The thing is, if you lined up all the DAW's out there with nothing more than their screen shot, an unbiased eye would say they're all the same. A bit of a different twist on the usual linear approach to audio recording. Having said all that, I've been playing with Ableton Live over the last couple of months and I've got to say, it's a little different. From it's business model, it's mad update schedule (an absolute counterpoint to Audition's total lack of updates) and of course Reapers pricing. The Adobe Audition forum is loaded with frustrated MIDI users. It does in principle but is crashy and near impossible to work with. The big glossy adds for Audition said "now supporting MIDI/VSTi." I particularly like Klinke's MCU plugin, not to mention the other fine extensions out there. There are things that I still feel are missing but I have faith that the devs will do them at some point, and will probably do them "right". Some "pros" write off Reaper now but I think the platform they are building is far more flexible and the dev team has shown great commitment to constant improvements/upgrades. I think in the end, this will pay off big time. The focus here is clearly more on making the best possible product than it is on squeezing every last dime out of the user base. This is the first time I feel like I am respected as an end user. But as I looked more into Reaper, I really respected the philosophy behind the software development. The short answer is that Reaper does almost everything Cubase could do at a much better price (especially for a non-pro like me). Previously used Cakewalk (pre-Sonar), then Vegas 2.0 (pre-Sony/video focus), then Cubase SX (1), then Cubase SX3. But even so, I don't expect to move away from Reaper as my main DAW. That said, I WILL probably give Propellerheads' "Record" a try, but that's mostly because I already own and use Reason. It is also "deep" enough to handle complex recording tasks. It doesn't crash, it doesn't fight me every step of the way, and it just works the way I expect it to work. Recording is actually a pleasant experience with Reaper. Reaper did the trick, and then some! So I fell in love, and I've never looked back. So at one point, I couldn't get Tracktion working properly on my machine, I turned to Reaper in desperation. I feel like because of the desperation to add new bullet points to the box, Mackie lost sight of what was really important to Tracktion users. Then I gave Tracktion a go, and I liked it, but then Mackie bought 'em and it proceeded to get buggier and buggier. Got sick of Cubase and the "buggy bloat", so I stopped buying their extortion-ware.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |