What was your first ever DAW?

[randallharp]

For sequencing, I started with Cakewalk 4.0a for DOS in 1990. My first DAW was Cakewalk Pro Audo sometime in the late 90s

[williz]

I started with Voyetra Sequencer Gold in the 1980's. A midi sequencer that ran in DOS. Then moved on to Cakewalk. Don't remember the version number but it would not handle VST's. Then someone released a 'wrapper' that allowed it to use VST's. Eventually an upgrade integrated VST handling Cakewalk. Still using the latest version of Cakewalk today.

[StevenPMacKay]

I started with 12 tone systems cakewalk when it was just a midi sequencer. I got into recording on computer when I could bounce that back to the original four audio track version of cakewalk from my tascam cassette four track.

[mimojapan]

Bars & Pipes Professional for MIDI and some Tracker(s) for audio on Amiga 500, then melt it together on external tape :D

[bruceboome]

I'm not sure you could call it a daw, but I started with the Yamaha music computer- 32 glorious k of memory. It used Microsoft's MSX- which was outdated when the computer was released. Saving was to cassette tape. Quantise was manual- note by note. I moved on to an Atari, , and bought Notator (the forerunner of Logic). Notator was the best MIDI program I ever used..

[EzraValerioIsaccoDiBiase]

Oh my god! Voyetraaaa! I started with Dr T's midi sequencer on C64 then on Atari STe. Could it be called a DAW?

[davesuchy]

I started with Cakewalk's Guitar Studio, then kept using various Cakewalk versions ending up using Sonar, until it was discontinued for BIAB.

[colindavis]

The original Cakewalk. Prior to that MasterTracks Oro on Atari ST, though strictly midi 😊

[tomasericsson]

For me it started with Steinberg Pro16 on an C64.
After that Bars&Pipes on Amiga

[joibjalla]

I first tried Traction a few years ago. I liked it but didn't find enough helpful videos for beginners. Then tried Cakewalk and with your videos I learned how to use it.

[hikersanonymous]

I started using a Step Sequencer/WAV Tracker called Making Waves along with Cool Edit Pro back in the day!

[JohnSandlin-ej]

My first ever DAW - August 1990, almost 34 years ago - Cakewalk 2.0 (for DOS). I did get a demo of Digital Orchestrator, but I didn't switch to it. I've been a fan of Cakewalk since.

[rickwitt]

Kristal Audio Engine was my first DAW, which I used in the mid 2000s until around 2010 or so. It was free, though extremely limited. I recorded my cover band's demo with it and that was ok, all things considered. I used an emagic 6/2 as my interface. It still bothers me to this day that Apple bought out emagic and the hardware side of it vanished. My opinion was that they made a fantastic product. Thanks for letting me vent! 😂

[doctorgrayandhisorchestrao]

Voyetra (midi only) 1990, cakewalk Pro Audio 9 in 2000. Fostex portastudio in between...

[abcf]

Cakewalk Sonar studio 8.5, then Sonar X3, then Cakewalk by Bandlab to this day.
And I'm still overwhelmed.

[lightbearer_X]

It's cakewalk, I'm using for three years

[humanbeing]

My first DAW ever was Nuendo about 16 years back, then Cubase. I started with Cakewalk only about 2 years ago and that was vary irritating for me to start with a completely different DAW as Nuendo and Cubase are same, but within only few days I found this DAW is much advance than Cubase and i started to love it, now even my most favourute is Studio One but I would love to work with Cakewalk for ever if possible

[glensstudio]

My first DAW was Ardour on the Ubuntu Studio OS about 5 years ago, it crashed all the time and that was when I decided to switch to Windows and I started on Cakewalk by Bandlab. Currently using Ableton Live 11.

[tonytring]

Notator on Atari ste, very good with midi and notation score.

[longlemusic]

I first started using garageband on my Iphone6 s😂