Favourite DAW

Interested to see the most popular music creation platform for Mac users.

You missed my favourite . . . . Audacity

But from the list GarageBand is a remarkable piece of kit . . . .

I'm down for GarageBand too . . . But I'm strictly an amateur musician.

Razormac said:

I'm down for GarageBand too . . . But I'm strictly an amateur musician.

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Same here with a lot more emphasis on amateur.

Actually my first choice wasn't up there -- Amadeus Pro. Garageband is a second choice. It has some frankly incredible features if you dig into it, but as an audio EDITOR it's not really up to snuff -- because it wasn't designed for heavy editing.

You cant really compare Audacity and Amadeus Pro to the likes of Logic, and Garageband etc. They are really for different uses.

While you can make music on them, in my mind they weren't designed for that purpose; they are audio editors, designed to clean up audio/record vinyl and system Audio etc. Theres no MIDI support in either of them which is a big thing for music, hence why I left them out

Plus, day to day I have this argument with fellow students, and I must say they worship Logic like it's the ground they walk on. Im surprised at the results so far, but it would be interesting to see once there are a few more voters.

Well, let's remember that there are different kinds of recording besides strictly music-making. I use my audio tools MOSTLY for podcasts and radio commercials.

Even when it comes to musical creation, my musician friends tell me constantly that there are two types of recording apps: those that are ideal for "real" music making (ie live or studio recording) and those that are ideal for "digital put-together" (ie, loops and samples and generally electronic stuff).

chas_m said:

Well, let's remember that there are different kinds of recording besides strictly music-making. I use my audio tools MOSTLY for podcasts and radio commercials.

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I can agree with that. But I wanted to see it from a musical perspective. adding Audacity, Amadeus etc would clutter the poll, and the purpose would be blurred.

Even when it comes to musical creation, my musician friends tell me constantly that there are two types of recording apps: those that are ideal for "real" music making (ie live or studio recording) and those that are ideal for "digital put-together" (ie, loops and samples and generally electronic stuff).

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Yep. although most of the apps i have mentioned (bar perhaps Reason) can do both admirably.

We need more votes!

Pro Tools all day long

I use Pro Tools for recording, Logic and cubase for midi editing, Reason for sounds via Rewire and Ableton for fun

Always thought Garageband as a little bit amature

Ableton for electronic/synth work/live and Audition for real instrument recording/mixing/mastering.

chas_m said:

Even when it comes to musical creation, my musician friends tell me constantly that there are two types of recording apps: those that are ideal for "real" music making (ie live or studio recording) and those that are ideal for "digital put-together" (ie, loops and samples and generally electronic stuff).

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That's a great way to distinguish things like Pro Tools and Logic, versus Reason, Garageband, etc. While PT and Logic can certainly do that latter, Reason/GB and the like are very weak for live instrument and vocal recording.

I was huge into Ableton Live for a while, but recently switched to Adobe Audition CS5.5 .. I like it much better, plus my Yamaha mixer drivers work better with Audition vs. Ableton, less latency issues I found.