I believe there is an answer to this question, so I will give it a thorough attempt. First, it depends on what your priorities are. There are several reasons to use a DAW.
Logic Pro has become a go-to DAW for many professionals in the music industry, and Apple will no doubt want to keep it that way in the future. Read about the recent update here. Bitwig Studio 3. Bitwig’s increasing stature in the DAW world has enabled the now well-established company to push the envelope further into new frontiers of. FL Studio is a PC DAW that's designed for making dance-based music, and FL Studio Express is a stripped-down version. It's the cheapest DAW here and a breeze to use. Apple GarageBand '08 £55. If you've got a Mac, you'll know all about this already, as it comes bundled with all new models. It's arguably most user-friendly DAW there is. It is suitable for a wide range of users, from those operating in commercial recording studios to home set-ups to game development to students. The best part, you can evaluate REAPER in full for 60 days free of cost before purchasing its license (which is the cheapest in its category).
A DAW, or Digital Audio Workstation, is a piece of software (or specialized hardware) that is designed for audio production.
It's different from an audio editor (like Audacity or Wavosaur), although many programs blur the line - Audacity has many DAW-like functions for example. So please take the comments below as broad generalizations.
Here's some key differences.
Destructive vs. Non-Destructive Editing
Multitracking
Effects Processing
Automation
Back in September, 2015 we ran the mother of all music gear contests, with a whopping $33,000 worth of hardware and software prizes that made other studio setups green with envy. As part of the contest we asked you to complete a survey about your music production habits. One question was about your primary preferred DAW. Almost 25,000 musicians and producers gave their answer. Here’s the results!
The Best DAW?
It’s an age-old question, “which is the best DAW?” It’s also a rather pointless question. The DAW you choose often depends on the type of music you make (Ableton Live is clearly the favorite of electronic producers, while Pro Tools tends to have more sway amongst band-based engineers). Other factors include what your friends or colleagues are using, which one you first learned, which DAW came bundled with your audio interface or controller, which one you first learned via video tutorials, and which is used by your musical heroes and heroines.
Perhaps a more relevant question is which DAW is the most popular and has the largest user base. So, out of approximately 25k musicians and producers who answered our Ask.Audio survey in September 2015, let’s take a look at the results we got.
How Many Daw Users Worldwide IncAnd The Most Popular DAW (as Voted For By You) Is…
Bear in mind, that only one DAW could be chosen from our survey list. So many of us who use two or more DAWs were forced to choose their “primary” DAW. This means some DAWs like Bitwig Studio, Reason and Sonar might appear to be less popular than they are in our results.
However, this still makes for interesting reading, especially as most DAW developers are hesitant to publish the number of sales and users. These results are shown as a percentage of all the survey responses.
Oh and winner? As you can see below, Ableton Live was by far the runaway winner with over 23% which is incredible considering it was first released back in 2001. And congratulations to all the top 5 (and all 11) for enabling us to record, arrange, compose, mix, master and produce audio and music.
How Many Daw Users Worldwide Free
(Click the image to see a larger version) Top 11 DAWs 2015 (voted for on Ask.Audio)
How Many Daw Users Worldwide 2017
Because we love you, here's an interesting infographic focusing on the top 5. You can download the PDF version here.
How Many Daw Users Worldwide Edition
Bmw e60 engine diagram. Ask.Audio Most Popular DAW 2015 infographic. (Click the image to see a larger version)
Become a master of all functions in your DAW (popular, or not)! Check out the video courses in The Ask.Audio Academy here. Support your music production skills!
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