What DAW do you use and why?

[estmid24]

-I use:

Image line: Fl studio (currently updated at 10.5)

and

Native Instruments: Traktor Scratch Pro 2

One for music production and recording and the other for live Djing.

-FL studio is very easy to work with, but the native plugins can be... limiting at times. Not terrific for mastering, but that could just be me. Maximus (which is included with a nice bundle called the signature package), but not the producer edition, which I have, and the paremetric EQ's are excellent tools however.

-Traktor Scratch Pro 2 is one of the best DJ softwares out there I've heard. Honestly, easy to figure out and no complaints. I am getting more and more comfortable with it and I haven't found any issues outside the occasional crash on the lappy.

[Gastly]

-FL studio is very easy to work with, but the native plugins can be... limiting at times.

3xOsc!!
90% of my work is done using that!

[Rmonik]

-FL studio is very easy to work with, but the native plugins can be... limiting at times.

3xOsc!!
90% of my work is done using that!

Dewd, FL has AWESOME native plugins.

[diatonic]

-FL studio is very easy to work with, but the native plugins can be... limiting at times.

3xOsc!!
90% of my work is done using that!

3xOsc is the way skrillex gets his filthy basses

[Rmonik]

no

[runemopar]

Sounds sketchy... Sauce?

I mean I'm sure it's a possibility, but I know for a fact that FM8 is his flagship synth for the growls, and I heard he barely uses FL as of late. He works on a macbook when not at home, so no FL studio for him on the go either.

[Kreepr]

no

Dude, you can FM with 3xOsc, + a bit of EQing and filtering, you can get the skrillex wobz

[Rmonik]

Yeah, but he uses FM8.

[cfx]

I use FL at mixdown and mastering for spectrum analysis... MAnalyzer and Voxengo's Span are good freeware plugins. Try some changes with the parametric eq and then get back and do the adjust the eqing in reason.

[DJ Nizmo]

I use Steinberg Cubase 5 and Propperheads Reason 5, I primarily use Cubase as the main sequencer and have Reason rewired, why?

Cubase has a very good sequencer, much better than Reason in my opinion, and I also like to have a large variety of synths and effects etc that can be added to Cubase from third party developers. Ther other main reason for using Cubase is the fact you can import, record, and edit audio easier, as I do not have Reason Record. I do regularly use Reason as a stand alone DAW for the start of tunes and some basic sequencing, its great to load up and instantly start creating music and getting ideas with, but once i have a few ideas i normally revert back to Cubase and export MIDI into Cubase again. The great thing about Reaon is its reliability... very rarely crashes unlike some of the other DAWs out there.

I have used nearly all the DAWs out on the market, as we had to use many different ones on my Music Technology course at Uni, and I still feel most comfortable using Cubase.

LogicPro is also a very good DAW, although I do not own a MAC so that one is out of the question, but even if I did I would still use Cubase, I just prefer the way it works, and I have been using it for about six years now! Some of the effects and synths in Logic piss all over it competiors, so welll worth a look if you have a MAC!

Pro Tools is great for editing audio, and I mean really great! The only thing that really lets it down is the use of MIDI, the MIDI engine in Pro Tools sucks ass, or it did in version 8, not tried any of the updated versions. Editing MIDI along side audio would often cause things to become out of sync... which is not what you want when trying to make music, and would also often lead to crashes!

Ableton, nerver really used it to create music with, but I do use it for DJ sets, great for time-stretching, creating loops, mash-ups, and has some great effects, and when paired with some of the MIDI controllers out there becomes a whole lot of fun!

Never used FL studio, so cannot really comment on it :-/

In my opinion Cubase is a good all round DAW and getting better with every update, the only real downfall is some of the synths included with it are not that great, and therefore third party developers are probably a must, unless you rewire with Reason and become a "Thor Whore" LOL