Pros say: THIS is the best DAW for music production 2023

What is the best DAW for music production according to 2246 music producers?
But what music making software works for others, might not be the best daw for beginners, in this video you'll find out.

Music production software is an essential piece of kit for every music producer.
Best software for music production is the software that you can work the most comfortable with.

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★ TABLE OF CONTENTS ★
• 0:00 #6
• 0:46 #5
• 2:13 #5
• 3:25 #4
• 3:41 #4
• 4:30 audio editors
• 4:49 #3
• 6:41 #2
• 9:04 #1

★ DAWs in this video ★
• Pro Tools
• Cakewalk by Bandlab
• Apple Logic Pro X
• Steinberg Cubase
• Presonus Studio One
• Ableton Live
• Image Line FL Studio

💡 TOPICS IN THIS VIDEO 💡
• Digital audio workstation
• Music production
• best daw for beginners
• music making software
• what is the best daw for beginners
• what software for music production

🎵 GENRES 🎵
• Electronic Music
• EDM
• Electro House
• Big Room
• Dance Music
• Techno
• Tech House
• Beats

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[RutgerSteenbergen]

The best DAW is the DAW you make great music with. I've used them almost all, and it doesn't really matter. Just make great music, with whatever you have!

[jameshutchins]

I have been using studio one for a year now. I have never experienced any crash or sluggish performance. It is an amazing daw. Once you learn it the workflow is second to none.

[kalidasmusic]

Reaper! It takes a minute to get going but once you get a basic understanding of how it works you can easily customize it to fit your work flow. It runs stable AF all day long! The stock plugin's are great and $60 bucks for a licensed version is amazing. And did I mention all the great Kenny G tutorials.

[ElricX]

I used Cake Walk for years but switched to Studio One Pro after trying the artist version that came with one of the interfaces I bought. I find it to be very intuitive and stable. They also have great tutorials online.

[jasonday]

I’ve used many different DAWs, my favorite is Studio One, I love how easy it is to use, it has everything you need and then some.

[trevorsbass]

I’ve used Cakewalk for about 20 years. It’s fantastic, and it absolutely deserves to be on this list. Probably higher.

[revp]

I can’t believe reaper didn’t make the list.

I tried all that were on your list. Each took to long to learn. I was up & running in reaper in less than 15 minutes.

Easy routing.
Decent midi editor
$60
Decent plugins
Supports Mac/Win/Linux
Supports VST/VST3/AU
Open multiple Project Tabs simultaneously

It has been great for all my workflows:
- mixing & mix down
- editing & chopping
- tracking
- backing tracks
- live performance
- VSTi host
- learning songs

[mrbibstoo]

For the record, I don't consider myself a professional, but for what it's worth, here's my input.
Being older (60+ when I first started and now closing in on 70, in June) and having no experience in DAWs, I started with a copy of FL and thought it seemed rather elementary, I realize that it's not but, at that time, it just screamed like it was less than...
Moving on and taking on the challenge of providing front of house sound for a local rock band and then setting up a home studio, I downloaded REAPER.
Was it difficult to wrap my head around? YES
Do I regret making that choice? NO
However with that being said, I am thankful for all of the exquisite Kenny G tutorials, they prove to be very exacting, easy to follow and understand. (New tutorials show up at a rate that doesn't leave me thinking, "is that all there is?")
To me, having somewhat of a technical background, I find that REAPER, although difficult to step into blind, is a very powerful, customizable and efficient platform to use. With frequent updates that not only provide fixes, but frequently have great enhancements.
Conclusion, REAPER is my DAW of choice.

[thomasyoung]

I now use Cubase 12, and after an update, it is number 1 for me, a very powerful DAW, but I must say most daws are pretty good. You have to find the one that fits your workflow

[earledaniels]

Studio One is a great DAW. Presonus have done a great job of quickly fixing V5 bugs and have done a lot of improvements to stability and CPU usage. Chances are you don't have enough RAM if you get regular PC issues. There is a reason why Studio One is rapidly becoming one of the best DAWs on the market.

[vtcabbit]

the best DAW is the one you know best, everyone learns differently after all! i personally dislike it when people try to battle when it comes to what the superior daw that everyone should use should be

[jaydensydes]

Reaper.
Pros
Everything mentioned in the video. And folders, fx per clip, monitor fx, phase button, spectral editing (life changer), spectral peaks, integrated playback speed and pitching per clip or master, unrivalled warp algorithm and stretch workflow, more flexible automatic split and quantize, media agnostic tracks (multichannel, mono, stereo, audio, midi, aux, multiple takes can all exist in the same track), playhead moves when clicking timeline, time select auto punch, unrivalled stability and weight, obvious hot keys like ctrl m for mixer. M for marker. S for split. Great mouse modifiers for everything. Ctrl drag middle for copy. Shift drag middle for slip. Alt drag edge for stretch, ctrl drag on automation for pencil, ctrl shift pull on automation to bring a whole section. Ctrl shift drag in midi velocity window to automate velocity changes. Shift clicking inserts to bypass, alt clicking to delete, Automatic sheet music generator. Countless top tier plugins with no latency and no hit to cpu, your mums toaster can run more instances of reaeq than you've used in your entire career. Crazy routing system with hardware and software, remote controllable by a Web interface on the lan, musicians can control their own headphone mixes this way too, video editing and rendering, stem renders with automatic sorting and naming by region, ARA support, real-time resampling while mixing and editing, can record to and edit any type of audio file, subprojects, project tabs, templates for anything you could imagine, routing matrix, region matrix, the way the metronome functions, the way to create a programmed click track, tempo mapping including gradients, the automatic fades, selectable fade shapes, parameter modulation, side chain any plugin, wet/dry any plugin, mid side any plugin, band split any plugin, audio to midi, inbuilt auto tune, 64 bit float point for virtually unlimited headroom, customisable skin, themes and scripts, THE ACTION LIST, undo anything including plugin adjustments, unlimited undo history, option to save undo history to project, compatibility with Linux, can run vst 1 2 3 32 64 js and au all on one track, lasooing, tidy interface where everything unimportant is in a right click menu and everything important is on the basic and sparse interface, detachable and dock able Windows like the mixer and piano roll, unlimited sends returns and fx per track, unlimited tracks, most optimisation of any daw, more flexible grouping, not only just folders but vca, bussing, auxing and grouping all with their own pile of options, the customisability overall, the low price, and the crazy community of tutors and scripters.

Cons:
People think you're an amateur.

[danielbenjaminmusic]

I have been using various incarnations of Cubase VST since 2000. The new version is unreal. Drag and drop algorithmically generated drum patterns from Groove Agent direct to MIDI tracks, Chord Pads with a full library of chord styles that can be played live, and a Chord track that auto generates voice leading when dragged to a MIDI track. Plus free and discounted cross grades from a ton of legacy hardware. Plus Arranger track.

[rabitec.]

The big thing with FL Studio for me is that compared to other DAWs a lot of features and functions are self-explanatory and/or preconfigured in a senseful way which makes it very beginner-friendly imo. I'm currently trying out Bitwig for the experience, I like it so far but I already can't count how often I had to look up how to do Basic stuff which I never had to in FL.

[djannias]

I have been using FL as my primary DAW for about 25+ years now and it has only gotten better and better. Absolutely incredible program

[Bhallmed]

Been using studio one for 3 years. Never had the issues you mentioned. I think it’s awesome. Love Nuendo too. But S1 is amazing.

[rickypollock]

Been using Cubase for 6 years, never had a problem. Great Daw

[MegaMAWG]

Been with Logic since it started as Creator / Notator on an Atari ST in the 80s. Never found it buggy and I find it incredibly easy to use. I've used it for music, MIDI is awesome, and also mixing theatrical videos with over 30 dialogue / singing tracks. It never breaks a sweat. I personally would rank it much higher than #5, but I was glad to see it beat out pro tools.

[_wayneman_]

I was surpised that REAPER wasn't revealed up until the no. 1 pick, because I didn't expect it to be ranked that high up even tho it's actually one of the best pieces of software I've ever seen. Then the real no. 1 was revealed and I spat out my coffee almost dying of laughter.

[VideoNOLA]

Was honestly surprised -- quite pleasantly so! -- to hear Cakewalk is still around. I was using it in the very early days in DOS then Windows; even used to call the software creator himself when I had questions about certain things. Cakewalk was always slightly ahead of its time, so I'm pleased to hear "kids today" still speak its name with reverence.