Every DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) Explained In 5 Minutes

music by @Roccowschiptune

Credit: @ThePaintExplainer

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0:00 Pro Tools
0:24 FL Studio (the goat)
0:48 GarageBand
1:13 BandLab
1:35 Logic Pro
2:00 Ableton Live
2:24 Cubase
2:48 Studio One
3:11 Reason
3:33 Reaper
3:50 Bitwig Studio
4:12 Acid Pro
4:32 Samplitude
4:52 Cakewalk
5:10 Tracktion Waveform
5:27 Outro

-- DISCLAIMER --
Do not use this video as your only source of information. This video is for entertainment/edutainment purposes, and some information could be too oversimplified or incorrect. This channel's goal is to spark your curiosity and let you do your own research on these topics.

[AjaxStraaf]

Cakewalk actually started in 1987 was rebranded as Sonar around 2003 or 4 i think not sure, then acquired by Bandlab in 2018 and rebranded back to Cakewalk.

[shalevprod]

People who use reaper are the type of people to wake up in new york at 6 am and instantly get sunlight, drink a cup of coffee and start working on their business

[FakeMan]

reaper is also used by camellia (one of the biggest j-core edm artists), which shows its versatility in many genres such as hardcore edm, dubstep, 200step, drum n bass, breakcore, electro swing and more

[JanxDigital]

When you have no idea what you’re talking about but you keep on yapping.

[justachisel]

for a video about music, you REALLY need to learn how to pan music in the background

[hirkdeknirk]

Tried almost all of them and ended up with Reaper.

[mynameisPEEHS]

i went from bandlab to cakewalk to logic to fl studio

[audiogus]

The 'is it famous for making a hit?' angle seems odd.

[ORUMusic]

I use Acoustica Mixcraft Pro Studio 10, been using Mixcraft since v5. Whenever people ask what DAW I use, they always go "oh huh never heard of that one" lol.

[kingstonelectronics]

Bro turn off that annoying music😭😭😭
Its only one the legt side and it burns

[DaneCotar]

Cakewalk was a sequencer first developed by Twelve Tone Systems, Inc. (the company later known as Cakewalk, Inc.).
Originally for DOS, starting with version Cakewalk 1.0 in 1987

[brianbergmusic]

Sometimes these are word salads, but I get it: you cannot explain every DAW's strengths and weaknesses without a table-grid.I recently switched from FL Studio to Bitwig (ONLY because I switched OS's to Linux, NOT because I was unsatisfied with FL Studio). Bitwig seems to be designed for modular sound design while FL Studio CAN do modular setups, it just requires a few more clicks and workarounds per step. Bitwig is pretty much for those that like Reaktor, but faster and a bit easier. I'm really liking Bitwig in Penguin-land and for those of you thinking about cutting ties with Microsoft, Bitwig is a fantastic option.

[CreativeMindsAudio]

Missing from the list:
Audacity
Luna
Harrison mix bus
Ardour (Linux)
LMMS (Linux)

[Roccowschiptune]

Love Reaper for editing audio for podcasts and Ableton's Live for everything related to music production. The keyboard controlled piano roll is my one true love for sequencing. Shout out to Renoise, a modern tracker DAW

[LeChapeauMusic]

Yeah. REAPER has actually been used in many major records. To be totally honest and fair, there's a bunch of platinum records to cover every DAW.

[prodthedirtybunny]

i went from waveform to fl studio to ableton to wavform, and 3 years later im still on waveform, truly my most favorite DAW

[TrizziEhgan]

REAPER is what I use and good lord, its customization is huge. I love colorful stuff and REAPER has some cool themes out there.

[Savert]

Cubase is never remembered for its popular songs, like The Weeknd, Ava Max, Zedd, Dua Lipa... 😔

[thelondoncuber]

3:40 I'm sure soooo many hits have been made with Reaper, we just don't know it. many people use Reaper. I know some professional mastering engineers that prefer reaper over anything.
I'm one year away from my production degree, I own Logic and FL but Reaper will never ever leave my workflow

[ranajoyshil]

Reaper is the industry standard in game audio. It has been used to make sounds for pretty much 90% of all big games in the last decade.

But when it comes to songs, there are a lot of big time producers, composers etc. who use Reaper like - Tori Letzler, Tj Lindgren, Wilbert Roget (who composed all cod ww2 soundtracks, mk11 soundtrack, helldivers 2 soundtracks and more in reaper), Steve Davis, Camellia, Tycho etc.