I don’t think there’s a way to do a proper poll so if you don’t see your DAW mentioned in a top level comment, make the comment to the post. If it’s already listed, maybe just upvote it? That way we can get a representation of what DAWs are more among subscribers here.
I’m curious just because it’s always neat to hear what people use and how, but also to see how possible tuts or techniques can be explained in a way more people will understand. Or provide a variety of examples for various DAWs.
EDIT: Actually, I don’t know the best way to list the ones I use without making a few comments to this post. I’ll just upvote them if I see them listed.
I'd recommend giving it a spin for sure. They've been consistently adding features that make different things easier to do. It's crazy flexible and if there's a setup you want, someone has probably made it work before. And it's free to try, with an installation that takes like five seconds.
I'm using propellerhead reason 12. Reason was pretty much the first thing I used and every time I try something else out I get overwhelmed having to relearn everything I know already in reason. I don't think it's a very popular date but it gets the job done. Still wanna actually take the time and learn something new though.
I'm on an extended music break but was also going to say bitwig. Very intuitive and enjoyable layout but just as powerful as any daw. Sensible pricing model from what I remember too, Linux support..
Been using LMMS for a while now! I'm sure there's better options, maybe better free options, but for a small time dork working on electronic stuff, looking to branch into recording a garage band I'm forming, it's doing me just fine for now.
Although not traditionally a DAW, OpenMPT's currently my main (especially when I use VSTs and soundfonts alongside pure samples for audio rendering duties. Caustic 3, though, that was my first proper DAW, and taught me some basic and advanced techniques in music production, in a fairly-accessible, yet deep-rooted audio-visual interface.
I've used a lot of different DAW over the past 25 years. I teach Pro tools because I have too, but I find it to be a pretty bad software. Reaper is by far the most flexible and fair priced option out there, you can even do some pretty nice video editing in it. Ableton Live is my option for live music and performance, sometimes to produce electronic based stuff, it has a pretty unique workflow. Audition is my favorite editor but I hate Adobe so I show Andacity to my student but curently looking for a a new FOSS alternative.
This is pretty much my same preferences too. I’ll always need Pro Tools because of my mixing clients tracking in PT and wanting to keep everything there. I use Ableton for production, live looping, and experimental stuff using it together with TouchDesigner.
Using Reaper and I love it! Migrated from Logic. I also recently got a license for Bitwig 8-track, and I'd like to explore that, but I think Reaper will remain my daily driver.