Hey guys,
about to purchase my first DAW and was wondering what the deal is with various DAWS and dual monitor support. what i mean by this is, i would like the ability to have two windows open on two different screens. for example, i already know that ableton live 8 doesn’t support this, but there is alot of buzz around ableton live 9 supporting this…i.e. you can have BOTH session and arrangement views open! AMAZING!!
my questions are,
whats the deal with protools 9? (support or no support)
reason 6…( support or no support) (it would be cool to have racks on one screen and arrangement view in the other.
yea…
alot of hype arround the bitwig studio DAW…VERY promissing…waiting on beta!
hope i make the cut!
also, what are peoples opinions on this shift in technology within the music culture?
with all these new controllers and software, is it worth waiting to buy a DAW at this time…alot of new things are coming down the pipline…peoples thoughts?
Gre3nergy - Don’t wait! While a lot of companies have very predictable release schedules/cycles/schemes, Ableton doesn’t really have such an easy to predict one. I think Suite 8 is a great product and it would be maddening to wait for 9- there’s no telling when it will make its debut.
Is it such a big deal to press tab? The arrangement is visible (sorta) from the session view anyway. I’ve never understood some people’s need to see both entirely and simultaneously, let alone on separate monitors.
I sometimes view an instance of Machine on a separate monitor from the one I view Live from.
Also, via ReWire, I sometimes view a Sibelius score of whatever I have in live playing on a second monitor. It’s like a carryover from my conducting career, I suppose.
anybody have any MAJOR gripes about reason 6 and why i should go with ableton?
i think ima start with this DAW (reason 6) and work my way to ableton…
i dont want to get boggled down by all the different plugins and audio mod choices when i am first learning how to create and modify sounds to achieve what “noise” is in my head; the “complete kit” is very appealing to me for starters, i just want to know about any major pit falls if any to this program before i bite the bullet and purchase…
Live will not do multi-monitors.
Pro Tools will.
Logic will.
Cubase will.
I haven’t tried reason like that because I just don’t use it that way…but there used to be a “detach ____ window” command, so I’d imagine they didn’t go backwards.
As for the comment about Reason…uhh…no. Reason is the only DAW with good metering. It’s limiting because it doesn’t do plugins…but it offers a lot for the money, sounds good, and makes things easy if you know what you’re doing. I’m trying to find a friend with an Ignition Key that I can borrow so I can give it a real test, but right now…I use Maschine and Logic. I’m either going to replace Logic with Pro Tools 10 or Reason 6 (possibly both), and since I don’t need to use it’s crappy sequencer, Reason actually is making a bit of a showing.
I mean…it probably won’t win, 'cuz Pro Tools is still Pro Tools, but the fact that I’m considering it is saying something.