I an currently a recording arts/audio engineering student learning everything I can about recording and digital composition. I hope to compose scores for videogames and perhaps music/tv some day. I enjoy traditional styles of music (classical, rock, metal) as well as more unique genres typically associated with scifi and fantasy. Musical/compositional influences span a wide range, including Michael Angelo Batio, Guthrie Govan, Hans Zimmer, Mark Fowler, Ramin Djawadi, Eric Brosius, Daniel Licht.
I am currently apprenticing with a local audio engineer and edm composer. His daw of choice is of course Ableton as he enjoys performing his edm compositions in a live setting. Currently I have both Ableton Lite and Reaper installed. I personally don't foresee performing any of my compositions live, I have crippling stage fright, but it is nice to have so many midi instruments/synths and samples all conveniently in one place, even in the Lite version. From what I have seen Ableton also has discounts available on many third party vst plugins, so that's another plus.
Reaper on the other hand provides somewhat of a different experience, only 1-2 barebones basic built in synths, quite a few fx, and doesn't seem to be quite as plug and play as Ableton in regards to hardware/controllers. Though I would say it is about on par for overall usability. I can get Ableton Standard for 380$ Cad, or Reaper for 80$ Cad, so I need to figure out if it is worth an extra 300$. Unfortunately I've already run out the trial on Live Suite, but it might be possible to renew it with a different email address.
I am currently apprenticing with a local audio engineer and edm composer. His daw of choice is of course Ableton as he enjoys performing his edm compositions in a live setting. Currently I have both Ableton Lite and Reaper installed. I personally don't foresee performing any of my compositions live, I have crippling stage fright, but it is nice to have so many midi instruments/synths and samples all conveniently in one place, even in the Lite version. From what I have seen Ableton also has discounts available on many third party vst plugins, so that's another plus.
Reaper on the other hand provides somewhat of a different experience, only 1-2 barebones basic built in synths, quite a few fx, and doesn't seem to be quite as plug and play as Ableton in regards to hardware/controllers. Though I would say it is about on par for overall usability. I can get Ableton Standard for 380$ Cad, or Reaper for 80$ Cad, so I need to figure out if it is worth an extra 300$. Unfortunately I've already run out the trial on Live Suite, but it might be possible to renew it with a different email address.