KVR Audio

C-note · Post by **C-note** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 5:24 am

Best - Cubase with Logic a close 2nd
Worst - For the sixth year in row....Reaper

vintagevibe · Post by **vintagevibe** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 6:05 am

Best - Cubase 8 - very solid, very powerful
Worst - Reason - the Frankenstein of DAWS

SLiC · Post by **SLiC** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 7:07 am

Best - studio one (Perhaps not the best features, but the best workflow for me)
Worst - reason (can't read anything on my 4k screen!, miss my vst collection)

Cubase and live 9.2 also sit pretty high, never used logic.

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 7:46 am

Orbit-50 wrote:
Codestation wrote:Ableton Live. Both the best and the worst. Simultaneously.
Honestly, I think it is in some serious need of a face lift. I can't look at that insipid, lifeless interface for one more minute. I just can't do it anymore.
.-.

As shallow as it may appear, I felt like this from version one. It may be a good DAW, with unique features, but I simply couldn't stand looking at something so ugly. And since there are better looking alternatives...

vespesian · Post by **vespesian** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 8:37 am

Best - Cubase 8 (stable, does everything, midi (!), control room, arranger track)
Worst - Sonar (pretty-but-idiotic GUI, the bus vs track thing, still no gapless audio, horrible forums policed by vicious cheerleaders)

vintagevibe · Post by **vintagevibe** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 1:50 pm

vespesian wrote:Best - Cubase 8 (stable, does everything, midi (!), control room, arranger track)
Worst - Sonar (pretty-but-idiot GUI, the bus vs track thing, still no gapless audio, horrible forums policed by vicious cheerleaders)

Ditto on the Sonar forum!

Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 2:40 pm

Ableton is the best and the worst.

Karma_tba · Post by **Karma_tba** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 5:00 pm

Best: Orion ....it loads quickly , it's limitations are a plus(less is more), I own FL Studio, Studio 1 , and Tracktion, but I always go to Orion when I have an idea I want to realize.
Worst: Tracktion it just seems to be different for the sake of being different.

Yorrrrrr · Post by **Yorrrrrr** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 5:18 pm

Where can I get Orion so I can try it? I can't find anything at Synapse.

highkoo · Post by **highkoo** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 10:12 pm

Guys, you are taking this way too seriously...

Obviously Reason is the worst.
We dont really need this thread to tell us that...

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 10:45 pm

Yorrrrrr wrote:Where can I get Orion so I can try it? I can't find anything at Synapse.

It's discontinued and not available anymore i think.

Orbit-50 · Post by **Orbit-50** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 10:50 pm

vespesian wrote:Best - Cubase 8 (stable, does everything, midi (!), control room, arranger track)
Worst - Sonar (pretty-but-idiot GUI, the bus vs track thing, still no gapless audio, horrible forums policed by vicious cheerleaders

Lol!!! Using my imagination, I keep picturing how that would look in the real world.

.-.

Orbit-50 · Post by **Orbit-50** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 10:54 pm

fmr wrote:
Orbit-50 wrote:
Codestation wrote:Ableton Live. Both the best and the worst. Simultaneously.
Honestly, I think it is in some serious need of a face lift. I can't look at that insipid, lifeless interface for one more minute. I just can't do it anymore.
.-.
As shallow as it may appear, I felt like this from version one. It may be a good DAW, with unique features, but I simply couldn't stand looking at something so ugly. And since there are better looking alternatives...

It makes total sense. I figured it out though, what it is, is that Live GUI needs more contrast. Every skin looks as if though there is a haze over it. It just freaks me out. If it were made with sharper graphics then...

.-.

vintagevibe · Post by **vintagevibe** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 7:56 pm

On the Sonar forum this is a great example of what it has turned into. Someone just got Sonar and is totally frustrated because he can't figure it out. Very common nube problem. This is what Craig Anderton said about him:

"The OP is probably the same guy who walked into Guitar Center, bought a Les Paul, and returned it three days later because it didn't play like Jimmy Page."

You really can't do anything but praise Sonar or you'll be attacked and/or insulted. Truly sad.

pdxindy · Post by **pdxindy** » Sat Jul 04, 2015 1:19 am

Orbit-50 wrote:
fmr wrote:
Orbit-50 wrote:
Codestation wrote:Ableton Live. Both the best and the worst. Simultaneously.
Honestly, I think it is in some serious need of a face lift. I can't look at that insipid, lifeless interface for one more minute. I just can't do it anymore.
.-.
As shallow as it may appear, I felt like this from version one. It may be a good DAW, with unique features, but I simply couldn't stand looking at something so ugly. And since there are better looking alternatives...
It makes total sense. I figured it out though, what it is, is that Live GUI needs more contrast. Every skin looks as if though there is a haze over it. It just freaks me out. If it were made with sharper graphics then...

.-.

No haze here... Live is clear and easy to see... no fake 3d crap cluttering things up. Simple and clean and easy on the eyes even after hours looking at it.

Best and worst DAWs?