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Digital Audio Workstation. Think Ableton Live, Apple Logic Pro, Avid's Pro Tools, FL Studio, Cakewalk Sonar, Propellerheads Reason... tools to record/arrange/pr

Digital Audio Workstation. Think Ableton Live, Apple Logic Pro, Avid's Pro Tools, FL Studio, Cakewalk Sonar, Propellerheads Reason... tools to record/arrange/produce/master music.

baldfat 9y ago
They are all different beast that once you learn one you don't want to relearn another. The only difference is that Abelton Live and Bitwig (Runs on Linux) are designed for live performance. I like Reaper (Cost is 1/5 but equally capable) and it also runs reasonably well under Linux. https://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?t=15280 https://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?t=15280 Actually many people never pay for a license it has a similar model as Sublime Text.
- jungletek 9y ago
  >The only difference is that Abelton Live and Bitwig (Runs on Linux) are designed for live performance. Ableton, at least, also functions perfectly fine in the traditional piano-roll and timeline paradigm of DAW workflow too. Don't let the 'Live' part of the name mislead you into thinking it's only for live performers; it does everything the 'old DAWs' do, AND it's got great features to assist in live performance. Also in terms of underlying concepts, if you know one DAW well, you can usually learn another one fairly quickly, as it becomes more a question of learning the interface more than anything else.
  - puranjay 9y ago
    Ableton is probably the best DAW right now simply because it has the most tutorials online. I remember way back when I used Cubase. Couldn't find any decent help online. With Ableton, you are spoiled for choice when it comes to tutorials and lessons.
  - baldfat 9y ago
    > if you know one DAW well, you can usually learn another one fairly quickly I couldn't disagree more, but I am talking about doing professional work. The concepts are all the same but getting where you are proficient in a DAW takes a very long time to find the quirks and strangeness that each one comes with to produce a quality piece. Video Editors are hundred times harder to switch.

Digital Audio Workstation. Think Ableton Live, Apple Logic Pro, Avid's Pro Tools, FL Studio, Cakewalk Sonar, Propellerheads Reason... tools to record/arrange/produce/master music.

baldfat 9y ago

They are all different beast that once you learn one you don't want to relearn another. The only difference is that Abelton Live and Bitwig (Runs on Linux) are designed for live performance. I like Reaper (Cost is 1/5 but equally capable) and it also runs reasonably well under Linux. https://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?t=15280 https://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?t=15280 Actually many people never pay for a license it has a similar model as Sublime Text.

jungletek 9y ago
>The only difference is that Abelton Live and Bitwig (Runs on Linux) are designed for live performance. Ableton, at least, also functions perfectly fine in the traditional piano-roll and timeline paradigm of DAW workflow too. Don't let the 'Live' part of the name mislead you into thinking it's only for live performers; it does everything the 'old DAWs' do, AND it's got great features to assist in live performance. Also in terms of underlying concepts, if you know one DAW well, you can usually learn another one fairly quickly, as it becomes more a question of learning the interface more than anything else.
- puranjay 9y ago
  Ableton is probably the best DAW right now simply because it has the most tutorials online. I remember way back when I used Cubase. Couldn't find any decent help online. With Ableton, you are spoiled for choice when it comes to tutorials and lessons.
- baldfat 9y ago
  > if you know one DAW well, you can usually learn another one fairly quickly I couldn't disagree more, but I am talking about doing professional work. The concepts are all the same but getting where you are proficient in a DAW takes a very long time to find the quirks and strangeness that each one comes with to produce a quality piece. Video Editors are hundred times harder to switch.