[Scott Dorsey]

geoff wrote:
Bit of a fluffy article. Their definition of 'best' might not be the
same as that of people for whom these functions are a specialty.

It looked pretty content-free. Sadly, there is no best software. The stuff
that I obsess over, like making sure I can get a bit-for-bit copy from input
and output, are not something the pop music people care about. The stuff the
pop music people care about, like added control functions for tracking to
click and being able to run multiple plugins in parallel, are not things that
I care about.

If it were not like this , there would be no need for multiple packages
out there.

There is a degree of cross-over between the two, but also distinct
differences in function and purpose. Some apps could do both, but would
be IMO 'cluttered'. Essentially they got that bit right.

And now we are coming to an era when some of the video editing applications
now have sufficiently good sound editing functions that there are people
using them for just sound work. And it's not just Fairlight, although there
are still plenty of Fairlight devotees.

If you want a fully-fledged DAW for less that their $100, check out
Reaper with licence for personal use.

Except that the DAW is more than just software.
--scott
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