8 Best DAWs of 2024 (FREE & Paid Options)

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A DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) is a software program that allows musicians and sound designers to produce their tracks. Within a DAW, musicians and producers can record, process, mix and master audio. DAWs are incredibly powerful creative tools that allow musicians, producers and sound designers to create beautiful compositions. So in this tutorial, I've decided to round up the best 8 DAWS of 2024. I've included by free DAWS as well as Paid DAWs in this list to give a wide range of options for different budgets.
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Time Stamps
0:39 - Ardour
1:37 - LMMS
2:29 - Reaper
3:24 - Cubebase
4:10 - Logic Pro
4:35 - Ableton Live
5:44 - FL Studio
6:33 - Pro Tools

[@BamBamTheInfluence]

Reaper Features 1. 128 audio channels per mixer track 2. Advanced routing features 3. Advanced "side chaining" & modulation for All parameters on any plugin 4. Built-in pitch correction (both auto & manual) 5. Great stock (fx) plugins plus use any 3rd party plugin format {including CLAP, LV2} 6. Extremely Advanced render options & render queue with flexible naming options when rendering multiple items. 7. 32 customizable tool bars 8. Create your own keyboard shortcuts 9. Create custom macros which automates multiple commands into 1 action then map that to a keyboard shortcut 10. Portable install 11. Advanced multiple layered "track freeze" with the ability to go all the way back to the original state even after closing the project 12. Load project in offline mode to troubleshoot buggy vsts 13. Extremely low RAM & CPU usage 14. Amazing noise removal 15. Vocal alignment function built-in 16. Versatile time Stretch options 17. Open & switch between multiple sessions 18. Remote session collaboration tools (NinJAM) 19. Online repository with over 2000 community based enhancements including plugins 20. Sub-project linking. Great for Mastering workflow 21. Remote control daw via any web browser ON ANY DEVICE 22. ChordGUN for Key/chord degree music theory workflow 23. MIDI key lock 24. Save "undo" as a part the project for unlimited "undos" even after closing & reloading sessions 25. Loop record & create take lanes for both audio & midi to capture the perfect performance or use comping to achieve the perfect take 26. Tempo lock samples to your project with built-in sample browser 27. Delta solo 28. Ara support 29. Agnostic tracks... Meaning there are no specific track type. 30. Put Midi, audio, mono, stereo, video or image files, all on the same track 31. Media browser can show 🎶 notes (C, C#, Gb etc) being played in the sample being previewed 32. Video editing & rendering 33. Oversampling for any individual plugin 34. Oversampling for any plugin chain 35. Spectral audio editing 36. Separate GLOBAL slots for Monitoring FX 37. Parallel & multi-band processing for any plugin 38. Advanced automation clip editing & manipulation 39. Midi side processing workflow for any plugin available for any plugin 40. Support for CLAP plugin format 41. MPE Support 42. Markers & Mult-layered Region Marker Reaper 7 43. Create & save plugin containers 44. Track spacers 45. New parallel signal workflow on a single track. Both with plugins & plugin containers 46. New take lanes workflow with new "swipe comping" tool., while still retaining the old comping workflow 47. Gain reduction read out for compressors & limiters that support it 48. Supports 512 physical inputs & 512 physical outputs 49. Advanced Surround sound panning 50. Retroactive midi recording 51. Advanced time stretch algorithms

[@Djsiya27]

What about Reason & Presonus Studio One?

[@neomoonstudios]

Thanks for the suggestions @Djsiya27 :)

[@axelmaldini4218]

Reaper v7 best in town...and is FREE!

[@eboethrasher]

Back when I was recording my old band in the mid 2000s I had the most obnoxious and circuitous method of recording. I liked certain interface feels, and Sony Sound Forge was one I liked. I used FL Studio to program our drums and keyboards, and you could only output at 16bit OR 32 bit at that time. So I would output to a 32 bit wav. Slap that puppy into Sound Forge where I had a script to dither it down to 24 bits, and then I would import it into Sony Vegas and use that as a multitrack DAW for audio only and it worked, if gave me everything I needed, I didn't have to learn to use FL as a VST, anything like that. I was stubborn and set in my ways and that was my workflow. Insane, I know haha.

[@MrHamit64]

I'm learning how to use Reaper. I'm blind and there's a blind comunity for it. If I learn Mac again I could also learn Logic. Pro Tules is I know the Studio standard but well on PC at least we the blind lost access to it ages and ages ago. Don't know about Mac. I know of Cubase cause it comes with the H recorders of Zoom. Does something like Soney's SoundForge count as a DAW? IF not what is stuff like that called?

[@neomoonstudios]

Thanks for your comment @MrHamit64. We appreciate it :)

[@jclosed2516]

Bitwig is my DAW of choice. I had Ableton Live for years, but never felt very comfortable with it (I hated using TAB to switch between the two workscreens for example). Coming from the old Project 5 (long discontinued already), I felt immediately at home with Bitwig. Long story short, I fianally sold Ableton Live and use Bitwig now in stead. To be fair, for some tasks I use Cubase, that I already own for many, many years. But Bitwig let me experiment and create, so this is my main DAW.

[@ProjektLament]

Buy the Steinberg IXO22 audio interface and get CUBASE AI for free. If you're new to all this like me, it's plenty to get you started.

[@KASmonkeys]

Studio one?

[@neomoonstudios]

Also a very interesting DAW :)

[@axelmaldini4218]

a piece of crap literally

[@jamludentertainment]

I love Reason and cubase, but if I had start all over again it will be Reaper 1st and Abletone 2nd

[@neomoonstudios]

Thanks for your comment @jamludentertainment :) We appreciate you providing your suggestions for others watching this video.

[@ManDaKi-79]

Reaper and Studio One❤❤❤

[@neomoonstudios]

Thanks for helping us add to the list!

[@lubos.8827]

Bandlab Cakewalk!

[@neomoonstudios]

Thanks for the suggestion @lubos.8827!

[@georgeg4136]

No Studio One?

[@neomoonstudios]

Thanks for your comment and suggestion :)

[@Motosportz]

Bitwig is my favorite.

[@neomoonstudios]

Thanks for your suggestion :)

[@pangloss9]

Luna!!... especially now that it's not solely tied to a UA interface.

[@neomoonstudios]

Thank you for providing this suggestion to our audience :)

[@vincemincevince]

the reason fl studio is so popular is it was the easiest to pirate

[@neomoonstudios]

hahaha!

[@timfuredi1000]

Sad but true

[@MrHamit64]

What is the highest channel count and sample rate and bit depth FL will do? Can it do Dolby Atmos?

[@charlesalison5854]

@@MrHamit64 HAHAHAHAH very funny question well fl studio have highest industry bit depth and yes you can do Dolby Atmos with fiedler Dolby Atmos composer ....so if i may ask can your DAW do audio separation???????? hahahahahahah

[@charlesalison5854]

@vincemincevince and who told you that other daw dont have pirate?...other Daw like Cubase 5 of those years and up till now still get cracked

[@BornAgainRecordz]

dude what the helll, lmms made your best daws list but not traction waveform which is literally the best free daw with absolutely no limitations🤨

[@neomoonstudios]

Thanks for the suggestion :)

[@Ash_4949]

What do you think is the best free Daw for beginners?

[@neomoonstudios]

Personally we really like Ableton. There are many layers to it and it can get quite complex, but it presents itself in an easy to understand way for beginners as well. We find it really intuitive and easy to use.

[@neomoonstudios]

Let us know your opinion. What's your DAW of choice and why?

[@arnoldxode]

I use lmms and Studio one, gets my work done

[@neomoonstudios]

That's all that matters :)

[@musicalneptunian]

Reaper because I record audio books and Reaper can be set up as the ideal audio book narrator machine. IT also works on my OS, Linux.

[@neomoonstudios]

Thanks for the comment @musicalneptunian and suggestion for others who might require a DAW for a similar use-case :)

[@abc456f]

Cakewalk.

[@BenvelMusic]

The video is incorrect Ardour isn’t free unless you on Linux and you compile your own Ardour. On windows you have to pay

[@gps4l184]

You are almost 100% right. Also on Linux you are supposed to pay for the program, but it will be voluntary. Most Linux distro probably have Ardour in their repositories.

[@vestalfa6442]

No bitwig??????????????????????????? ☢

[@neomoonstudios]

Thanks for the DAW suggestion @vestalfa6442!

[@BenvelMusic]

Cubebase 😂