Which software are most studios using?

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I'm new to all this and so far have tested out Cubase and Adobe Audition trial version. Which software are professional studios using? Do they have like 100+ VST plug ins in the studio?
 
Everyone uses Reaper nowadays cause there's no money in recording due to illegal downloading so they just use the free stuff... :D
 
Well, REAPER isn't free, but it's not expensive. But, that's not the reason so many people are using it. It's great software regardless of the price.
 
Now that I think of it, I don't think either of us answered your original question. I think, and I don't know this for sure, but I think that most "pro" studios use Pro-Tools.
 
Probably most studios do use Pro~tools. But don't let that be your guide because in truth, there's little difference between the software packages, they all do pretty much the same thing. It's a bit like asking "What car are all the cops using". By no means does it mean the car they use is the best or even better than any of the others.
 
The few I've been to all use protools. Most of the home studios I know of right now are using Reaper. This is just my experience. I recommend Reaper to everyone who asks the "which DAW should I get" question.
 
I dunno. I think ProTools sounds ok but Reaper has a better high end sizzle to it. Unless you are using a Mac. Mac's are known to have a hyped low end while PC's are more scooped in the mids. Cubase LE is probably more flat than the rest but it makes it hard for me to play E dorian mode or sweep arpeggios. When are they gonna release Audacity for the Amiga?
 
I'll agree with the others, and say Pro Tools is (to my knowledge) the most common and most commonly used program in "pro" studios.

As noted that doesn't mean it's "the best," because (a) you're not doing the same things they are (at least not exactly) and (b) it does seem that part of the pro studios' reason for using it is because people expect them to, and all the other pro studios are using it also.

Another note: any pro studio that's very pro at all likely has various other DAW programs installed as well.

Back to the original post: yes, they would have many, many plugins (VST or other).
 
Agree with a lot of the others. Protools large usage in the industry is due in at least in some part to its legacy. There are a lot of professionals that have the skillset (retraining them is probably more expensive than PT itself) and some people still expect it to be there when they're in a studio. Speculation on my part.
 
Sometimes "the best" gets confused with the most popular.
 
Reaper. I have a home studio and have had a wonderful time with this great software. I also bought Sonar X1 Producer and used it for about a month. While it is a good program, it is very large and somewhat buggy . I went back to Reaper and am living happily ever after.
 
Almost every professional studio I've been in is using Pro Tools...and virtually every one of them says they don't like it much and only have it for compatibility with other studios...

When I was working in TV sound, we had Pro Tools at work because we frequently exchanged projects with other facilities--but I certainly didn't adopt it for my own home use.

Bob
 
The three best are: SADiE, Sequoia and Pyramix.

Probably about equal, but different (I use Sequoia).

I was at Abbey Road a couple of years ago as a recording of the LSO and the whole thing was recorded to Sequoia.

Anything classical probably uses one of these.


Pro Tools is popular, but mainly for sound with vision I think.
 
Moving slightly off topic, but how common is Pyramix becoming? I had a chance to use it five or six years ago on a project I was involved in and it was "love at first sight" for me--I thought it was the best thing since sliced bread.

Now that I'm retired, it's a bit out of my league for my home studio but, just as I dream of a Bugatti Veyron in the drive, I also dream of Pyramix in my studio.

Bob
 
The answer is still pro tools, with a few select running Nuendo (like Mike Wagner).

Extremely rare to find anything else, although I did tour a studio that had 3 different daws because of 3 different engineers (pt hd, sonar and logic).

Most of the time it's still pro tools HD though.


In the home studio world? It's pretty much anything.
 
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I dunno. I think ProTools sounds ok but Reaper has a better high end sizzle to it. Unless you are using a Mac. Mac's are known to have a hyped low end while PC's are more scooped in the mids. Cubase LE is probably more flat than the rest but it makes it hard for me to play E dorian mode or sweep arpeggios. When are they gonna release Audacity for the Amiga?
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Is this for real? Sometimes I miss sarcasm on the internet.

I've used ProTools on PC and Reaper on Mac, and various other combinations over the years, and this is definitely not true. They both take in whatever they are given...if this is for real, it may be the worst piece of information I've ever seen on this forum...if it's sarcasm, I guess it went over my head.
 
Bobbsy said:
Moving slightly off topic, but how common is Pyramix becoming? I had a chance to use it five or six years ago on a project I was involved in and it was "love at first sight" for me--I thought it was the best thing since sliced bread.
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The BBC use it.

It's used where people want quality.

Same as SADiE and Sequoia.

Popular does not necessarily mean best quality. :rolleyes:
 
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