I’m currently using Pro Tools but started in Logic. For my needs and workflow, Pro Tools just has everything I need and I’m used to it. Curious what everyone on here is using?

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Pro Tools here, been using it since college because it was the biggest best option. Has everything I want to do in a way that makes sense for my needs. Especially as someone who doesn’t do much with electronic type music. Haven’t wanted to do anything that I can’t or find inconvenient so haven’t bothered seriously exploring other options.

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Nice! What kind of music do you work on mainly?

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The broad rock thing. Bands and singer songwriter stuff. Other stuff too, but that’s the bread and butter. Little to no time aligning or auto tuning.

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I use Reaper as its a cheap one time purchase (unlimited free trial too) and I find its workflow the most intuitive of any daw I have tried so far. Great online community of you get stuck too.

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I use LMMS because i’m too broke to buy a more “professional” DAW…

But honestly, when you really learn to use it, it’s not as bad as some people would say. Getting a really good sound on this DAW is really tedious.

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I guess I’m out of the loop, what is LMMS?

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LMMS is a free and open source DAW, often seen as the poor man’s FL Studio

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I think, most people consider Ardour a step up from LMMS and it’s also free. It’s also a step up in terms of learning curve, though, so for my hobby usage, I’m quite fine with LMMS…

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Have you tried ardour? I remember it being a little better than LMMS, but I don’t use either very much

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It’s a pain to install it on windows. I’ll try it when i’ll take the time to set a dual boot or a VM on my PC.

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Ardour (on a Mac). Lots of control and it’s open source. It continues to get better as well.

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Reaper.

I started with Cool Edit Pro in the late 90s. Moved to Cubase a few years later for a class I was taking. Then Ableton out of curiosity around 2010 until minor issues with how it handled MIDI files drove me to Reaper three or four years ago.

Barring drastic changes, I don’t see myself switching again. Reaper works. The price is right. It’s a tiny download. It’s eminently customizable.

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Awesome! I’ve only used Reaper for quick tasks here and there, but I really wish I knew it better. I love how accessible and lightweight it is. I don’t think I could ever replace Pro Tools at this point, but Reaper would be the one I try first if I needed to.

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