The DAW ( Digital audio workstation) music software Debate
It never fails… everyday I get asked the question, “Yo RiZ, which is better Pro Tools or… Cubase… or …. you get the point. Each day I try my best not to answer impatiently because I get asked everyday. Anyways, I always answer the same now… with an analogy or dumbed down explanation because in the end, anyone asking that question just doesn’t know. If you are one of the people that don’t know which is better or worse I will answer it like this… If you were flying the presidents plane… not flying in, but FLYING the presidents plane would you get to the Grammys faster, slower, or not at all because you don’t have a pilots license. If it was me, we would crash on the runway, lol. Bottom line is, the driver will always determine if you get to the destination. If you put Kanye West in front of a casio keyboard I bet he comes out with a hit. If you put Dre in front of a basic sampler I bet he has a hit. You get the point… Pro Tools, Cubase, Sonar, Logic, Acid, Reason Record, Digital Performer, and all the other ones have their differences, some more than others. However, it will always come down to the driver behind the steering wheel. Ask Producer ninth wonder and he will probably say Pro tools as he has in interviews because its industry standard. However, ask him what he used when he first started to make his hits and he will say Cool Edit Pro. Very basic program but got him work with Jay-Z and other superstars. If your thinking, well why does everybody say Pro Tools is industry standard? Well, because it is. Just because something is industry standard doesn’t make it better. Its synonymous to currency. The dollar was once “industry standard” now the Euro is “industry standard”. It is the software more professional studios invest in for one reason or the other, but it doesn’t make the final product better in the end. T-Pain and Akon use Logic exclusively based on recent interviews. I use Cubase as of this posting along with Nuendo and other software. Hopefully, now you get the bigger picture of which software is “better”. lol
I agree. No music software is necessarily better than the rest. Some of them might have more capabilities than another, but that comes with the price of slower computer performance. Most studios invest in Pro Tools because it is the “industry standard”. They have no idea that softwares such as Cubase have just as much capabilities and might be easier to operate. Always do research before you buy any music software.
I agree. I think most people when they do research they tend to ask friends and maybe go online a little. So the response they get could be a little biased but hey… We all learn sooner or later!