't be selfish and keep it to yourself - excellently mixed, too. so then he can go on and have copyright problems with youtube, on his own material. cause it's 2022, sanity is no longer in fashion.

Using Logic Audio, but thinking on changing to LUNA.

We had Mac in the house for professional artwork so we played with GarageBand for fun music. It was a simple jump from there to Logic, coupled with educational discount, so Logic was the logical conclusion. I suspect they are all good enough in their own way but I have no reason to change now.

Loved the opening sequence. I am going with Joe Gilder (Luke Skywalker) on this one. Everyone has their personal peferences, often based on what they are familiar with, however at this point Studio One is definitley leading the pack with exceptional innovation, features and user experience. I think the other long established DAW's are slipping toward the Dark Side and Studio One is moving into the light.

Great Daw Wars 2, Glad to see Bitwig, Waveform Pro, Cakewalk, and Mixcraft Pro included this time around. Luna looks cool, wasn't familiar..... Not sure why FL Studio was just mentioned with link and not in the lineup, but maybe next Episode 3? Yes, Harrison Mixbus 8 for sure!!! Only other ones I can think of that are general daws, are Magix Music Maker Premium, Samplitude, or Band in the Box maybe even? I would say Ignite by AIR, but it seems to be unkept for years now. Sad because it did what it did very uniquely (quick no rules takes and demo arrangement ideas) especially with AIR keyboards. Cheers Warren!

Just started watching this video but had to pause to comment about the awesome intro :) thumbs up!

I cut my teeth on the good old Portastudio back in the '80s - such a wonderful piece of kit that opened up a whole new world of creativity! Having sadly let music take a back seat for far too many years, I struggled a bit when faced with modern DAWs - I tried a bunch of free programmes and demo versions until I found Studio One, and I've stayed with it ever since. I still haven't tapped into more than a tiny fraction of its full potential, but it lets me work spontaneously the way the old Portastudio did, so it's great as a musical "notepad" for my ideas like I was used to - but with the ability to non-destructively completely rework them - something I could only have dreamed of in the old days! I've got to say, though - if everything goes down and we're reduced back to basics, I'd be quite happy with a Portastudio, so long as I had a goodly stash of cassettes to record onto!

former hardcore Pro Tools, Logic and Studio One user. Now primarily on Cubase 12 and...very happy. Yes, Cubase has the best flexible daw mixer and the best midi editing composing capabilities. Cubase onstock effects and synths are top notch in these days and absolutely comparable to expensive purchased plugins. I really like the fast creative Samplertrack, Direct Offline Processing and the Control Room e.g. great GUI too. Highly recommend, I must say.

Nice to see some love for Mixcraft (Finally)

Thank you so much for including us with your video Warren and plap friends! It was a lot of fun and we are looking forward to getting even better with our video production. Already upgraded cameras ;) It sure is a process learning to create great content.

I've been using FL Studio and Mixcraft for a long time. I asked random people what is the easiest DAW to make drum patterns and that's how I end up using what I am using. I am curious about other DAWs but when you get used to an environment you kinda don't want to have the headache of figuring out new environment. I know FL Studio enough to get things going and if I don't know something usually someone put a video on KZfaq explaining how to do it. So yes, I am stuck in there for maybe lifetime.

I stuck with 24 track "all in one" boxes until a relatively short time ago. Then I bought Pro Tools and will likely never use anything else because: 1) I'm used to it now and have no desire to go through another learning curve, and 2) Sending stuff out for mixing is easy because everyone uses it.

A 10/10 for that intro alone haha! Cheers for this!

REAPER!!! It proves that most DAWs like PT, Studio One, Cakewalk, etc. are NEEDLESSLY complicated. It should have been part of this video.

I was half expecting your face to appear in space and start talking, then the usual intro song played and i was like.. ahhhhhh!!! Awesome SW intro btw!

I use Cakewalk which is free and Reaper that only cost $60. They are both full featured Daws and I haven't found anything that either of them can't do, just different methods to achieve the same results. As a matter of fact, I've never heard a piece of music and even cared what Daw it was produced with. As someone once said, "the best Daw is the one you Know how to use," and that is so very true.

I love Bigwig for live recording and vocals, but I really like Renoise for drums and arranging.

I've used Cubase, Digital Performer, Logic, Waveform, and FL Studio...but Reaper is my favorite to work with. As simple or complex as you like, with the built-in tools being powerful(if no nonsense). Logic has great synths and such, but the workflow doesn't suit me.

So glad to see mixcraft finally included. Been using since version 7. It's a super simple program and fully featured. Absolutely love it.

"The best DAW, is the one you know". I use Reaper primarily and Ableton. Both are great for different things and different reasons. Have basically abandoned Logic Pro after using it for 15 years, as I wanted out of the OS chase that Apple wants me to do if I want to stay up to date. Logic is great though. Tried Bitwig, its great but I already have Ableton which I like and felt there was a lot of overlap. If I didn't use Ableton, I would be using Bitwig. Bitwig is great. Also tried out Cubase 12 after decades from when I was using Cubase VST. Cubase 12 is great..although there's some annoying bugs.

Funny intro, you made my day, thanks! BTW: I use Logic since day one. It has a lot of great features and it seems that some of the pro's seem don't know that those even exists. It also has its flaws an limits.

At the end of the day, there really is only one answer regarding what is the best DAW. Personal choice and what works best for you. Of course when you are at Warrens level within the industry it is more or less expected that you would be on Pro Tools, it is the recording industrys DAW of choice and it is the DAW that you would find in the vast majority of professional recording facilities world wide.

Thrilling introduction, but I‘d never ever change my Logic Pro in favor of any of your mentioned DAWs, neither any other DAW on the market. Nevertheless super overviewon many DAWs. Thanks a lot!

Nuendo, Cubase and FL studio are my loves in my own personal opinion.

Reason12, great creative flow, stable as few. Got some killer stock units, as well as a very intuitive way to construct devices/sound design.

I tried many DAW's but I always get the results quick in FL Studio. Many recording/real instrument musicians probably would choose PT, Cubase, S1 or Logic but FL suits me best anyway.

You have saved my life! 😅 I have been a Fl Studio user since it was released in 1997 and in recent times I have not stopped receiving criticisms 😅 ... Fl Studio is not suitable for sound design or music compositions for video games or movies bla bla bla.... all the job interviews I see these days, none of them mention Fl studio... plugin companies do not mention Fl Studio on their web sites... and many plugins are not compatible with fl studio at the moment 😮‍💨 sometimes it is frustrating... Your videos always bring something special to the community, thank you very much!! (After writing the bible 🤓🥴 I'm now using Fl Studio and Reaper because of its link with wwise) Thanks!

Near Zero Latency, 700 db (not kidding) of headroom on software, instrument & vocal channels, and perfect bouncing, i.e. bounce a file + flip phase = 100% cancellation, makes Logic Pro my favorite.

DAW Wars! Loved the opening. Favourite DAW is akin to a religious war. Love Cakewalk, it's my 2nd favourite after Reaper.

I use Studio One because it is just easier. It isn’t necessarily easier at every individual thing but taken as a whole, I don’t think it is particularly close

Hey Warren primarly I love to use Studio One Pro / Pro tools / Fl Studio and Cubase. I would love to see this friendly face talking about Fl Studio Producer or Signature series some more, maybe there is a chance to get even short video recording from this guy you have mentioned or someone else. It is noteworthy to mention about Magix who is responsible for Sound Forge Pro, Samplitude Pro and now Sequoia Pro and One next ,Merging Pyramix, MOTU Digital Performer, Waves Soundgrid Studio, Harrison Mixbus, Adobe Audition, n-Track Studio ,ACID Pro, Sound Bridge, NCH MixPad, Ardour, Qtractor...

Thanks for including me in the DAW War Warren, it was really nice to be able to once more, talk about Bitwig 😍

Probably,i would like to share with my most important thoughts about DAWs: most important thing is : the sound,that is coming out of the speakers. Listeners do not really care about : which DAW/Software/Hardware was used for that record,so all i can say about DAW's: it has to be joy to work with. Workflow has to be comfortable and push the creativity and inspire,but not stop and make the mixing process annoing. That is why there is no good or bad DAW. My DAWs,that i am working with,are: Reaper,Cubase,Harrison Mixbus. Comfortable,great DAWs.

Reaper. Works great for me and works on all operating systems and platforms (including Linux and Raspberry Pi’s). Only alternative is Ardour.

Went to music production school, then worked in professional studios and got used to the quality sound and Pro Tools. 2008 hearing loss, 2020 cancer of head & neck & brutal chemo, recovering and now almost 2024, still here and want to start over with singing, songwriting and recording real guitars, bass, and vocals. The rest of the "band" will be collabs or with midi. Don't know which DAW or interface to get. Would love to be in the UA eco-system and have dsp

The Studio One 6 is the one... for $99 you get the artist version with unlimited tracks and no subscription fee... Has everything... midi, automation, mastering and very intuitive...

Reaper. Only braise my Engineer switched from Mac to PC. So that made me have too so we can send files back and forth. That’s the Only reason. I’m a Motu Digital performer native. But I like protools too. But I’m not paying for a license which you’ll pay more in the long run. I’d rather stay with the install discs. One time purchase and I’m good. I’m my opinion it doesn’t matter which one you use. They all do the same job. RECORD WHAT YOU PUT IN IT. It’s like a tape machine but in many different brands. Just pick one and get to know it in and out.

This is hands down once of the best PLAP episodes ,)

Awesome video Warren, I worked and released songs with 5 different daws ,I started with Cubase and after years went back to it. The best as you all know is the one that you know the best. Period. Besides that Cubase is your choice.

I use a very underrated Daw since 4 years Mulab from Mutools it include a modular system to build own instruments , plugins and containers of vst.

For me Nuendo is simply the best. I upgraded from Cubase and it was the best decision. Music, Gaming, Dolby, post-production, ADR all in one tool.

I worked on most of the SIMS games up until 2006. Always used Digital Performer with Pro Tools! Works everytime!

OK I'll say it. I use Acid. Yep. Since Sonic Foundry to Sony and now Magix. I got it because of the way you can audition loops while your track plays, regardless of the key and tempo. And how you can paint in the loop to the timeline. So my tracks are built up with my guitars and then enhanced with Acidized loops. If there is any other DAW that does that I'd love to know. I have to admit I'm not fully up with what's out there these days.

I use reaper. It’s economical and not limited. I’ve not found something it doesn’t do yet

Cubase Pro, if its good enough for Hans Zimmer its good enough for me. 😄

I use Cubase pro 12 and plan to go one step above to Nuendo.

Mixcraft 9 Pro Studio, so many VSTs work on this, routing and bussing so easy. Yet to connect to a Behringer Wing in DAW mode.

Harrison Mixbus32C. It works much like my console and believe it or not it has a "sound" even though it's all code like other DAWs

This video really is a great thing. I´m pretty tired of Cubase´s neverending flaws and troubles, and Cakewalk really got me interested.

I worked in Cakewalk since the Dos days, then Sonar for years, switched to Ableton and haven't looked back. Expensive but the best for me. If Luna ever hits PC id try that, haven't yet tried bitwig.

Left Studio One for Luna because there were so many bugs / crashes / Luna summing and interoperability with their plugins / interface and how fast they keep up with OS updates is what tipped me over the edge. HOWEVER. There's so many simple features I really miss from SO - so much that I literally write it in my feedback "Like in Studio One". Wish they would just copy its functions tbh. Midi especially.

BTW Nuendo is currently Hans Zimmer's favourite weapon of choice for film scoring, he used to be a great fan of Cubase, well.. necessity is a true mother of invention I guess:)

I know you did Logic in the previous video. But... I LOVE Logic. I will, however, use whatever DAW you put in front of me. It's the music that's important.

Before i even see the content of this video . 10 thumbs up for the opening : )

I'm a novice at recording but have been playing instruments for years; I now use Garage Band , with long term goal of transitioning into Logic, but I also use Cake Walk and Native Instruments DAW (it came with Maschine Mk3) and MPC Beats.

I've enjoyed these two videos. I've been using 'sequencers' since Steinberg Pro 16 - then Cubase, Performer (before it got the 'Digital'), Logic on PCs when it was owned by Emagic, Cakewalk when PC support for logic was dropped. Then years in the wilderness with Ardour. Flirted with Live, now use Bitwig. I test audio hardware comparability with DAWs by day and Bitwig feels the most creative. I make tunes with modular synths and traditional instruments and have struggled to find a DAW that is suited to both approaches

Samplitude ProX 7 is hands down the most powerful DAW available for the PC and features object-based editing which is a game changer IMO. Sadly, it doesn't get much exposure in the US but it's worth checking out if you are looking for a high-end DAW to run on a Windows system.

Unrelated to DAWs, but somewhat related to the intro of this video: There's nothing I find funnier than people that put up the Spock hand gesture and say 'May the Force Be With You'. And for the record, I have never seen any of the Star Wars OR Star Trek movies.

Soon to be a former Pro Tools user. Started with the 002. I’m here trying to decide what to use next.

Back in my early 20's we had a marantz 4 track and recorded many songs.. then I became a videographer and built very powerful PCs to edit video back when everything needed to be rendered on Apple but with my Canopus hardware on a PC I didn't need to render anything. It was MUCH more powerful than anything Apple were doing. Fast forward 15 years and I'm still a PC guy and still edit video using Edius, Premiere and Resolve. Looking for a daw.. found studio one. With my MOTU and a very powerful PC with 12 cores and 24 threads, RTX 3070 64GB of ram and a couple of ridiculously fast NVME 1 TB drives.. I get no latency. I won't switch to Apple. Lol

Whichever DAW makes your workflow the fastest and inspires you continually...stick with that one. The days of slow cpu and lack of ram are over...you should be able to get your ideas down with ease now. Protools user since 5.3.1 and a G4.

I have to say that when i want to create something really quick, like composing new songs, i still use Adobe Audition 1.5 (2004) :D It's really simple, no need to create any tracks or anything, just press REC and start recording. Kind of like the old tape recorders. I came from Cool Edit Pro around the year 2000 and then Adobe bought it and continued making it. Then they ruined it in 3.0 and i downgraded back to 1.5 and still use it. Well, it has limitations, like no VST2-3 or VSTinstruments at all but 128 tracks :D I use Reaper when making real planned recordings.

For luna, the big downside is the fact that you need an uad + a mac, it's a bit expensive... And of course you need a descent laptop

Finally Mixcraft 9 is recognized for a great inexpensive DAW. I had Pro Tools and it took me 5x as long to figure out how to do something quick and easy with Mixcraft. It was may more intuitive and without the cost. Avid had me locked into a monthly subscription that I could not leave for a full year?? I thought I could pay monthly and cancel anytime. Avid sucked about $500CAD from me even though I decided it wasn't the right DAW for me after 2 months.

Intro gave the real feels❤❤

I use Samplitude pro x suites to record, edit, mixing, and mastering. I have recently been using Mixbus32c7 for mixing and mastering for fun, it has a fill to it or something that I like, kinda hard to explain, I started with Magix Studio.

Studio One user here, and before that I use Adobe Audition for speech only.

Cakewalk is the best for me and i recently went full time with it, since i had also FL Studio running... but it has the same functions, just a different workflow. At least for me... i had no limitations whatsoever... except that it was a pain in the ass getting started with audio tracks in FL Studio... in Cakewalk that was super easy. FL Studio is definately better for EDM and Hip Hop Producers. Cakewalk is way better with recording Audio, but it also has the same features as FL Studio with beatmaking, Piano Roll etc.

You’re doing a fine job here Warren. Of course I want to know more about several of these software offerings, it’s great that you’re bringing them to my attention. Otherwise I am happy on FL. Now I’m over to that Mick Gordon interview. 👍

Best Intro Ever.

Cubase & Studio One, but will soon make the jump to Nuendo I belive. It's an all-in-one DAW then the headache probably is over.😊

DAW Wars is the most ridiculous name for this video you could have possibly made combined with one of the biggest dad jokes I’ve seen on KZfaq. I love it. I haven’t even watched yet but it gets a like. Now I’ll watch it!