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Y0UNGBL00D wrote:presonus studio one. s'allright. hardly ever use it. every DAW ive used, i have not done so enough to really experience any effects of the differences.


anyone try the adobe one?

I use Adobe Audition and I love it.

My short answer is, on Windows I use Audacity for quick and dirty editing and clipping, and Reaper for more in depth jerking around, although I don't have much experience with it (yet). I definately like it, and the price is right for no more than I'll ever do with it.

I also have a high speed USB drive with Remix_OS and Ubuntu Studio on it (all free). uStudio has Audacity, Ardour, and Qtractor (midi daw); and I added LMMS (Linux MultiMedia daw System), Jokosher (garageband like), and Reaper x32 through Wine. All free except Reaper. LMMS was a real pleasant surprise, and Jokosher is not as nice as GarageBand, but free and for the computer. I don't have much experience with these either, but you can't beat the prices with a handful of sticks. They're nice, especially when I'm mostly trying to cobble together drum and bass tracks to play through the aux input of my Vypyr amp or a powered PA speaker. Slowly trying to build my gear back up from selling everything off the first time around with the guitar.


Jokosher:


LMMS:

I'm using Cubase 7.
I started out with Cubase LE, then took the upgrade to 4 Essential, then to C5,C6 and now C7.

The more I read and learn about Reaper, the more I'm convinced it can go toe to toe with major daw packages like Pro Tools and Sonar. It's functions are similar to Sonar in many ways. All this for $60? Geez, I can't go wrong. I may still use Audacity for quick and dirty editing/clipping, but for serious work it's going to be Reaper.

Their free online manual covers 2 or 3 printed books (I think), that you can buy and use as reference books. Read the first 55 pages then skim the rest of it at first. http://www.cockos.com/reaper/userguide.php (The free 400 page download of Reaper User Guide) It's well worth your time, and you'll be a Reaper too.

+1 for reaper

Pro Tools, Komplete, and Sibelius

I just stay with Pro Tools to keep the hassle down. I like my old Mac anyway, so, I don't go outside that box.

RustyMetal wrote:The more I read and learn about Reaper, the more I'm convinced it can go toe to toe with major daw packages like Pro Tools and Sonar.

Two nice things to add about Reaper:

- You get the next version and updates for free after you buy the license. (Reaper 4 out now, so up to v5.99)
- Don't like the GUI? Change it! http://stash.reaper.fm/tag/Themes

Want Reaper to look similar to Pro Tools? (Donationware)
http://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=127530

nakedzen wrote:- Don't like the GUI? Change it! http://stash.reaper.fm/tag/Themes

Cool links, thanks.

I also ran across this by Mike Senior from SoundOnSound that wrote the 'Mixing Secrets For The Small Studio' book:
" Their Reaper DAW is now my go-to DAW mixing platform. It's extremely powerful and ridiculously affordable. The built-in plug-ins are good enough to create professional-level mixes without any third-party assistance, and the editing and workflow-customisation facilities are phenomenal. If you try nothing else, try this. "

I've had Reaper on my machine for a while now, but I haven't dedicated the time to learning how to use it, so I've never done anything beyond preliminary screwing around. I still use Audacity for all my recording.

I'm at the point where I want to start using an actual DAW, and have heard lots of good things about StudioOne, and like what I've seen from it (more than Reaper). I know the obvious answer is "use Reaper for a while and see if you like it - you've got nothing to lose" but for me anyways the learning curve seems steep and I really don't want to have to learn how to use more than one DAW. Am I just being lazy? Is S1 easier to learn? Is there anything that makes S1 worth the significant price difference from Reaper?

Starting from zero, I think the initial learning curve is pretty steep for most of them. The ones that are easy to learn at first probably don't get very deep or complicated in the pro-level of functions.

Check this Reaper page, http://www.cockos.com/reaper/userguide.php and download the 400+ page user guide. Then read the first 50 or 60 pages and you should have a pretty good handle on Reaper. Certainly enough to get you going on it.

RustyMetal wrote:Check this Reaper page, http://www.cockos.com/reaper/userguide.php and download the 400+ page user guide. Then read the first 50 or 60 pages and you should have a pretty good handle on Reaper. Certainly enough to get you going on it.

Maybe this will be my mission over the holidays.

Thanks.

You're welcome homie. It's quicker and easier than it seems. It's actually only 30-35 full pages and you can prolly knock that out in 2 or 3 hours. You'll be glad you did. The rest is more specific details and such that you don't really need to know at first. You can get more into that as you go along. The first quarter of the user guide gives you a pretty good overview of Reaper. This Quick Start: http://www.cockos.com/reaper/guides/REA ... 0Start.pdf makes a good cheat sheet to have on hand. I printed it front and back on a sheet of Resume paper and slid it inside of a clear notebook sleeve that I sit beside me when I'm working with Reaper. It works great!

Good luck with it. You'll be on your way to some real pro results!

Cubase 5.5 but will upgrading to Cubase 7 in new year. It's always done everything i need it to do so have never had a reason to change.

Just an update on my venture into Reaper, I've been reading the the user guide that Rusty linked to and also checking out some youtube vids and it's actually pretty straightforward and easy to get into. Looks intimidating at first and after a very small amount of "studying" I'm already wondering why I never made the effort before now.

Ive been thinking about switching to Reaper but I heard its a huge learning curve coming from Pro-tools. I really love pro tools but you never know when its going to start acting up.

Here ya go mang. http://reaperblog.net/2012/01/whats-so- ... ut-reaper/

reaper here. been using it for about 5 years. haven't messed with any other DAWs as it pretty much does exactly what i need it to- ran on a rickety old laptop, and 1000 times better on an i5 with 16 gigs of ram. no complaints whatsoever.

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