Today is all about you! Many of you reading this blog have very different backgrounds when it comes to recording and I want to know a little bit more about what your main tools are in the process. If you don’t mind taking the super easy poll below that would rock. Just select the recording software that you use as your primary DAW. Then leave a comment telling me why you like it (or don’t for that matter) and how you primarily use said software (i.e. recording bands, or midi sequencing, or singer/songwriter stuff).
The more I know about you all, the better I can tailor the content at The Recording Revolution to best suit your needs!
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I have been using Reaper for the past year, now. I switched because it is a feature-rich DAW and the price was right. However, my stance on DAWs is for peeps to use whatever works best for them. Get the gig and get it done!
BTW, I love this site.
I use Logic along with Reason and quite a bit of Sibelius. Being able to Rewire all 3 together is very helpful. I can compose in Sibelius and then have all the parts play while I record them in Logic. As each part gets recorded, I just mute it out in Sibelius and keep working.
Main application for me is Songwriter.
I use Logic for no other reason than I took an online course from Berklee on Deskop Recording and that was the DAW used for the course.
Reaper, it’s trial version is free and non-expiring. It is easy to use, great user interface, flexible routing. Any track can be anything–midi, audio, stereo, mono, effects receive, sub master, you name it–anything. Small footprint and overhead and it’s fast. and it looks great! easy to use right from the first run.
I use Pro Tools to record bands and commercial/advertising audio. And for fun i use Reason to produce electronic music.
I use tracktion. Fairly affordable and all tools and other features are all displayed in the one window. No switching between different windows. Only things that pop up are plug in interfaces.
I like doing most of my songwriting in garageband, and then opening my garageband project in Logic Express for further editing and finalizing. I like how they work so nicely together. Apple is good about that I think.
I use reaper.coming from cubase and using so many different DAW’s ive found reaper to work the best for me. I use it to record my band and other bands
I use Sonar to record, and it also makes for a great writing tool for me. I’ve also used it to score videos. In the past, I’ve used Acid, Cubase, Ableton, and I’ve played with Pro Tools. Sonar fits like a glove for me.
I use Logic Express, occasionally garageband. I like it pretty well, its intuitive like garageband but more powerful. It does all the things I wished garageband did. I just use it for my own recording and personal enjoyment.
hey i can’t see the “other” category when i vote! i want my “other” status represented here! you will NOT marginalize me and my “other” sisters and brothers!
seriously i DO wonder how many “others” are out there compared to mainstream DAW users.
Mark, I’ve been trying to figure that out! I’ll let you know if I can get it up and running!
Looks like the “Other” category gets 26% of the voting (even though the widget above doesn’t show it). A lot of reaper users, and some audition, reason/record, tracktion, etc. Thanks for all the feedback guys!
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I like Audition because it’s UI is closer to that of Photoshop and Flash which I also use a lot. The learning curve was a lot easier for me than trying to figure out Pro Tools.
Samplitude Pro – Love this DAW!
I use Samplitude 11 Pro-Easy workflow to me the program will do whatever you can possibly wish for there is just a massive amount pros regrading this DAW from the audio interface to copy write to burning the cd right there inside the program itself totally awsome