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Producers: Show me your DAW [2017]


LateNightLeon

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Just curious as to what DAW you fellow producers use, and what your reasons are?

Just a few guidelines to response to keep things focused.

1.  ANY DAW is a worthy answer; no DAW shaming. (Just not a good habit.)

2. When giving your reasons, please elaborate more than "just works better, bro."

3. Respect other people's choice. We civilized, ya dig?

4. Screenshots of your DAW are encouraged. <3

 

Dope!

With that being said, here's my choice:

 

Spoiler

I used FL for about 13 years, before delving deeply into Ableton for a year, while using FL as a VSTi inside Ableton ;p Now, I use Ableton with IL Plugins from FL, and a bunch of other goodies.

I chose this method because I found I grew to really appreciate ableton's more 'technical' look and feel, despite my deep love for FL's beauty and user-friendly design. However, on the deeper, more complex levels, FL get's a tad tedious with steps. As I always say, in music production, there's a million ways to accomplish the same effect. But, in FL, you feel every step of the process. In Ableton, things are a lot more "at your finger tips" than most realize.
I also realized I truly only LOVED FL's plugin selection from Image-Line. So I just use those in ableton instead. :p

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That was good wasn't it? B|

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But seriously, going to start producing soon and probably going to start with FL.

Gives me peace of mind with the way you describe it as a sort of jack-of-all trades, stripped back, easily accessible.

Probably end up sourcing my own pluggins when I've done a bit more research/basic tune making.

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always comes down to your personal preferences. I for example started with FL 7 or 8 after remembering fiddling around with FL 3 before i even thought about properly producing. went on to use 9 and (currently) 11. tried out ableton, couldnt get into the interface and realized its true what they say: the best DAW is the one youre most familiar with.

 

i dont have to think about how to do something, i just do now. THIS is THE most important thing with DAWs.

 

FL is easy to learn and hard to master as they say, something about that "from left to right" approach just seems plausible for me - the state im in now, i dont even have to think where a feature i have not yet used might be, i intuitively click where it is and voila - there it is.

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2 hours ago, dramafish said:

But seriously, going to start producing soon and probably going to start with FL.

Gives me peace of mind with the way you describe it as a sort of jack-of-all trades, stripped back, easily accessible.

Probably end up sourcing my own pluggins when I've done a bit more research/basic tune making.

FL is a powerhouse DAW, capable of keeping up with the best of the best.

Don't ever let anyone tell you FL is inferior. It's just as @Under92 said, the best DAW is the one you're most versed in.

 

I can say with confidence, after using Ableton for a year, I am equally as versed in ableton as I am in FL, which truly helps me to know which featurs of each DAW I prefer.

 

If you ever need advice on plugins, or help with FL, let me know!

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1 hour ago, Under92 said:

always comes down to your personal preferences. I for example started with FL 7 or 8 after remembering fiddling around with FL 3 before i even thought about properly producing. went on to use 9 and (currently) 11. tried out ableton, couldnt get into the interface and realized its true what they say: the best DAW is the one youre most familiar with.

 

i dont have to think about how to do something, i just do now. THIS is THE most important thing with DAWs.

 

FL is easy to learn and hard to master as they say, something about that "from left to right" approach just seems plausible for me - the state im in now, i dont even have to think where a feature i have not yet used might be, i intuitively click where it is and voila - there it is.

It's refreshing to hear someone else truly appreciate FL's intuitive design.

FL takes a lot of the "Where do I start?" jitters out of the process and simply sets the tools before you, with your canvas.

Ableton is definitely more for the technical-minded (that is; someone who understands/wants to know the numbers/science of it), but with some practice, becomes just as fluid as FL in almost all aspects.

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8 hours ago, LateNightLeon said:

It's refreshing to hear someone else truly appreciate FL's intuitive design.

FL takes a lot of the "Where do I start?" jitters out of the process and simply sets the tools before you, with your canvas.

Ableton is definitely more for the technical-minded (that is; someone who understands/wants to know the numbers/science of it), but with some practice, becomes just as fluid as FL in almost all aspects.

i totally get that and i understand that its possible. im in a situation that i do not see the point in learning new DAWs and their features (where some things might be easier to do compared to FL) because it sure enough means there are other fields where FL is more practical.

 

but if id be someone who hasnt worked with any DAW, i would check out all of them and see which one 'clicks' first with me and THEN dig in and find out how to properly do stuff in it - and dedicate my time to really learning all things in this DAW. best way to do this is to mess around with it and just having fun - also great mindset to keep when familiar with your DAW.

 

i sometimes compare to the likes of videogames for example: it is fun to just mess around and sometimes this messing around out of boredem results in some bass patches or sick drumsets i save for later use.

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@Under92 Toally agree here! Approaching your DAW selection with an open mindset, and not picking any "because all the best dubstep producers use this one" or some shit like that. Approach each DAW with an idea of who it caters to in the audio production and engineering world, and how.

Always with the obvious understanding that the main ones used are Ableton, FL Studio, & Logic Pro within our genres. Cubase, too..
Pro Tools is more used professionally. Like audio engineer-style stuff.

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