Given your background, FL studio might not be the most intuitive to use. Reaper is not as overwhelming as it sounds. I use FL studio at home but Reaper at church, but I installed Reaper in my home computer because it has unlimited tracks and handles large sessions better than FL. I find myself going to Reaper if I want to record something quickly, or practice mixing large projects. Great comparison tho. One of the most straightforward I've seen on TH-cam
I heard your part about FL, but I tried the FL Studio demo and the program crashed 10 different times on my M1 MacBook Pro before even adding any tracks. I tried restarting my computer several times too. I agree w/the lifetime updates part, but I wouldn't want to be stuck with them or invest in that software. YMMV, but I am no longer considering it.
Here is my take on this Ableton - Great for sound design, one of the best for EDM producers, have great automation features, have arrangement view which is great for live performance, and a very active and one of the largest active community. Many big producers use it like Skrillex, Virtual Riot, etc. It is the second most used daw currently. Fl Studio - Great for midi creation( as it still has one of the best piano roll), one of the best for EDM producers and beat maker, you can automate almost everything, have drum rack which is great for beat making, and a very active and one of the largest community. many Big producers use it like Martin Garrix, Porter Robinson, etc. It is the most used daw currently. Big Difference between FL Studio and Ableton - Production in Fl is pattern based whereas Ableton has more traditional linear session base production, which is more common on most daws. Studio One - Easy for beginners as it has drag and drop features, also it has both arrangement view and session view like Ableton. It also has a great mixer, it has a small community compared to fl and Ableton. It also has great automatic features. Cubase - It is one of the best for Composers, as it has advance midi editing features, also great for film composing, it also has great automation features, you can also produce EDM, and i think it also has a drum rack like feature which will make it useful for beat makers. Big composers like Hans Zimmer, Zedd,etc uses it Reaper - It’s biggest advantage is that it is highly customisable, like you can make it work like you want instead of working the way the other daw wants you to work, but it has a pretty steep learning curve. It is also looks and feels outdated, you can customise it like you want to make it look like any other daw though. Some complicated things in other daws can be easy to do in reaper but some easy things in other daws can be complicated to do in reaper. Protools - The industry standard is not industry standard anymore. Great for recording audio, but not for midi. Good for mixing. I don’t have much idea of protools as I have never use it. I don’t see it used that much anymore, and these days no want wants you to have protools to work with you so it is not industry standard anymore. Bad for EDM production and composers. Only audio engineers and mixing engineers use it I think, other than that no one use this daw anymore. Logic - It is one of the best all rounder. Pretty good for edm production and also composing. I don’t have a mac so never used it. Bitwig, Mixcraft - I don’t know much about these daws but I heard bitwig is pretty good for EDM production. (Do your own research ) Audacity and Adobe Audition - These two are just recordings tools, I don’t even consider these as daw. Garageband - Learning it is useless cause you are going to upgrade anyway. But if you just want to play your instrument and and jam with songs then only it it a good option. But if you are serious about producing, don’t even look at it. Best for beginners - Studio one and FL studio. Best for EDM - Ableton, FL studio, cubase, studio one, logic, reaper, bitwig Best for composers- Cubase, Logic Pro, (reaper, Ableton, studio one, fl studio can do it too) Best all rounders - Logic Pro, Reaper, Studio one Best for recording- all of them can do recording pretty nicely. All of the daws except some can almost do every thing but some offer more better workflow in different genres, so it is up to use which one you go for. Some daws which are not good for every thing - Protools(useless daw in my opinion) , audacity and adobe audition should not even be considered daw in my opinion.
I've been using Steinberg since Pro 24 in 1988. I once had a look a other DAW's in 2010 but it was just a look😄. I am now on Cubase 13. I had other DAWs installed to try but never got around to it. I feel Cubase has everything I need in a DAW. I am amused sometimes when other DAWs boast about new features Cubase has had for years.
im a newer cubase user myself. i poked around in pro tools and studio one and thier fine i dont hate them. cubase had a steep learning curve but it was well worth the effort. and it does seem pricey but thats a perpetual license and if u "crossgrade" you can save a good bit of money but the instruments you get with cubase and far above any other daws stock stuff.
Reaper is not overwhelming if you have any experience working with DAWs. Everything you don't like about Reaper can be customized, that goes for both the visuals and functionality. And if you're doing more recording than midi producing, then Reaper is definitely a better choice than most other DAWs out of the box. And if you get stuck, they have 1000s of videos on their website/on TH-cam to teach you how to use Reaper. You can use many times more tracks with Reaper at the same time than any other DAW, every benchmark I've seen so far, Reaper was able to run the most amount of tracks and the daw installer is under 20mb. They also have the winrar license, so it has 60 days free trial, but you can continue evaluating after 60 days, although I'd recommend paying for it since it's so affordable.
For those mostly recording audio; Reaper. Runs on most anything. Stable which is gold when recording/mixing. Almost never brings a machine down. Small download foot print - isn't filled with instruments/plugs or other bloat that most charge you for and much of it, you'll never use. For those who say it's hard to use. No. Only if you make it so. After all these years, I still use it in it's default settings. I was up and running in about fifteen minutes first time. Make a track, tell it where to save and hit record. Only change? Increasing auto-save frequency. Want to customize it? The sky is the limit. I see it as a digital mulitrack tape recorder with infinite flexibility. And yes, help online along with free plugs/scripts is massive.
I used PT for years then switched to DP up until version 8 ( I loved DP) switched to Reaper - bought MixBus 10 pro and Logic Pro X. Tried them both and go right back to Reaper. I liked and used MixBus and Logic but my workflow IMO is much faster and better with Reaper. My thoughts - Cheers
I use Ableton and Cubase, Ableton is great for getting ideas down quick, Cubase for getting really into depth - and about the price, Steinberg each year has a sale where you can get Cubase usually for 60% of the original price. Cubase and Reaper are the two most powerful DAWs, it really comes down to personal taste - about the price, Cubase includes some really nice Vstis, Reaper doesnt, so one has to keep that in mind
Decent surface level comparison, but I have to ding you for not including Propellerhead Reason. Personally, I started working with DAW's about 20 years ago with ProTools because it was the "industry standard", and it was certainly capable, but I found the learning curve pretty steep. I jumped to Reason around 2013 and found it to be awesome, though it hasn't kept up with others as far as feature set in recent years, but the ability to use it as a plugin in other DAW's is an amazing feature. Currently I use Studio One as my primary, but I also have Ableton Live, and of course I still use Reason. Ableton is great with the Push instrument, but the price of entry to that is quite high. All in all, Studio One still gets my vote currently.
I'm very much a beginner when it comes to music recording and production. I downloaded Luna to my ancient laptop which has less than the recommended minimum specs (recommended minimum is a quad core processer , 8Gb RAM, and 7200 rpm HDD). I'm running a 6th gen i7 dual core, 8 Gb ram, 5400 rpm drive. Its a little sluggish, but it works! and I managed to record my first tracks (doubletracked acoustic) do a little bit of editing and processing, and export to a WAV and an MP3. Apparently it doesn't really handle MIDI editing as well as other DAWs, but I don't really care. MIDI for me is just for playing a virtual piano or drums. I have a couple of system upgrades on the way that will hopefully speed things up a bit - ram upgrade to 16 Gb and a 1TB SSD.
Pick any daw and learn the basics, and then you can download all the daws with trial versions and decide which one you wanna stick to for the upcoming decade.
I was on a bit of a DAW rampage (8 DAWs) the last year or so and finally settled on Cubase. Garage Band might be free but Apple's relentless updates, which forces users to buy new Macs more often than PC users, makes Garage Band expensive in the long run. If your Mac goes out of date and you wanna re-install Garage Band, good luck! The Reaper $60 license places a limit on a user's income - call it 'Karma' or a spiritual blockage but in short, it does not work for me. Cubase has many easy entry points (financially) and does everything well. Sure, each DAW has something it does better. Studio One's broken quantize, undo function and 'a track is not a channel' flawed design, finally drove me away after using it for about 6 months. I just couldn't take it anymore. I am really happy with Cubase and I am finally at peace again in the studio.
@@heychrisgreen Absolutely. I worked with Mixcraft as well for a little bit more than a month and really enjoyed the music production as well as mixing side. It delivered great results. The audio editing in the middle was frustrating since it lacks so many things and this, as well as a few other things, was the last bit of motivation I needed to return to Cubase after many years.
And that is indeed the hidden cost. Nothing is free of course. Apple gives away Garage Band because in order to use it you have to buy a Mac, and that’s where they make their money.
Cubase is the most comprehensive DAW today ( last versions are in front of any other DAW ) however, i use Studio One 7 , and i;m very happy with the last updates. For sure its in the right direction to compete with Cubase in one year time.
Reaper is by far the best DAW hands-down. It can be as easy or as complicated to use as you want. It is becoming the standard. It’s inexpensive and it blows everybody away. Even the bundled plug-ins are fantastic. Look no further and don’t waste your time.
This is just me speculating… but many TH-camrs seemed to be using Luna for a couple of weeks and seemed to drop it.. I’m assuming there were issues with crashes or unexpected.. DAWs have had years of bug fixes to work through. I hope it continues, I’m a UAD Apollo user but I’m hesitant to try Luna 😬
@@heychrisgreen I've tried Luna on windows for about a month and it's been stable with zero crashes. I think it's the absolutely best free DAW if you record instruments.
This was a noble attempt. But if you don't actually spend time with and dig into the workflow and usability aspects of these DAWs, you can't make good decisions.
As a home based producer who utilized Pro Tools for years, I can honestly state that I absolutely hated the work flow and as a result, moved on years ago.
Hot take - If you just want it to work and start produce or compose music, definitely go with Logic Pro legit - If you are live sequencing artists and deals with EDMs, Ableton's Live is the one to get legit - If you want a great mixing, producing, and editing with a very stable software (but the learning curve might be high); no other steal choice than Reaper the GOAT itself, but definitely need a lot of tweaking to become OP. Cheers
I own Presonus Studio One version 5. I made any effort I can to upgrade to Studio One Pro 7, but NO WAY. Inside Presonus, they could not deal with my bank cards! They don't even know about my purchase of Notion! So I went to Thomann, but my purchase there provided me with a licence NOT recognized in Presonus! Pity, because I would like much to go on with Studio One. On the other hand, my update for Logic Pro 15 was FREE and download and installation worked just fine.
Presonus was quite possibly placing themselves in the position to become the number one DAW on the market up until the moment that they decided to sell the company. Bummer…
You are missing the point of a perpetual license. Perpetual doesn’t mean free updates for ever. Of course some companies like Image Line also offer that… good for them. But in Presonus case, it means you will be able to continue using the version you purchased forever. That’s not the case with subscription models like Protools, where if you stop paying the fee, your software will stop working no matter how many years you have had it.
Thanks for making the effort to create this content--I did think the pricing comparison was a bit too simple. "What is a 5 year cost?" staying with the latest update might be better comparison. With most of the DAWs that you can buy outright, they do not update yearly or there is no need to. They also discount updates for ongoing users, often significantly. As well, I stopped watching when you went through the feature comparison--going off the order in how they present features in product page summaries really didn't make any sense to be and seemed rather arbitrary. Maybe you did a better job after starting down this path and I missed something like a proper feature comparison for different DAW users. Anyway, not trying to detract from your hard work--just my thoughts where I wasn't convinced by the comparison.
I appreciate the feedback! 🙂 I know most of these DAWs from using them before but I took the “window shopping” approach.. Studio One has stated they’re going to have major releases ever year from now on.. that’ll end up being $149 each time 😩 Each DAW has an elevator pitch, I found most of them use their homepage to talk advanced MIDI tools and not much on a beginner/newbie level.. it’d be a difficult video to try and compare every feature of each DAW since they literally do the same things 😅
I don't use it exclusively, but Mixcraft is extremely easy to use, mainly due to its focus on the basics. For those who are into it, its had clip launching long before Logoc and Studio One. This is like a more capable version of Garageband for Windows.
oh the irony. you do know Studio one was developed by former Cubase designers i use Cubase but i can slide into studio One with ease. sadly ive done projects in both same song same raw audio same effects same mastering in the each daw and. S1 just sounds thin and took alot more tweaking to get it close to Cubase but like i always say the best DAW is the one that. works best for the individual
This is an incredibly shallow overview. You obviously haven't use most of those softs, if at all, to be giving advice on which to chose for what purpose. Chat GPT would have basically given the same results.
it covered a WIDE array of DAWs, eg. Mixcraft was mentioned, multiple daw price tiers. This is good enough for people to go look at some they might like. There is no reason to go into deep detail on each, just the deal breaking points that need mentioned. I bet you use a mac and protools LOL
@@mhavock Yeah but no, really not. If a person is actually wondering about which DAW to use, they way more infos than "Well that one looks cool I think". I'm pretty sure there are lots of detailed DAWs comparison over the web, this is just random trash to get views and Internet points.
I love them all and own them all because they stimulate my creativity in different ways. No best DAW really just amazing tools. Make the music you love. 😊
Are you looking for a new DAW? Which do you use and which would you consider? 🤔
Given your background, FL studio might not be the most intuitive to use. Reaper is not as overwhelming as it sounds. I use FL studio at home but Reaper at church, but I installed Reaper in my home computer because it has unlimited tracks and handles large sessions better than FL. I find myself going to Reaper if I want to record something quickly, or practice mixing large projects.
Great comparison tho. One of the most straightforward I've seen on TH-cam
I heard your part about FL, but I tried the FL Studio demo and the program crashed 10 different times on my M1 MacBook Pro before even adding any tracks. I tried restarting my computer several times too. I agree w/the lifetime updates part, but I wouldn't want to be stuck with them or invest in that software. YMMV, but I am no longer considering it.
Whatever DAW gets you to what you want to create the quickest and most easily. For me, that's certainly Studio One.
I love Studio One Pro
Here is my take on this
Ableton - Great for sound design, one of the best for EDM producers, have great automation features, have arrangement view which is great for live performance, and a very active and one of the largest active community. Many big producers use it like Skrillex, Virtual Riot, etc. It is the second most used daw currently.
Fl Studio - Great for midi creation( as it still has one of the best piano roll), one of the best for EDM producers and beat maker, you can automate almost everything, have drum rack which is great for beat making, and a very active and one of the largest community. many Big producers use it like Martin Garrix, Porter Robinson, etc. It is the most used daw currently.
Big Difference between FL Studio and Ableton - Production in Fl is pattern based whereas Ableton has more traditional linear session base production, which is more common on most daws.
Studio One - Easy for beginners as it has drag and drop features, also it has both arrangement view and session view like Ableton. It also has a great mixer, it has a small community compared to fl and Ableton. It also has great automatic features.
Cubase - It is one of the best for Composers, as it has advance midi editing features, also great for film composing, it also has great automation features, you can also produce EDM, and i think it also has a drum rack like feature which will make it useful for beat makers. Big composers like Hans Zimmer, Zedd,etc uses it
Reaper - It’s biggest advantage is that it is highly customisable, like you can make it work like you want instead of working the way the other daw wants you to work, but it has a pretty steep learning curve. It is also looks and feels outdated, you can customise it like you want to make it look like any other daw though. Some complicated things in other daws can be easy to do in reaper but some easy things in other daws can be complicated to do in reaper.
Protools - The industry standard is not industry standard anymore. Great for recording audio, but not for midi. Good for mixing. I don’t have much idea of
protools as I have never use it. I don’t see it used that much anymore, and these days no want wants you to have protools to work with you so it is not industry standard anymore. Bad for EDM production and composers. Only audio engineers and mixing engineers use it I think, other than that no one use this daw anymore.
Logic - It is one of the best all rounder. Pretty good for edm production and also composing. I don’t have a mac so never used it.
Bitwig, Mixcraft - I don’t know much about these daws but I heard bitwig is pretty good for EDM production. (Do your own research )
Audacity and Adobe Audition - These two are just recordings tools, I don’t even consider these as daw.
Garageband - Learning it is useless cause you are going to upgrade anyway. But if you just want to play your instrument and and jam with songs then only it it a good option. But if you are serious about producing, don’t even look at it.
Best for beginners - Studio one and FL studio.
Best for EDM - Ableton, FL studio, cubase, studio one, logic, reaper, bitwig
Best for composers- Cubase, Logic Pro, (reaper, Ableton, studio one, fl studio can do it too)
Best all rounders - Logic Pro, Reaper, Studio one
Best for recording- all of them can do recording pretty nicely.
All of the daws except some can almost do every thing but some offer more better workflow in different genres, so it is up to use which one you go for.
Some daws which are not good for every thing - Protools(useless daw in my opinion) , audacity and adobe audition should not even be considered daw in my opinion.
Cubase 14 for me. Worked with a few Daw's but Cubase is just the best one for me.
I've been using Steinberg since Pro 24 in 1988. I once had a look a other DAW's in 2010 but it was just a look😄.
I am now on Cubase 13. I had other DAWs installed to try but never got around to it.
I feel Cubase has everything I need in a DAW. I am amused sometimes when other DAWs boast about new features Cubase has had for years.
im a newer cubase user myself. i poked around in pro tools and studio one and thier fine i dont hate them. cubase had a steep learning curve but it was well worth the effort. and it does seem pricey but thats a perpetual license and if u "crossgrade" you can save a good bit of money but the instruments you get with cubase and far above any other daws stock stuff.
Reaper is not overwhelming if you have any experience working with DAWs. Everything you don't like about Reaper can be customized, that goes for both the visuals and functionality. And if you're doing more recording than midi producing, then Reaper is definitely a better choice than most other DAWs out of the box. And if you get stuck, they have 1000s of videos on their website/on TH-cam to teach you how to use Reaper. You can use many times more tracks with Reaper at the same time than any other DAW, every benchmark I've seen so far, Reaper was able to run the most amount of tracks and the daw installer is under 20mb. They also have the winrar license, so it has 60 days free trial, but you can continue evaluating after 60 days, although I'd recommend paying for it since it's so affordable.
You are correct however, Reaper is definitely not designed for the newcomer to DAW based musical production.
I'm studio one users.
For those mostly recording audio; Reaper. Runs on most anything. Stable which is gold when recording/mixing. Almost never brings a machine down. Small download foot print - isn't filled with instruments/plugs or other bloat that most charge you for and much of it, you'll never use. For those who say it's hard to use. No. Only if you make it so. After all these years, I still use it in it's default settings. I was up and running in about fifteen minutes first time. Make a track, tell it where to save and hit record. Only change? Increasing auto-save frequency. Want to customize it? The sky is the limit. I see it as a digital mulitrack tape recorder with infinite flexibility. And yes, help online along with free plugs/scripts is massive.
i use Reaper and i like it, but don't you see that Reaper 7.30 actually being slowly and laggy ? i don't know why.
I used PT for years then switched to DP up until version 8 ( I loved DP) switched to Reaper - bought MixBus 10 pro and Logic Pro X. Tried them both and go right back to Reaper. I liked and used MixBus and Logic but my workflow IMO is much faster and better with Reaper.
My thoughts - Cheers
me also, liked MB10 , but not the right workflow
I use Ableton and Cubase, Ableton is great for getting ideas down quick, Cubase for getting really into depth - and about the price, Steinberg each year has a sale where you can get Cubase usually for 60% of the original price.
Cubase and Reaper are the two most powerful DAWs, it really comes down to personal taste - about the price, Cubase includes some really nice Vstis, Reaper doesnt, so one has to keep that in mind
Decent surface level comparison, but I have to ding you for not including Propellerhead Reason. Personally, I started working with DAW's about 20 years ago with ProTools because it was the "industry standard", and it was certainly capable, but I found the learning curve pretty steep. I jumped to Reason around 2013 and found it to be awesome, though it hasn't kept up with others as far as feature set in recent years, but the ability to use it as a plugin in other DAW's is an amazing feature. Currently I use Studio One as my primary, but I also have Ableton Live, and of course I still use Reason. Ableton is great with the Push instrument, but the price of entry to that is quite high. All in all, Studio One still gets my vote currently.
I'm very much a beginner when it comes to music recording and production. I downloaded Luna to my ancient laptop which has less than the recommended minimum specs (recommended minimum is a quad core processer , 8Gb RAM, and 7200 rpm HDD). I'm running a 6th gen i7 dual core, 8 Gb ram, 5400 rpm drive. Its a little sluggish, but it works! and I managed to record my first tracks (doubletracked acoustic) do a little bit of editing and processing, and export to a WAV and an MP3.
Apparently it doesn't really handle MIDI editing as well as other DAWs, but I don't really care. MIDI for me is just for playing a virtual piano or drums.
I have a couple of system upgrades on the way that will hopefully speed things up a bit - ram upgrade to 16 Gb and a 1TB SSD.
Pick any daw and learn the basics, and then you can download all the daws with trial versions and decide which one you wanna stick to for the upcoming decade.
I was on a bit of a DAW rampage (8 DAWs) the last year or so and finally settled on Cubase. Garage Band might be free but Apple's relentless updates, which forces users to buy new Macs more often than PC users, makes Garage Band expensive in the long run. If your Mac goes out of date and you wanna re-install Garage Band, good luck! The Reaper $60 license places a limit on a user's income - call it 'Karma' or a spiritual blockage but in short, it does not work for me. Cubase has many easy entry points (financially) and does everything well. Sure, each DAW has something it does better. Studio One's broken quantize, undo function and 'a track is not a channel' flawed design, finally drove me away after using it for about 6 months. I just couldn't take it anymore. I am really happy with Cubase and I am finally at peace again in the studio.
Thanks for sharing your experience! There’s lots of good options out there. I might have to get a trial of Cubase 🤔
@@heychrisgreen Absolutely. I worked with Mixcraft as well for a little bit more than a month and really enjoyed the music production as well as mixing side. It delivered great results. The audio editing in the middle was frustrating since it lacks so many things and this, as well as a few other things, was the last bit of motivation I needed to return to Cubase after many years.
And that is indeed the hidden cost. Nothing is free of course. Apple gives away Garage Band because in order to use it you have to buy a Mac, and that’s where they make their money.
Cubase is the most comprehensive DAW today ( last versions are in front of any other DAW ) however, i use Studio One 7 , and i;m very happy with the last updates. For sure its in the right direction to compete with Cubase in one year time.
Reaper is my Daw for forever ❤
CakeWalk is surely the best all-round free DAW?
You should try Harrison Mixbus 10 Pro If you are into analog style mixing.
Reaper is by far the best DAW hands-down. It can be as easy or as complicated to use as you want. It is becoming the standard. It’s inexpensive and it blows everybody away. Even the bundled plug-ins are fantastic. Look no further and don’t waste your time.
I might add that LUNA basic from UAD is a free DAW but you have an option to add the features to make it pro
This is just me speculating… but many TH-camrs seemed to be using Luna for a couple of weeks and seemed to drop it.. I’m assuming there were issues with crashes or unexpected.. DAWs have had years of bug fixes to work through. I hope it continues, I’m a UAD Apollo user but I’m hesitant to try Luna 😬
@@heychrisgreen I've tried Luna on windows for about a month and it's been stable with zero crashes. I think it's the absolutely best free DAW if you record instruments.
Logic gives you free updates for life too
I’m heading that way for sure 😁
@ There’s a 90 day free trial for Logic, you should check it out
Luna might be the DAW for you geared toward live music. I’m using Logic Pro which has the best stock plugins for vocals
I regret not putting LUNA in this video but will definitely have to give it a go! 🙂
I found Garage band impossible to use I could never get my head around it.
It’s been a few years but I’m definitely giving it a try 🤞
This was a noble attempt. But if you don't actually spend time with and dig into the workflow and usability aspects of these DAWs, you can't make good decisions.
studio one ❤
I agree with your analysis. I think Reaper hits the sweet spot. You skipped Reason by Propellerhead 😅
I’ve used Reason before 😁 Didn’t think they were still around 😳 but I tried to just narrow it to 12 DAWs
@heychrisgreen yes up to ver. 13 now 😅
Studio One
As a home based producer who utilized Pro Tools for years, I can honestly state that I absolutely hated the work flow and as a result, moved on years ago.
Hot take
- If you just want it to work and start produce or compose music, definitely go with Logic Pro legit
- If you are live sequencing artists and deals with EDMs, Ableton's Live is the one to get legit
- If you want a great mixing, producing, and editing with a very stable software (but the learning curve might be high); no other steal choice than Reaper the GOAT itself, but definitely need a lot of tweaking to become OP.
Cheers
Studio one and Reaper
I own Presonus Studio One version 5. I made any effort I can to upgrade to Studio One Pro 7, but NO WAY. Inside Presonus, they could not deal with my bank cards! They don't even know about my purchase of Notion! So I went to Thomann, but my purchase there provided me with a licence NOT recognized in Presonus! Pity, because I would like much to go on with Studio One. On the other hand, my update for Logic Pro 15 was FREE and download and installation worked just fine.
cakewalk / Sonar...cant go wrong!
Presonus was quite possibly placing themselves in the position to become the number one DAW on the market up until the moment that they decided to sell the company. Bummer…
You are missing the point of a perpetual license. Perpetual doesn’t mean free updates for ever. Of course some companies like Image Line also offer that… good for them. But in Presonus case, it means you will be able to continue using the version you purchased forever. That’s not the case with subscription models like Protools, where if you stop paying the fee, your software will stop working no matter how many years you have had it.
Logic does the free updates for life thing too
Thanks for making the effort to create this content--I did think the pricing comparison was a bit too simple. "What is a 5 year cost?" staying with the latest update might be better comparison. With most of the DAWs that you can buy outright, they do not update yearly or there is no need to. They also discount updates for ongoing users, often significantly.
As well, I stopped watching when you went through the feature comparison--going off the order in how they present features in product page summaries really didn't make any sense to be and seemed rather arbitrary. Maybe you did a better job after starting down this path and I missed something like a proper feature comparison for different DAW users.
Anyway, not trying to detract from your hard work--just my thoughts where I wasn't convinced by the comparison.
I appreciate the feedback! 🙂 I know most of these DAWs from using them before but I took the “window shopping” approach.. Studio One has stated they’re going to have major releases ever year from now on.. that’ll end up being $149 each time 😩 Each DAW has an elevator pitch, I found most of them use their homepage to talk advanced MIDI tools and not much on a beginner/newbie level.. it’d be a difficult video to try and compare every feature of each DAW since they literally do the same things 😅
I don't use it exclusively, but Mixcraft is extremely easy to use, mainly due to its focus on the basics. For those who are into it, its had clip launching long before Logoc and Studio One. This is like a more capable version of Garageband for Windows.
Might have to check it out! Thanks for sharing 😁
Bitwig
Well, the diplomatic answer is what most people say - whatever DAW helps you make your best music.
But the real answer, of course... is Logic Pro. lol
🤣
Cubase Pro is a great investment
But FL Studio Price is 10000 Rs in INDIA Which is only 118.95 USD Without Tax
oh the irony. you do know Studio one was developed by former Cubase designers i use Cubase but i can slide into studio One with ease. sadly ive done projects in both same song same raw audio same effects same mastering in the each daw and. S1 just sounds thin and took alot more tweaking to get it close to Cubase but like i always say the best DAW is the one that. works best for the individual
Fl studio
This is an incredibly shallow overview. You obviously haven't use most of those softs, if at all, to be giving advice on which to chose for what purpose. Chat GPT would have basically given the same results.
it covered a WIDE array of DAWs, eg. Mixcraft was mentioned, multiple daw price tiers. This is good enough for people to go look at some they might like. There is no reason to go into deep detail on each, just the deal breaking points that need mentioned. I bet you use a mac and protools LOL
@@mhavock Yeah but no, really not. If a person is actually wondering about which DAW to use, they way more infos than "Well that one looks cool I think". I'm pretty sure there are lots of detailed DAWs comparison over the web, this is just random trash to get views and Internet points.
Cubase is so deep that is not for you
I love them all and own them all because they stimulate my creativity in different ways. No best DAW really just amazing tools. Make the music you love. 😊
you tried LMMS? that is the goat.
Studio one pro is the future . It will destroy everything in 2025