If you are making music just to make music, then yeah, it doesn't matter what software you use; just whatever works for you.
However, for film scoring, I agree with escher, you need something you can import video into. Most DAWs these days will let you do it. I use Sonar (for the time being; I abhor the new version and need to switch, but a good DAW is not cheap), used to use Cubase, both do well with Video. On the Mac side, Logic is good, Digital Performer I've heard is great, and of course there's ProTools on either.
I've heard good things about Reaper (http://www.reaper.fm/), which licenses for $60, but haven't used it since the first version. Planning on checking it out though, so if you want a more detailed opinion, give me a couple days!
I, too, am a Sonar used and recently upgraded to X1, and yea, it's a bit of a mess. Now that Protools is hardware independent, I'm thinking it's time to join the rest of the post-audio work. Geez, I hate learning a new DAW.
If you are making music just to make music, then yeah, it doesn't matter what software you use; just whatever works for you.
However, for film scoring, I agree with escher, you need something you can import video into. Most DAWs these days will let you do it. I use Sonar (for the time being; I abhor the new version and need to switch, but a good DAW is not cheap), used to use Cubase, both do well with Video. On the Mac side, Logic is good, Digital Performer I've heard is great, and of course there's ProTools on either.
I've heard good things about Reaper (http://www.reaper.fm/), which licenses for $60, but haven't used it since the first version. Planning on checking it out though, so if you want a more detailed opinion, give me a couple days!
Hi, don't mean to hijack the thread, but I'm considering switching from Cubase (after using it for about eight years) to Logic and was wondering what you think about the two - since you have used both of them. Is Logic really so much better? If it is better - is it just the general look&feel or there's something in particular?
Thanks