Only software that are true subscription models is a hoax IMO. Nothing I ever consider.
- and you have no influence as a customer other than abandon it all together
- it stops working the spot you stop paying
Daws are fair, in that you can use what you bought and take a decision if new features are worth an upgrade or not. Even ProTools offer perpetual again.
- as a customer you can at least take a stand and upgrade or not
- this is why they add stuff, not to everybodys liking, but for some
- if not this release they might come back the next
Bottom line for me is that Cubase and Reaper is a no-no.
- Cubase because it's not reliable in some features like track templates which doesn't work and looks worse and worse
- Reaper in that they add loads of halfdone features, notation, video and still looks crap
So far my 8 year old Sonar Artist still does the job even on Windows 11, knock on wood.
- it has it's flaws but overall really good use
Cakewalk has lost it's ways it seems, in that "coming soon" never happends. Once going "free" there is no way back. So a new daw "Next" was to arrive that I don't think looks one bit interesting. I watched some early review and really don't get what is to be better in that daw and supposed to be payed version.
- I have no real issues with workflow in any daw, why make another?
It takes a good while to make full featured daw. Cockos have been going on for 20 years now and still did not attend the "looks" thingy and the simplest things like picking a couple of toolbars in a simple manner without diving into hackerland.
- we want pretty things before our eyes for so many hours a day
- and it's so flexible you don't even know where to start
I tried Bitwig trial a couple of months ago just to be stuck at this stupid google captcha to create an account, tried twice with no luck and then just uninstalled and scrapped the idea.
- most places using that captcha configured to be simpler and not like Fort Knox.
- and you have no influence as a customer other than abandon it all together
- it stops working the spot you stop paying
Daws are fair, in that you can use what you bought and take a decision if new features are worth an upgrade or not. Even ProTools offer perpetual again.
- as a customer you can at least take a stand and upgrade or not
- this is why they add stuff, not to everybodys liking, but for some
- if not this release they might come back the next
Bottom line for me is that Cubase and Reaper is a no-no.
- Cubase because it's not reliable in some features like track templates which doesn't work and looks worse and worse
- Reaper in that they add loads of halfdone features, notation, video and still looks crap
So far my 8 year old Sonar Artist still does the job even on Windows 11, knock on wood.
- it has it's flaws but overall really good use
Cakewalk has lost it's ways it seems, in that "coming soon" never happends. Once going "free" there is no way back. So a new daw "Next" was to arrive that I don't think looks one bit interesting. I watched some early review and really don't get what is to be better in that daw and supposed to be payed version.
- I have no real issues with workflow in any daw, why make another?
It takes a good while to make full featured daw. Cockos have been going on for 20 years now and still did not attend the "looks" thingy and the simplest things like picking a couple of toolbars in a simple manner without diving into hackerland.
- we want pretty things before our eyes for so many hours a day
- and it's so flexible you don't even know where to start
I tried Bitwig trial a couple of months ago just to be stuck at this stupid google captcha to create an account, tried twice with no luck and then just uninstalled and scrapped the idea.
- most places using that captcha configured to be simpler and not like Fort Knox.
Statistics: Posted by lfm — Wed Jan 31, 2024 3:46 am
