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I started with 'basic' and updated to 'light' with some 'end-of-year' or whatever offer, probably paid $800.
The high price reflects what the developer needs to make a living from his product and seems to work well in adressing an audience, that doesn't pass aquired software around.
Since it doesn't feature the point & click paradigm it's not attractive for most 'collectors' anyway.
There's no other multitrack audio editor around that let's you cut a 30 minutes track with so few mouse movement between overview and sample precise position handling.
The software works non-destructively from a set of source files, all regions are generated on the fly according to to time marks.
Source files may be accessed by several projects and are never altered.
iirc you once mentioned TwistedWave Editor ... it's a cool app.
Partially it comes quite close (smart zoom-selection-scaling), but suffers from (unavoidable) accidental taps.
The desktop version seems even closer, in particular named regions, but unfortunately doesn't do multitrack arrangement.
Like @aaronpc with Digital Performer, I wouldn't suggest SAW in a general context - it's just too specific, but if you can take advantage of it's features, the price is neglectible (I use it for 10 years or so...). Could even put it on a USB stick and run on any PC available...
cheers, Tom
Would anyone use a purely hardware solution, these days?
I was really close to buy a Tascam 8-track cassette thingie... but eventually couldn't make up my mind (thinking 'dude, you're gonna waste time + time you don't have...')
cheers, Tom
Open labs Stagelight
If I had crazy mad money I would give it a go for sure.
Despite being an Ableton monkey I've been using Garageband a lot recently as I'm collaborating with some people on Splice.com and we all used different DAWs. Garageband was the only thing we all had.
It's actually okay; if we consider it's free then it's pretty amazing. The built-in instruments are a bit limited so more and more audio clips are appearing in our projects as time goes on (the chances of us finding a common pool of plugins is low), but even as primitive as it is you can do quite a lot with it.
Also, if you haven't tried it, Splice.com is a pretty cool collaboration hub.
I signed up the other day cuz I jumped on that $10/month deal for Serum, dunno how possible collaboration is for me though as I'm very isolated and artistically despotic.
FL Studio 12.3, Ableton Live 9, Reason 9, & Cubase 8 Artist. Cubase is OK, but too slow & not very flow worthy when trying to get ideas out quickly......... Also, too bloody exspensive to upgrade to v8.5. Ableton is silky smooth to work with, but it's a shame it cannot automatically Bridge a 32bit VST like FL Studio can.............. I can still remember using a Commodore A1200 Amiga, using MED SoundStudio doing music, with a Midi Interface controlling my hardware, in the days of old........... Sigh!.......... "SunRise, SunSet.......SunRise SunSet!"........
Tracktion 7 is now free!
https://www.tracktion.com/products/t7-daw
Nice hookup thanks
SIgh... OctaMED on my Amiga2000HD controlling a Roland Sound Canvas with Perfect Sound digitizer. I remember thinking if I could only get a 16 bit sampler I could put out an album, hehe. Didn't even know what reverb was.
Are there many Maschine heads here? I was mostly Ableton + a bit of Reason before but just got my MK3 a few days ago and finally found my perfect fit. So sick of mouse+KB and while Push 2 is fun & powerful, it wasn't really ideal for my style, still having to rely too much on computer interaction.
Just four days in and I'm already comfortable & quick enough in Maschine to leave monitor off entirely; -- Perfect for sound design, quick re-sampling, efficient way to quickly que up endless variations on ideas and sounds, leading me into directions I wouldn't have otherwise traveled. Looking forward to integrating iPad as a sound/effects source & perhaps as an XY controller for effects.
Logic Pro X. Apple's price at $200 makes it the de facto choice on a Mac. To get the same features you'll pay $400-600 for anything close. It's weird that Apple charges a premium for their hardware products and then uses that cash to buy great software and sell it based upon the lowest price but still close to the best available.
What's really crazy for a Mac user is all the AU based instruments can be played (like Korg"s Module appraoch) using a $30 product called Mainstage. So, you get all the Logic Pro X instruments for $30 on a Mac for live performance. I started with Mainstage for a $30 buy-in and then just wanted the MIDI sequencing to layer tracks for the extra $200. (It was also gift to myself).
Microsoft did not traditionally even make hardware so they charged the big $'s for any software product. Now they are slipping hardware products into the mix because people just won't pay crazy prices for software anymore.
Abobe took a left turn and licenses their traditionally expensive software as a cloud subscription.
So... why do you ask? Do you just want to hear us talk? 'Cause we do love to talk.
Acoustica Mixcraft Pro Studio.. Version.. Literally thousands of loops and really usable sounds. Melodyne integration, IZOTOPE essentials , great vocal comping , and the easiet DAW to use . $170 USD
I just updated my Bitwig subs. That and Reason are my favourites for workflow. Have Live standard but find the looping workflow a bit of a learning curve need to spend more time with it. Also have Studio One 3 which is pretty Pro but quite CPU heavy on my current laptop.
All the DAWs have their unique standout features.
Reaper. Formerly Protool$ and Samplitude.
The difference between Mac and MS based solutions is that you nearly can run the most obscure and weird 32-VSTs from even 20 years or older on MS. And the nice thing is a lot of them were/are free. Examples there's are alternatives on Mac for Loris EDP stuff are the legendary Rotopuker VST. Know even several people that never made the switch to Mac just because of the lack of these plugins.
Woah. There is, err, was another Samplituder. Greetings.
Still on Cubase Pro and Ableton Suite (latest). My progress is kind of slow (as I am) but constantly evolving forward. Mainly working on getting a better overall sound lately.
And I have bought an actual version of Band in a Box a few days ago (had been playing around with older versions earlier) and I quite like it, especially the so called 'Real Tracks' with real instruments. Very good for practicing and trying out different grooves and arrangements. And you can use parts of it in your songs in the other DAWs if you want to (includes some very good and lively sounding Bossa drums and basses for instance, or swing styles).
Logic Pro X. I don’t find anything else in the price range worthy. I like Ableton but the suite is expensive
I make mostly techno-ish stuff on the laptop, I really like Maschine2, and when I get something I'm ready to finish I'll open it in Live and add anything else it might need and arrange.
I REALLY wish NI would make a real port of Maschine to iOS, its ridiculous that they don't.
The bigger money is probably in the hardware and the app is an up-sell strategy.
I HAVE the hardware already!!! I've given NI so much money over the years, I should be able to plug my MaSchtudio in and have it just work. It won't even work with the crappy iMaschine app... GRrrrrrr
Right, I just imagine a super super small percentage of Machinists are even into music apps. I feel your GRrrrr to an extent though with the Circuit, still wishing an official app would happen to de-tether from desktop.
Lately, Open Labs Stage Light.
Also spend time in Bitwig update, FL 20, MTS for Windows, Renoise, Aodix.
AUM + StepPolyArp Unit + AUv3 -> Logic Pro X
Gadget.
And LPX.
But not at the same time – Gadget goes higher pitch after a long while if you do, and used to crash (doesn’t now).
On the PC, about fifteen years ago I dabbled in Rosegarden and Ardour, but never did anything productive in them. Still, I think they were the best Linux audio/midi sequencers at the time.
Amiga 500 - DR T Keyboard Controlled Sequencer
Waves tracks live/ Harrison mixbus/ mixbus 32c (tracks live for live recording of shows, mixbus and now 32c for mixing), reaper for session tracking.