What DAW do you guys use/like the most?

[<3<3<3]

I'm just curious, but what DAW do you guys use that record at home?


I mostly produce electronic music, and I just started getting into Logic, and I really like it for midi editing. I think I prefer Ableton Live if I'm just playing around with a few friends at home, however.

What about you?

[Jon]

Live.

Cubase is nice too though, but I haven't figured out timestretching and stuff on Cuabse

[Nick]

Logic

although I haven't explored much of it at all

[Seafroggys]

I've used Sonar for years for doing Midi production and some light audio work, but I have Cubase on my actual recording rig, which I like. I've also used ProTools at my college.

I like Sonar a lot just because I've used it for so long, but Cubase is fine as well. Hate ProTools.

[scheid]

I use Live too. They include some good stuff for creating your own loops, etc. I mostly record with traditional instruments, so haven't used it much. Good user interface. The best thing about Live for me is that it has *never* crashed or hung on me.

[Moseph]

Man, that's a loaded question.

I started off using a combination of freeware to perform various tasks (largely Audacity, but later Kristal for mixing, and occasionally Plogue Bidule for MIDI). That was about 2-3 years.

I used/taught Pro Tools at school/work for a good 3 years.

Interspersed with that was my home setup, where I used Cubase LE (still my primary software). That's been 4 years.

In the past few years I've experimented with other freeware (MazeStudio, Darkwave Studio, VSTHost).

I'm currently considering a move to professional level of software, so I can potentially make the jump to Surround sound. Unfortunately, the price point on C4 is too high for my tastes, so I purchased an inexpensive USB device that came with Sonar LE to try it out. After playing with that, and comparing to the web trial of Sonar 6, I'm probably gonna go with Sonar 6 eventually (I actually really like it for general use, but it's missing some esoteric features of Cubase/Pro Tools I've gotten used to).

I've also read lots of good things about energyXT and Tracktion (both of which have new versions coming out pretty soon) for electronic musicians. energyXT is actually inexpensive enough (and looks useful enough) that I might purchase a copy to supplement some features of Sonar in the future.

[Akira]

In school I've learned to use Sonar 2. I really like it. Once I get the money, I am going to get Sonar 6.

[Seafroggys]

yeah I have Sonor 2 (albeit illegally) if I ever need to expand out of Cubase LE I'll probably just buy an old copy of Sonor on ebay (like 4 or 5) because honestly are the advantages to 6 really that important?

[NJSpeedbeast]

I get discounts through my brothers work so I know am pimping Sonar 6. I actually find I like it a tiny, tiny bit more than Sonar 5.


It was just a little weird to set up compared to 5, I dunno why.

[We_Love_Lime]

Ableton Live.
W0o0t.

[The Chemist]

Recording/Editing/MIDI: Cubase
Mixing: Nuendo/SADiE
Mastering: Wavelab
Structuring/SFX: Nuendo
Loops: Live 6

[Knifeboy]

I'm probably gonna go with Sonar 6 eventually (I actually really like it for general use, but it's missing some esoteric features of Cubase/Pro Tools I've gotten used to).


Such as?

I'm looking to get into Sonar
I've been using Adobe Audition/Cool edit pro, for 6 years, and I'm fighting to make a switch to Sonar.. I'm just too used to using Cool Edit Pro, even though I waste alot of time doing stuff that would take 5 minutes in a better DAW

[Moseph]

Such as?

Sample-level audio editing, with draw.

Flawless implementation of multiple output VSTi's within the mixer (though I hear that Sonar 6.21 fixes this issue).

There were a few other things I couldn't figure out intuitively about Sonar at first, but later it turned out Sonar did them (sometimes in a slightly different way). Of course, there's always the issue of the customization and learning curve, but that's a given as well.