Multiple DAW user? Why?

[mojobone]

Don't know much about Reason, (other than I want it) but Acid and Ableton Live are really fast if you're loop-based; Tracktion wants you to know the song's tempo ahead of time, Ableton asks how many bars is your clip and determines tempo based on the length, then has tools to fit all yer other loops to that tempo, but is biased toward dance, where the whole song is all one tempo. (not that it has to be all one tempo, I know you can do ramps and changes, it just ain't as easy and flexible as some others). Sonar is great when you need tempo flexibility, haven't worked with Logic and Performer, much,but I believe they are also; ditto ProTools, but MIDI editing is still pretty clunky in PT.

[prez]

Sept 26, 2008, 9:56am, milfus wrote:although I found reading the manuals and referencing them, you can cut the learning curve on a daw down to like 3 weeksThe wisdom in this small statement is SO true. Most folks over look this extremely important nugget. Jude 2

[matthoggard]

OMG ERN!!!I thought I was the only one left on the planet using ADAT! Still have my ALesis unit that I bought in 93. Works great. The converters are top notch IMO. I use my Tascam DAW more these days but the ALesis is still functional.

[ibanez468]

Sept 27, 2008, 5:22am, prez wrote:The wisdom in this small statement is SO true. Most folks over look this extremely important nugget. Absolutely!! Just yesterday, I was at the mechanic's getting some new tires put on the vehicle. I had a good deal of reading material I brought along with me, 'cause I knew it would be a long wait. One piece of reading material I brought with me was the Sonar 7 manual that comes with the software. I learned so much just thumbing through that thing and reading about some of the certain features in Sonar that I was ready to take advantage of, or could use to ease the whole recording process.I always make it a habit, at some point, to sit down and read the manuals to whatever, cause I know there's something in there that I have yet to utilize to it's fullest. Manuals are important, or else they wouldn't include them with the products. Nowadays, I think some companies are beginning to just do away with manuals, and allow the customer to download 'em over the net, and pull 'em up in Adobe. The Muse Receptor came with NO manual! Total bummer. Had to copy the .pdf file off of the disc, run to OfficeMax, and get a 195-page manual printed out, just so I could read the thing without having to sit at my computer. I like to sit on the couch and relax while I'm reading a manual so I can really take in everything that was written, not sit and look at a computer screen. I do enough of that when composing. What's the lesson here? Manuals are our friends. Use 'em! I-468