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Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
Previously all my audio I recorded first in cool edit then trimmed and triggered in the tracker.
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At this point I went to reaper - for cost, and because it is quite similar to how PT works in workflow. Used it for a few years.
Then last summer, I finally bought a decent spec tower (for music, games and general use) built to last years. I tried a few DAWS (light versions) Id accumulated with gear purchases, and ended up buying and now use Studio One 4 (the full fat version). I really like it I find it easier to work with compared to Reaper, and looks nicer as well (superficial but it does help). More than happy with SO.
Also i'm pretty sure that Apple are doing Logic free for 90 days.
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It's not, you have to pay once you've evaluated it.
You get a hell of a lot more instruments than you do with Reaper and many more plugins.
Obviously you have to have Mac to go with it.
Logic used to cost up around a grand and you had to buy the instruments separately.
Unlike Pro Tools you can install it on multiple machines without any hassle.
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
It's a bit like me defending my choice of BMW motorcycles with someone who wouldn't identify at all with a BMW and therefore takes the opposite position - whatever the facts actually are.
So, my mid-2012 Macbook Pro has (so far) lasted me for 5 years from new and is still going strong. Yes, it was more expensive than the HP laptop my wife bought at the same time - but she's just about to buy a third machine to replace the second one that replaced the HP. I'm ahead. I bought a copy of Logic for £150 in 2016 and it gets updated for free with new features, new instruments all the time.
It's true that the cost of entry into owning a Mac can look expensive. After a few years you start to realise the cost of ownership is actually quite reasonable. When I look at how much time my wife spends waiting for Win 10 updates to finish loading... strewth! ;-)
And now, back to DAWs! :-)
And as Snap says... Its free... Hard to argue.
Reaper was great for me for many years. I have a huge soft spot for it, but I grew weary of a small group of power users driving the direction of development and was really disappointed with the v6 release, so thought I'd dabble elsewhere just to see what else was out there.
I was then tempted back to Cubase 10 during the 50% sale last year, and I was astounded to see it's still a bug-ridden dinosaur with infrequent updates and simple bugs unaddressed after several full version updates. Seriously, it has some great features, but it's really best avoided IMO. The audio engine is awful - the audio interrupts when adding even the simplest plugin during playback, which I initially thought was a problem with my system until someone on the Steinberg forum confirmed it was standard behaviour.
So, I decided to have a look at Studio One Pro and I think it's wonderful. Clean, simple, really well thought out, regularly updated for free (take note Steinberg!) and performs perfectly. It is disappointing that the Artist version doesn't include VST support without spending extra for an addon though, because I'd probably recommend it otherwise.
Ive used S1 for years now and whilst it still has some quirks it seems pretty stable and works well.
Old School will always be PT...they just know it too well, and its clearly a very capable DAW, but home studio is a massive market now, and the influx of £100 interfaces have bought in loads of potential new users for the competition.
Just my opinion of course..;-)
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