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What is the Best DAW for Beginners?

http://homerecordinghome.com/what-is-the-best-daw-for-beginners/Are you looking for a good beginner digital audio workstation (DAW)?  There is a world of fun and discovery before you.

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What is the Best DAW for Beginners?

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  1. What is the Best DAW for Beginners? http://homerecordinghome.com/what-is-the-best-daw-for-beginners/

  2. Are you looking for a good beginner digital audio workstation (DAW)?  There is a world of fun and discovery before you. Rather than find one that is suited to beginners, find one that you can grow with.

  3. So, how is a beginner, who doesn’t really understand all the techno-babble, supposed to settle on one DAW? Using freeware is a low risk way to find out if you’re really interested in using music production software. If you don’t have any audio production experience, try working with a free digital audio workstation like Audacity. Audacity lacks the bells and whistles of big name competitors.

  4. To find a good DAW for a beginner, I suggest playing around with a few different DAWs, 3 at the most. Why just 3? As a beginner, all DAWs are going to be somewhat intimidating. These programs are meant to make professional music and have deep features and functions. 

  5. Here are a few things you’ll notice with many of these programs: Using a DAW isn’t entirely intuitive, and it takes time to get used to. DAWs don’t “unlock” your creativity, make you sound exactly as good or bad as you are. DAWs are time consuming, if you aren’t familiar with the workflow of a program. There are many options, and suits the most advanced audio professional. Check out some demos of the programs on the next slides…

  6. Pro Tools Pro Tools has reached its position as the standard for digital audio workstations in professional recording studios with a powerful array of editing and arranging tools.  Apple Logic Logic is the next step up, with a powerful audio engine, on board sequencing, and native effects processing to rival Pro Tools, and is quite affordable.

  7. Steinberg Nuendo and Cubase Cubase is a complete production environment and offers a similar set of tools to Ableton or Logic. Nuendo is aimed more towards the producer and mastering engineer. Fruity Loops Studio It retains a slight bias towards the electronic musician and is known in the audio world as being particularly suited toward the beginner.

  8. Ableton Live Ableton is widely favored by DJs and electronic musicians. It has intuitive “drag and drop” nature of sequencing audio which makes it easy to improvise recorded music live. Sony Acid Pro Acid is Sony’s answer to Pro Tools and Logic and covers all the basics of the home studio. It’s not the most popular DAW out there, but it certainly has some devoted users. 

  9. Propellerheads Reason It’s one of the most unique DAWs out there and has only recently incorporated the functions of a full-fledged DAW. Presonus Studio One The Presonus claim to fame is enhanced workflow and unbridled creativity, a frequent claim applied to many of the best programs

  10. Cockos Reaper Reaper has the functions that are common with more expensive DAWs but for a fraction of the price.

  11. To sum it up, instead of wondering about which DAW to buy, you should be making music. There are some amazing programs out there, but they’re only as good as your ability to make good recordings. The skills of an accomplished producer or engineer are transferable from platform to platform. Image © LauriRantala via Compfight

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