What DAW do you use?

[Neigdoig]

I'll start it with my choice, and it happened to be Ardour. The reason for it is mainly because, as stated in my introduction, I'm a GNU/Linux and Free/Libre Open-Source Software advocate (though I still use some proprietary things when necessary).

Ardour is a fully featured DAW with a GPL-2 license, meaning that anyone can build it, share it, the works with such a license. The binaries are paid for, but people are also building it and distributing it under those terms, as paying for the binaries supports the developers. That's what I do, personally, in terms of the DAW I use.

[_choof]

haven't touched ardour in a long time but I remember it being pretty bad, particularly on linux lol
vcv rack is easily my fav free daw, otherwise I use fl studio, used a cracked version of it for a long time until I made $100 with my music then I bought a license for it

[EppuJoloZ]

Been rockin' the good old Reason since 2018, love the workflow and it fulfills all my needs for the bleeps and bloops

[Flaming_Dingleberry]

I use Ableton, it's very nice and is a very easy transition to/from ProTools (the expensive af industry standard). I used Fruity Loops back in the day, before it became FL Studio; that was really fun, but I don't think I ever used it properly

I've also been using CakeWalk lately, and that's much better than I thought it would be... everyone says it's terrible, but it seems to be able to do whatever I want it to. I haven't REALLY put any of these DAWs to the test, so if anyone knows the limitations of any of these DAWs, I'd love to know.

[Neigdoig]

Originally Posted by _choof

haven't touched ardour in a long time but I remember it being pretty bad, particularly on linux lol
vcv rack is easily my fav free daw, otherwise I use fl studio, used a cracked version of it for a long time until I made $100 with my music then I bought a license for it

You must've used Ardour a long time ago, an older version. I use 7.5, and it's actually good for my workflow.

Originally Posted by Flaming_Dingleberry

I use Ableton, it's very nice and is a very easy transition to/from ProTools (the expensive af industry standard). I used Fruity Loops back in the day, before it became FL Studio; that was really fun, but I don't think I ever used it properly

I've also been using CakeWalk lately, and that's much better than I thought it would be... everyone says it's terrible, but it seems to be able to do whatever I want it to. I haven't REALLY put any of these DAWs to the test, so if anyone knows the limitations of any of these DAWs, I'd love to know.

I hadn't used Cakewalk from what I'm aware. Why do people say it's bad?

Originally Posted by EppuJoloZ

Been rockin' the good old Reason since 2018, love the workflow and it fulfills all my needs for the bleeps and bloops

I used the mobile version of it, but didn't really care for it.

[Flaming_Dingleberry]

Originally Posted by Neigdoig

I hadn't used Cakewalk from what I'm aware. Why do people say it's bad?

I don't know, they never have a reason, they'd just say "it's trash." I have yet to Google its limitations.