And the last thing you want to do is having to fight the UI or the DAW itself. DAWs can pretty much do the same things, it’s how well they can do them that matters. In my opinion the most important thing is finding a DAW with an interface that you’re comfortable with. I’m not very well versed in too many different DAWs but I’ve worked with a few of them and I’ll try to help. These should all run happily with your MOXF as an interface. Reaper is very much along the lines of Cubase. These were born out of frustration at the cost of DAWs and updates. Then there are DAWs like Reaper and PreSonus Studio One with their really cost effective packages and generous support (free updates). They have a free version called Pro Tools First. Pro Tools is the music industry standard recording and mixing DAW which had MIDI support bolted onto it in about 1999. Ideal for capturing audio to WAV, not to mention FREE. Logic is Mac only.Īudacity isn’t really an all round DAW with little to no MIDI functionality (can support midi files), but it is a great Wave Editor. Cubase came from Pro 24, and Logic came from Emagic Notator. They’re all much of a muchness with weightings towards specific areas.Ībleton is an all round DAW but suits DJs and people who like to use loops.Ĭubase and Logic have the history and pedigree as great MIDI sequencing packages that expanded into audio recording and processing in the 90s. How to export your audio as a WAV file.

What kind of tracks to set up and how to operate them.

Synchronising and keeping your audio in time with the DAWs grid. Routing audio to the DAW (outputs from your source to inputs of the DAW). No matter what DAW you choose, you’re still going to have to deal with the following things: None of them are especially ‘easy’ to run and you’ll find that in order to capture audio and bounce it down to WAV, the process is very similar on all DAWs. If you secretly do have any experience of DAWs, the answer ought to be the DAW that you’ve already put time and money into.

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