This is not a discussion about what's better. Just curious what everyone's weapon of choice is.

If you use more than one, just answer for your main one.

rofl... nice

Seems like group think at this point?

Would love to say Audio GL here, but that shit is way scary at this point.

I'm the one who said Studio 1, which has been great except for the ongoing tech issues that they can;t seem to fix on my machine. Therefore it looks like I'm joining the rest of you with Live 8!

Reason I say this - little bit concerned that 9 might be around the corner, worth waiting? Likely to happen anytime soon?

Yeah i was really hoping to see someone else tick off Reason but I guess I am the solo one on this forum. Hopefully I can figure out how to integrate all the great ableton knowledge into reason!

you're not alone!

For now....Garageband haha but I'll probably get fl studios 10 in the near future

Never doubt Garageband:
http://soundcloud.com/chrisovthefall/ga ... -trap-beat

I used to use Reason quite a lot, but no audio hurt my feelings.

Going to be giving up Ableton for Pro Tools soon

"This is not a discussion about what's better"

ABLETON RULES THE WASTELAND, HAHA

I use Live mostly but I use Reaper quite a bit too, especially if I'm in a more Linear/Band Recording mode.

Lol, I use Reason as well. Reason 5 to be precise.

Don't feel lonely deadlyeight.

My DAW is mostly based on colors and textures that I converted into sounds using my own special solar-powered device that I created from old space shuttle parts I stole from NASA..

Actually I was thinking of hitting ableton, but acid pro is my main sequencer.. but i really almost never use one exclusively. I use them both.. so.. yea...

... still waiting for bitwig or whatever. Not gonna get my hopes up TOO much though, I remember the last time I had HOPE for CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN...

ok can I be the one to say it? BIT-WIG? what the fuck kinda name is bitwig? Unless Mr. or Mrs. Bitwig created it, I want answers. i can just see angryrancor rockin out with his gameboy making some 8-bitwig now

I'm using a pretty old version of Fl Studio. 7 to be exact. Producer edition, certainly nothing fancy. I downloaded this program back in 2006 right before graduating high school. I have been using the same old Dell PC that I was given that same year.

/insert life story here (sorry)

I've been listening to glitch hop and going to shows and festivals since 2007. I was listening to dubstep & glitch hop while dreaming of being on the playa at Burning Man since then as well. That year I was consumed by the underground psychedelic bass scene of NYC. Frequenting Alex Grey's CoSM events and the early Sub Swara / Freek Factory events, like the Church parties at Love.

Truly inspired by the level of creativity I had been introduced to, in 2008 I bought a Macbook Pro and got Logic & Reason. I started DJing Glitch Hop and Dubstep locally on an affordable Vestax Controller using Tracktor LE. Deep breaths & baby steps, my mother likes to say.

Well it was fun learning new things. I was just beginning to learn my new sofware. Learning my way around my new toys.
Too bad I only had my Macbook for about a year. A couple St. Patty's Days ago, a partygoer spilled his drink all over it during a set

Well I'm back to my Dell from 2005 and my copy of Fl Studio from 2006.

One day I will have money and get my Macbook up and running again. And by then, I will also have the funds to purchase Ableton!

For now, I must continue to do what I can with what I've got. Right now I am trying to take it all in. I'm not going to watch Youtube tutorials on how to copy someones screen and sound like Skrillex. No way. I am here to learn what the fuck I am doing. I have been messing around for fun in FL studio for 6 years now, but I am really only at the beginning of my musical journey. I am finally ready to start digging deep.

I have a great taste in music. I know what sounds good. I have made a slew of beats that sound good. Not really professional but good. Now it's time for me to get real with it and truly understand what I am doing and how I need to do it. I am a student, and I am here to learn. I am new to this forum. I visited here in the past but now I am ready. I am here to find my sound. I am ready to geek the fuck out!

I'm confused with the bitwig name as well.. It makes me think of Harry Potter, which is a little weird, because I've neither seen or read anything Harry Potter..

Been on Logic Pro for about 7 years. I feel I know it inside and out, its quick and intuitive for me, and I feel no need to change.

Though since relying on Ableton for live performances, I have begun to use it more rewired into logic for some specific tasks. Don't know if I would ever make the switch to mixing in Ableton, but I like its modularity, audio editing, and ease of getting down quick ideas. Logic for me still is best for midi editing, mixing, and composition.

It's all about personal workflow and how each DAW fits the logic of our own creative process.

Used many different DAWs over my time as a producer but FL Studio will always be the one for me

My main DAW is Logic 9 and thats what i have learned on through out school but i have used ableton and reason and have just purchased reaper to check out its capabilities

Mainly Cubase, but I'm doing increasingly more work in Max/MSP as well, such as glitching of drums.

FL Studio. Forshur. I find the internal VST's quite powerful and useful.

Just moved to REAPER, and loving it.

Just switched from Cubase 5 to Ableton Live a few days ago. Why didn't I do this sooner?!?

Live was at 75% before...interestink...

Live once, Live always.

Very quick to do glitching, stretching, reversing, accesing envelopes, grouping tracks + everything I else I might want.
"Freeze and flatten" is the bomb. some people dont know this method so I will describe quickly: you got midi track loaded with massive and heaps of your favourite effects. you freeze the track cuz it sounds good and you wanna save your cpu.
now "Flatten" it and voilá it becomes an audio file instead. how's that for a whompy swamp?

Live is pretty and I like the skins you can choose. especially the ice one.

oh and the menues are so handy.
talking of handy, the Sampler (if you own suite) is super sick. I love how it can hold a bunch of samples at once and what that can do for you.

someone might laugh now, but -
I have never used session view. can someone please give me any good reason why to use it, NOT playing out live.
I mean I have tried it... and thats why I dont use it. I need my timeline.