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It's a hardware-dependent DAW. We've had one of those for a couple of decades - it's called "Pro Tools"
I'd be pretty wary of these being abandoned with a few years and even if I had a UA interface I dont think this would move me onto another system.
https://www.pro-tools-expert.com/home-page/2020/1/15/avid-pro-tools-2020-to-have-the-most-requested-feature-folder-tracks
Pro Tools is getting a feature that Reaper's had for what...10-15 years now?
That's like OS X getting workspaces....
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The pertinent issue here is "buy-in price".
A base level HDX + PT ultimate + the cheapest HDX capable interface is about £7k- £3k HDX card, 2k for Ultimate and 2k for an Omni.
You also need a machine to put it in (ie not a laptop) or a Thunderbolt expansion chassis which is noisy.
You can buy a UA Arrow for under £500 and get near zero latency recording with plugins (although you probably will spend a lot more on plugins), with none of the "two mixer" thing you need with other DAW's.
That is pretty interesting- even though they are going to have an uphill struggle getting a new DAW established.
Making it free was smart and the only reason it has a chance of working IMHO.
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Luna will have direct access to the interface. No ASIO or CoreAudio required from what I can tell anyway. No additional buffers to deal with. No driver-induced latency. Everything runs directly on the card saving the need to rely on CPU cycles.
This is a pretty big deal.
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Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
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From a company that can't even get the base release ready on both operating systems at the same time, that's a big assumption.
UAD are very good at retaining customers because of this.
The DAW is on top of that.
There is an entire class of UA customer (Pro Tools HDX users) that does not use their audio interfaces but still have £3k+ invested in plugins and just use them for mix down.
UA are one of the better companies for updates and their communication is pretty good too, certainly better than Avid.
Also, it is bad recording practice to not bounce out your session once you are done with the mix.
Every mix I do I bounce out with plugins, without plugins, and with stems.
Why?
Because the likelihood that 2-3 (or more years) down the line that I have the same system with the same capabilities is pretty rare.
Some plugins are EOL'ed (Cyclin' 74's Pluggo comes to mind, mix engines change, computers change, OS'es change.
Some sessions never come back the way they are meant to despite best efforts, so you bounce out track by track for safety.
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
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5 years ago that wasnt the case.
The obvious missing features are no side chain capability, no keyboard command for nudge, no rewind/forward from key command, no configurable key commands (specifically this is an issue if you don't have an extended Apple keyboard and want to, say, toggle the metronome from a key command, because that is on the numeric keypad, or you have to use a mouse... like a chump.)
There is some other stuff too- but this is a 1.0 release, so it is impressive as hell thus far.
They will get there.
Realistically I am years away from adopting it as my main DAW, if at all though.
The fact that they can get this so right so fast shows me how much of a disaster Avid are right now, and I say that having over 20k invested in Pro Tools HDX. DSP is still king for the lowest latency tracking and AVID owned the market.
For UA to come in and do so well should be a lesson to Avid to stop pissing about.
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