How does anyone decide on what software to go with?

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junplugged

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There are so many and not that far apart in price.

Maybe the hardware compatability is what to base it on?

Do many of them have free versions like Protools free? (only on win98, btw)

It amazes me how many there are, and how many interfaces there are.

Maybe people start on one and switch?

Just wondering what the decision process is.
 
You find a workflow that works for you and you go with the software that
supports it and that gives you the sound and features you need.

There is no one answer, and no one be-all-end-all package. Ultimately, it is whatever works for you.
 
I had been using Sound Forge at one company I worked for and fell in love with it. So when Vegas first came out I downloaded the demo and was hooked. Been using it ever since.
 
I believe most of them are equally good, and for the most part people tend to stick with what they know.

When I first purchased Sonar (actually Pro Audio 9), I downloaded demos of several different products. Since these, of course, came with no manuals, getting started was a bit tricky. I found I made the most progress with PA9, so I bought it, and have stayed with the Cakewalk Product line ever since. Primarily because I now know the product fairly well, but also because the upgrade pricing makes it relatively easy.



BTW: Why is this posted in the Cakewalk forum?
 
You download demos or go play with it at a music store and decide what fits best with your workflow (as fraserhutch said). We can tell you what software really sucks, but amongst those that DON'T suck, we can't really tell you what's best for you because we don't know how you work.

I'm with dachay2tnr. Started way back when with Cakewalk GuitarTracks. Made sense but I quickly grew out of it. So I started looking at different things like Sonar and Cubase and Vegas and whatnot, just trying them out. Here is the one place in which I varried from the above. There was no demo available for Sonar, and none of the stores around had a decent setup with Sonar, so I actually went and downloaded a cracked version of it. I played around with it for a month or so and decided that it was the one I worked best with, so I went out and purchased a real actual licensed copy of the software, uninstalled the cracked one, and installed the new one.

Using the software is the ONLY way to know if it works for you.
 
I checked out Pro tools, Cubase, Sound Forge, and Sonar before I bought anything. For me, it all came down to ease of use and intuitive manipulation of data. Sonar won hands down. You just have to go see what they look like and how you work with them. If you don't have access to any, do a lot of net research and get what you think will be the best for your needs. They all do the same thing in the end.
 
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