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Post by M57 on Feb 22, 2020 18:13:41 GMT -6
I'm considering taking on a project producing or possibly co-producing a number of tunes for a musician who uses a DAW in his home studio called SAWStudio. It's been around for quite a few years and apparently is kept 'updated' by its designer, if not quite 'up-to-date,' in my opinion - and it's not cheap. The GUI reminds me of PARIS, which is circa 2000. It's no big deal to me in the sense that I let him know that I don't care what DAW he uses as long as he can export and import wav files that start at 00:00:00 at a given sample rate, etc. But it got me to thinking ..I wonder how many and what other lesser known DAWs are out there that people actually use? |
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Post by chessparov on Feb 22, 2020 18:24:37 GMT -6
Geico Caveman here, so just using Audacity and Bremmer's Multitrackstudio.
Very likely to add Reaper eventually,
as another option.
Chris
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Post by M57 on Feb 22, 2020 18:40:40 GMT -6
Geico Caveman here, so just using Audacity and Bremmer's Multitrackstudio. Very likely to add Reaper eventually, as another option. Chris Yeah, I can see where DAWs like that make sense cost-wise for a lot of people, but the 64-bit version of SAWStudio is $1000, which seems ridiculous to me. |
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Post by Ward on Feb 23, 2020 10:55:56 GMT -6
Oddly enough, I came across the install disks for Deck II - in the original box - the other night! 1993 represent!
(typo, had 1996 in first, but realized it was way before that!)
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Post by sirthought on Feb 23, 2020 17:04:27 GMT -6
There are seriously hundreds of DAWs. Someone uses each one. You can find lists of free ones that people have compiled.
You can even track things with software like Guitar Pro, which is primarily tabing and composing software.
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Post by M57 on Feb 23, 2020 17:33:40 GMT -6
There are seriously hundreds of DAWs. Someone uses each one. You can find lists of free ones that people have compiled. Right.. I guess I'm talking about the major commercial DAWs. No doubt THIS is an incomplete list from wikipedia, but I say it's safe to say that most of use are at least familiar with these names, and that pretty much everyone that participates in these forums uses one of them. That people are willing to pay more than a couple hundred dollars for something "non-mainstream" just caught my attention. The big names have put a lot of R&D into their products. To be competitive given the range of features that come stock with most of them seems daunting, if not next to impossible to me. You'd have to have something uniquely captivating or otherwise unobtainable, or something that caters to a specific set of needs. In the case of this client, he's had the software for many years. I definitely see where comfort with something you know goes a long way. After all, most all of us would flinch at the prospect of having to learn how to operate a new DAW. |
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Post by chessparov on Feb 23, 2020 18:21:50 GMT -6
Particularly for Non-Pro's... Logic and Reaper, are great values IMHO.
Chris
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Feb 23, 2020 18:39:11 GMT -6
I'm considering taking on a project producing or possibly co-producing a number of tunes for a musician who uses a DAW in his home studio called SAWStudio. It's been around for quite a few years and apparently is kept 'updated' by its designer, if not quite 'up-to-date,' in my opinion - and it's not cheap. The GUI reminds me of PARIS, which is circa 2000. It's no big deal to me in the sense that I let him know that I don't care what DAW he uses as long as he can export and import wav files that start at 00:00:00 at a given sample rate, etc. But it got me to thinking ..I wonder how many and what other lesser known DAWs are out there that people actually use? SAW looks like a blast from the passed. Got to love the hand-coded assembly language techniques. The developer must be eccentric but seems to have enough follower to keep the DAW alive. I don't hear much about Motu's Digital Performer anymore. Not sure if that is becoming "lesser known". |
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Post by Ward on Feb 24, 2020 8:25:26 GMT -6
I'm considering taking on a project producing or possibly co-producing a number of tunes for a musician who uses a DAW in his home studio called SAWStudio. It's been around for quite a few years and apparently is kept 'updated' by its designer, if not quite 'up-to-date,' in my opinion - and it's not cheap. The GUI reminds me of PARIS, which is circa 2000. It's no big deal to me in the sense that I let him know that I don't care what DAW he uses as long as he can export and import wav files that start at 00:00:00 at a given sample rate, etc. But it got me to thinking ..I wonder how many and what other lesser known DAWs are out there that people actually use? SAW looks like a blast from the passed. Got to love the hand-coded assembly language techniques. The developer must be eccentric but seems to have enough follower to keep the DAW alive. I don't hear much about Motu's Digital Performer anymore. Not sure if that is becoming "lesser known". Remember Opcode's Studiovision? Had some really cool tricks that have yet to make it into other Daws, 24 years later |
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Post by svart on Feb 24, 2020 9:20:42 GMT -6
I used one called Ntrack Studio back in the late 90's and early 2000's before Reaper. Apparently it's still around.
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Post by matt@IAA on Feb 24, 2020 9:31:32 GMT -6
SAW looks like a blast from the passed. Got to love the hand-coded assembly language techniques. The developer must be eccentric but seems to have enough follower to keep the DAW alive. I don't hear much about Motu's Digital Performer anymore. Not sure if that is becoming "lesser known". As a general life rule I'm not purchasing anything from a site which uses comic sans as the main font. |
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Post by svart on Feb 24, 2020 9:33:43 GMT -6
SAW looks like a blast from the passed. Got to love the hand-coded assembly language techniques. The developer must be eccentric but seems to have enough follower to keep the DAW alive. I don't hear much about Motu's Digital Performer anymore. Not sure if that is becoming "lesser known". As a general life rule I'm not purchasing anything from a site which uses comic sans as the main font. True story. |
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Post by christopher on Feb 25, 2020 12:12:29 GMT -6
I don’t know if this counts.. My friend only uses Reason for everything. He is using my PC as his 2nd computer, so now I can use it. The SSL mixer emulation is good, with a nice sound stage and EQ. For the first few hours I was losing my mind trying to figure the whole thing out... it’s just like a console and rack gear tough, so it’s not hard to learn. Just the window manipulation is a little weird at first. Click “tab” you see the back of all the racks and all the patch cables, from there you can patch and insert new things into the rack. Some of their plugins and samples are pretty high quality, his mixes he sends me always sound really well put together. Of course it’s all fake. It’s fun to mess around with though, pretty easy to make a song you learn it. I guess he says it runs as a plug-in now? So you can do all that stuff in Reason and put it on a track in PT.
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Post by tkaitkai on Feb 25, 2020 16:01:42 GMT -6
I don’t know if this counts.. My friend only uses Reason for everything. He is using my PC as his 2nd computer, so now I can use it. The SSL mixer emulation is good, with a nice sound stage and EQ. For the first few hours I was losing my mind trying to figure the whole thing out... it’s just like a console and rack gear tough, so it’s not hard to learn. Just the window manipulation is a little weird at first. Click “tab” you see the back of all the racks and all the patch cables, from there you can patch and insert new things into the rack. Some of their plugins and samples are pretty high quality, his mixes he sends me always sound really well put together. Of course it’s all fake. It’s fun to mess around with though, pretty easy to make a song you learn it. I guess he says it runs as a plug-in now? So you can do all that stuff in Reason and put it on a track in PT. I used to be really into the idea of using Reason for the mixer. It seems a little too limiting for me now, though — I’m way too addicted to Soothe and Pro Q to turn back at this point. I’ve definitely thought about getting into Console 1, however... |
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Post by M57 on Feb 25, 2020 17:43:11 GMT -6
I don’t know if this counts.. My friend only uses Reason for everything. I consider Reason to be a 'mainstream' DAW at this point. Even though its heart/roots are on the synth side of things, it now can do everything you expect from a DAW, and it definitely has a unique and (I think) elegant approach on the GUI side of things. I also have a friend who creates impressive mixes with it. |
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Post by Omicron9 on Feb 26, 2020 9:26:21 GMT -6
Particularly for Non-Pro's... Logic and Reaper, are great values IMHO. Chris Reaper is a great value period. |
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Post by EmRR on Feb 26, 2020 12:01:46 GMT -6
I don't hear much about Motu's Digital Performer anymore. Not sure if that is becoming "lesser known". I know Donr and I are using it, not sure about any others here. |
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Post by prene1 on Mar 1, 2020 11:35:38 GMT -6
I'm digging deep into Mixbuss 32c since my PT sub is over and done. So far I'm liking it for mixing.
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