What DAW are you using?

Well?

  • GarageBand

    Votes: 8 2.3%

  • Logic Pro

    Votes: 33 9.3%

  • Mixcraft

    Votes: 11 3.1%

  • Pro Tools

    Votes: 23 6.5%

  • Reason

    Votes: 7 2.0%

  • Sonar

    Votes: 23 6.5%

  • Reaper

    Votes: 88 24.9%

  • Studio One

    Votes: 44 12.5%

  • Cubase

    Votes: 41 11.6%

  • Ableton

    Votes: 14 4.0%

  • FL Studio

    Votes: 16 4.5%

  • other

    Votes: 45 12.7%
  • Total voters
    353
Folkcafe said:
I knew the Steinberg was pretty noisy but the M2 in this comparison surprised me.

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Surprised how Folks'? Do you know the methodology? For instance are they all tested at exactly the same gain setting?
I was also surprised as I have the M4 and it is by far the lowest noise mic pre in an AI I have ever had and has plenty of gain. Cannot believe the ADA8200 is better. Not being anti-Behrry, I had a UMC 204HD and the pre amp was very good, especially considering the price of the interface but not as good as the M4.

Dave.
 
ecc83 said:
Surprised how Folks'? Do you know the methodology? For instance are they all tested at exactly the same gain setting?
I was also surprised as I have the M4 and it is by far the lowest noise mic pre in an AI I have ever had and has plenty of gain. Cannot believe the ADA8200 is better. Not being anti-Behrry, I had a UMC 204HD and the pre amp was very good, especially considering the price of the interface but not as good as the M4.

Dave.
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Here is the video. I also found another reviewer that had issues with noise until it warmed up then tested fine. Not sure it is related. Both disliked the low output of the headphone section. It's an online review, grain of salt and all that.

Motu M2 Review

 
gecko zzed said:
Looks like they might have got a faulty Presonus audiobox in that mix. That looks more like an outlier.
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In a couple of reviews I found that did testing, it doesn't appear to be an impressive unit. That figure might be high depending as the testing was done with a SM7B. This device doesn't particularly like being pushed.

Here is a graph showing the low frequency distortion from a different review. What do you want for $100

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Thank you guys for the input. I really appreciate it. Ive been a pro songwriter for many years but, certainly not the engineer. I tend to lean towards whatever is most songwriter friendly. Given the return on a copyright these days, I'm basically feeding my songwriting passion while trying to keep the overhead cost to a minimum. Not sure what I'll settle on but, again thanks for your help. A friend turned me on to Logic Pro X and the Mac mini route. I may look further into that and consider your advice as far as a new interface.
 
I track in Protools and mix back through my console into Harrison Mixbus for my mixes. Logic always seems illogical to me, and I can’t relate to it easily. I did just load it onto my iPad, so perhaps I’ll become a convert? I have no problems with Protools, Acid, Wavlab, Sound Forge, Vegas, but Logic seems so basakwards to me. Today It says: Drag here to create audio tracks, but nothing will drag into it? WTF?

I find it Confusing and stupid.

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Scott Baxendale said:
I track in Protools and mix back through my console into Harrison Mixbus for my mixes. Logic always seems illogical to me, and I can’t relate to it easily. I did just load it onto my iPad, so perhaps I’ll become a convert? I have no problems with Protools, Acid, Wavlab, Sound Forge, Vegas, but Logic seems so basakwards to me. Today It says: Drag here to create audio tracks, but nothing will drag into it? WTF?

I find it Confusing and stupid.

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That's why I love the all-in-one simplicity of Reaper....


Jeff
 
mrjlr said:
That's why I love the all-in-one simplicity of Reaper....


Jeff
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I’ve never used reaper, but I know a lot of folks like it. Protools kinda sucked me in when I upgraded my studio in 2014 and I purchased native PT for almost a grand. I won’t do the subscription version so I’m stuck on PT 12.
 
Years ago I tried one of the early Protools freebie versions. I think it might still be on one of my old WIn ME machines. It was expensive even then, and very primitive compared to day.

When I got my Yamaha AW16G, they included a version of Cubase SE. I also got newer versions with my Zoom R24 and H4n. They worked, but when I found Reaper, it just seemed to click for me. I paid for it back in the V4.xx days. I skipped v6 upgrade, but now have a v7 license, good through V8.99. I just use the V5 theme, and it feels like "home".

For a simple home recording setup, the prices for Protools and some of the other DAWs is just crazy.

I won't do a subscription deal. I know people who pay MS for Office 365, and they might use it 10 or 12 times a year, but they used it at work and it was "on their computer" when they bought it.
 
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