What's The Best DAW for Music Production & Recording | BEST DAW 2024

In this video we cover my top 5 favorite DAWs in 2024. My like my music production and recording process to be clean and seamless. A huge thank you to DistroKid for sponsoring today's video.
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MY FAVORITE GEAR:
Computer:
MacBook Pro M2 - sweetwater.sjv...
Interfaces:
Universal Audio Apollo x16 - sweetwater.sjv...
Universal Audio Apollo x8 - sweetwater.sjv...
Universal Audio Apollo x4 - sweetwater.sjv...
Avid Mbox Studio - sweetwater.sjv...
Microphones:
Neumann U87 Ai - sweetwater.sjv...
Universal Audio Sphere DLX - sweetwater.sjv...
Universal Audio LX - sweetwater.sjv.io/daGnjQ
Lauten Audio Atlantis - sweetwater.sjv...
Lauten Audio Clarion - sweetwater.sjv...
Neumann TLM 103 - sweetwater.sjv...
sE Electronics Rupert Neve RNT - sweetwater.sjv...
Preamps / Channel Strips / Compressors:
Universal Audio 6176 - sweetwater.sjv...
Rupert Neve Design 5211 - sweetwater.sjv...
AMS Neve 1073 SPX - sweetwater.sjv...
Heritage Audio Tubesessor - sweetwater.sjv...
Warm Audio WA73 - sweetwater.sjv...
Warm Audio WA-2A - sweetwater.sjv...
Klark Teknik 1176-KT - sweetwater.sjv...
Favorite Plugins:
Universal Audio UAD LA-2A - sweetwater.sjv...
Universal Audio UAD 1176 - sweetwater.sjv...
Soundtoys 5.4 Plug-in Bundle - sweetwater.sjv...
Waves Horizon Plug-in Bundle - sweetwater.sjv...
Lofi Panda 3 - clarkaudio.com/
Studio Monitors:
ADAM Audio A7V - sweetwater.sjv...
Fluid Audio IMAGE 2 - fluidaudio.com...
Lofi Panda 3 - clarkaudio.com/
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[@archiebeatz]

Thank you all for watching! Be sure to comment your current DAW below and why do you like it over the others?

[@doubleaceprod]

FL studio is goated coz it's producer friendly. Been dabbling in Luna... It's almost like a user friendly protools

[@tebqzik_music]

And you left out Cubase

[@doubleaceprod]

@@tebqzik_music Cubase is nice too! Maybe he hasn't played with it

[@castawayarmy32]

​@@tebqzik_music🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗❤❤❤

[@djtyson435]

Studio One. Work Flow easy and does alot! 👏🏾

[@archiebeatz]

I agree. Thanks you.

[@alinradu5924]

I think the best daw is the one you know very well and enjoy working with❤

[@archiebeatz]

Exactly! You are correct. Thanks for commenting!

[@Circharles]

Cubase 100%

[@archiebeatz]

Cubase gang is tough in here. I love it.

[@PULSEMusicGroup]

ALL DAY!

[@dbaker5478]

FL Studio for making beats and Studio One for tracking vocals, mixing, and mastering for me!!!!!......

[@archiebeatz]

Nice!

[@MastaGOfficial]

I totally agree with this one!

[@benhaim2098]

LOGIC PRO : composing and arranging LUNA : mixing and more !

[@archiebeatz]

Nice! That makes perfect sense. 🔥🔥🔥

[@mrrnrob]

No Cubase?

[@archiebeatz]

Part two is coming!

[@bayboymusic1]

Logic Pro Best all round Daw…however company support sucks. they leave up to KZbinrs to teach you how it works. No official channel

[@archiebeatz]

I honestly I can't live without logic, lol.

[@wallykuhlenberg]

Studio One GANG!!!!

[@archiebeatz]

Hahahaha, yes sirrr!

[@DukehBeats]

@@archiebeatz I use all DAWs and studio one has the best and fastest Recording and editing work flow, then logic pro and then pro tools

[@Psypher_sage]

Reaper is the best Daw . Most customizable Daw in the game

[@archiebeatz]

Awesome, I'm glad you found that Reaper works for you!

[@DaTHorn]

Many DAWs later I finally settled on Cubase 13. Pro Tools the DAW that keeps on taking.

[@archiebeatz]

I'm glad you found the perfect DAW.

[@Doty6String]

Cubase is the most flexible

[@WizardOfAILand]

Reason 12/13 are by far the worst for HIpHop/RnB Music. Getting a good bass sound is hard as hell. If your music is in this genre Reason will make sound muddy as hell. Out of the box MPC, then FL Studio blows most out of the water. The MPC presets alone will give a great sound even if your a beginner.

[@v3zMedia]

FL Studio and MPC Live 2 for beat production. Studio One for Recording and Mixing Records.

[@archiebeatz]

Great choices!

[@jrcallahan506]

Same for me. I love the mastering project page in studio one.

[@LordSiah]

My favorite is cubase 12pro

[@archiebeatz]

Nice!

[@Gen5Flyy]

I started on Cubase …cubase 5 is the most slept on thing ever in the world

[@JesusArmasOficial]

Started working in Pro Tools | First in 2018, stayed in Pro Tools ever since. I've partially used Reaper, Studio One, and Logic Pro and am always returning home to Pro Tools. I'm so into how fast Pro Tools works for me when producing music, especially guitar-driven music that it just makes a ton of sense on its workflow. I've considered using another DAW such as Logic Pro for Virtual Instrument-based music production, but I haven't delved into that setup just yet, I might in the future though. Great video and now, subscribed!

[@archiebeatz]

I see. Finding the perfect DAW for your workflow is a journey. That's the reason why I love PT for my workflow as well. It just works smh. Thank you so much for subscribing! Welcome!

[@RileyRichard]

Definitely cubase! Hands down

[@archiebeatz]

Nice!

[@user99641]

ANYONE WHO DOESN'T USE FL STUDIO IS JUST IGNORANT. EVERYBODY SHOULD BE USING FL😂

[@archiebeatz]

Heyyyyyyy, why ignorant, lol. I tried it. It just wasn't for me but I can acknowledge and appreciate why some of my colleagues prefer. I also need to transcribe (music notes) print a lot of my film score and music production I need an orchestra to play.

[@christophermichael5764]

Logic pro: Composing Drums: Maschine (only to eventually export into Logic)

[@Dhushhh]

Logic Pro gang

[@archiebeatz]

IN THE BUILDING, LOL.

[@IMJUSTWANTTOTALK]

Another one again ignoring cubase like it doesn't exist, the daw that invented vst and studio one copy in a cheaper way all hes features. I will never get why people dont try cubase or talk about it

[@archiebeatz]

Well, I'm not ignoring it. Cubase is amazing. A lot of my composer friends use it. As I stated in this, these are my top 5 (personal taste). Spoiler alert, I am releasing a part 2 and cubase is in it.

[@boomboombaby9140]

I recoded a song for a girl in MPC software by exporting the beat and bringing it back in on a audio track making the bar count 48 . I used a rode mic no interface and the vocals came out like my studio at home using pro tools with the Apollo 🤯 the vocals with no effects was crystal clear and sounded almost mastered when I put the air flavor on it bro it was industry standard . Then I put the vintage compressor on the mastered track and it sounded like it was recorded in the same studio as Mariah Carrie hart breaker song 🤯 . I didn’t know the mpc put out such powerful vocals out of the box . It’s a cheat code for people that don’t know how to mix and master because all you have to do is adjust the volume and throw a plug-in that within the mpc . It has the telephone voice , the screw voice , auto tune , etc so many to choose from it even double the vocals using vocal double. The mpc is a top of the class full recording studio that pushes out top quality sound .

[@Jayjae77JacobMartinez]

you forgot REASON 13 reason is Dope

[@archiebeatz]

Part two brother!

[@alexgarcia7104]

Every time I try and venture away from Pro Tools, I keep finding myself back at it. So easy to use and straightforward for my needs. I use an MPC live and usually just arrange everyone there, export it to pro tools and just mix away with my UAD plugins 🤙🏼

[@thebl8nlyblatantnetwork]

Serato studio for direct vinyl recording and sampling on the fly …. Serato sample and all daws also

[@archiebeatz]

Serato studio is underestimated. I love it as well.

[@hilbertshotel]

Based on price, industry rep, flexibility, power, and AI integration, I have to go with Logic.

[@aspirativemusicproduction2135]

If you don't know what you want try FL Studio. At least you get the best piano roll and you make drum patterns easy. I am not saying it's for everyone but sinse I assume many don't know what they want that's a good start. And I am using the parametric EQ on almost every track.

[@theotiemponuevo]

Cubase 13 Pro❤

[@elitepapercuts]

I produce in ableton. Record and Mix in Luna✨

[@archiebeatz]

Nice brother.

[@DreDreamz4eva]

Cubase pro 13

[@archiebeatz]

It's definitely dope.

[@TheReal_E.IRIZARRY]

REAPER and Sequoia/Samplitude. Next video.

[@sirsilva7079]

Sequoia/Samplitude is king! A true hidden treasure!!

[@archiebeatz]

Nice!

[@TheReal_E.IRIZARRY]

@@archiebeatz lol muito obrigado.

[@PULSEMusicGroup]

Dude...................CUBASE is SO SLEPT ON! Cubase HANDS DOWN!

[@johnisrael5183]

I Produce in Bitwig and Mix and Master and Reasons...you cant go wrong with those 2

[@archiebeatz]

That's dope!

[@TheHHHR]

Not a fan of Luna? BTW, love your videos/channel.❤️

[@LizenMaker]

All daw doing well. The problem is skills.

[@NVY100]

My current DAW is Luna and abelton live 12

[@archiebeatz]

Nice. Luna is legit and one of my favorites as well. I couldn't fit it in this video.

[@NVY100]

@@archiebeatz I love Luna it changed my work flow cause I was used with pro tools, now I felt it crushed A lot for me my pc power I just fix in Luna now

[@TNRRecords]

Ableton Live is the best for being simple and your favorite daw probably copied something from live. No one can beat or get as simple. You can get any sound from live without clicking as much like pt

[@archiebeatz]

Ableton really shines in the simplicity for sure. It seems like you have the perfect DAW for your workflow. Awesome man.

[@paulking20]

Reason the most underrated DAW

[@archiebeatz]

It's definitely underrated. A lot of my hip hop head friends use it.

[@thamailman8170]

propellerhead played themselves early on though.. Reason is so good but they would not allow for 3rd party plugins for the longest time. by the time they did, I had already found logic.

[@IMJUSTWANTTOTALK]

Cubase 13 Pro 🗣️⚡⚡

[@archiebeatz]

It's great for sure.

[@Doty6String]

Yessir

[@soulovelee_2433]

Where are my GarageBand peeps?😅

[@joshuakalani590]

Ableton and luna for me .Considering adding pro tools but reluctantly offcourse

[@archiebeatz]

Both of them are nice! Yeah you should definitely try it out.

[@djerikfox]

logic pro 11 is amazing!

[@Hello_Haven]

Fruity Loops has come a long way. I remember when it was considered such a joke that they changed the name to FL Studio. That said, I've used Cubase since 2003 (21 years). It's considered to be one of the more difficult DAWS to learn but I took to it right away and really consider it more powerful than most DAWs out there. However, over the years I've learned nearly ever DAW out there so because I collab a lot and collabing in the original DAW the project is in is faster and more fluid than bouncing down and exporting parts. I produce electronic music and EDM producers tend to collaborate a lot. EDM producers overwhelmingly use Ableton Live followed by Logic Pro and FL Studio. Some, like me, use Cubase. The advanced MIDI capabilities of Cubase are just unmatched in my opinion. I work faster and more fluid in Cubase, but I can work in any DAW for collab purposes.

[@Batiste600]

Logic Gang

[@OrpiAktar-g1y]

Lee Christopher Jackson Kimberly Gonzalez Dorothy

[@DaleMonaghan55]

Cubase

[@JayonJenkins]

I’m currently rockin with reaper and I love it but I am fresh to the game only had the home studio for about a month so ima look around

[@aspirativemusicproduction2135]

At some point I was considering Cubase. Simply because it had everything I was looking for without having to look for anything else. Was I wrong. I don't know.

[@crittlematthew]

Protools give me a headache the moment I open that mf up 😂 I love studio one it’s so easy to u ❤ an like the lil cuzin of protools

[@sectiondrecords4580]

I appreciate your review. Thanks. I use all the daws you mention but unfortunately this is barely enough information for the beginner and you left out the heavy weight Film DAW used by many many Academy award winners - Cubase/Nuendo.

[@jayvoicetrg]

can u tell me why no one is talking about samplitude??

[@riasure]

Hey Archie Beatz, what’s good? I am a long term logic user -from Emagic days😂!! But I am considering learning another daw, I guess for versatility and so your video came at the perfect time. I am considering Studio one or Luna ( the latter you didn’t mention), have you tried it and if so do you rate it??

[@archiebeatz]

Hey man! Nice. Studio one and Luna are both great. I would test drive them and see what feels right for sure. Part 2 of this video is coming. I recorded this with Luna! It has an old school console feel to it, which I love! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eH7cgGyJq7aUf6M

[@riasure]

@@archiebeatz Thanks so much for recommendation and link. Track sounds amazing🙌🏾. It has a real warmth and depth that I am really liking. Well that settles it, gonna try Luna first, as it is always showing in UA connect as being available to download😄. I already have Apollo twin and a ton of the UAD plugins and so I am gonna test it and see how it goes, before testing Studio One. Appreciate, you pointing me towards video as it’s given me some insight into workflow. You are such a gifted musician. Every blessing bro🙏🏾

[@pauledsall5849]

Look at reaper for gods sake

[@jayvoicetrg]

take it or leave it fl studio is a godfather to all you mentioned when it comes to beat making i swear

[@Jayjae77JacobMartinez]

Studio one 6 , Reason 13 , Maschine

[@archiebeatz]

Awesome!

[@StacyRose7]

Hey! Thank you for the video. I have one suggestion for you. It would be cool if the name of each daw popped up on the screen every time. ❤

[@mikebauer6917]

The one I use?

[@thefrogriot]

Cakewalk Sonar..thats my go 2

[@archiebeatz]

I love cakewalk

[@jameshardy5578]

Studio One shutting sh*t down especially pro tools

[@user-uu2xy3se6c]

What’s about reason13

[@Basslick]

Can someone explain why Cubase never gets no love?

[@GrzechuWarty1985]

any daws is good but my favorite is Reaper.

[@irawardofficial]

Awesome video and nice studio :). Logic Pro is where the funk goes to die LOL.

[@DM_Dessy]

First time watching one of your videos... I'm definitely sticking to enjoy more of your content

[@DJBSTreet]

MPC, Pro Tools & Logic Pro X

[@archiebeatz]

Nice.

[@izzychago]

Reason 13

[@archiebeatz]

Reason is nice!

[@Perses11]

I’ve played around with audacity but it doesn’t support ASIO, is there a bypass for this or should i try a different DAW?

[@bigtymerbitz]

Cubase for life 🔥💯

[@boragokduman6688]

need to know which is the best for techno?

[@revp01]

I’ve tried Cubase, Studio One, Pro Tools, Logic Pro. I always struggled in each. Enter: Reaper. Wow. I’ve not found any issues with my studio recording/tracking/mixing or live backing tracks/VST3-AUi hosting. I’ve used reaper since 2009. All of my 3rd party plugins work well in it. I even edit video in it. It is the crowned daw of my music workflow.

[@magikgumbo3163]

I want reason 13 but not for 500 😭

[@hoossembechiri6136]

What about cubase .. oh whaaat about nuendo !!!?

[@blakesmith9039]

Love yer studio, bro.. nice!

[@dtrelzmusic]

Bitwig is it, yall tripping

[@dukeselwood]

Studio One FTW

[@naeem843]

Great video

[@nunopinheiro75]

Started using Studio One in 2014 and never went back to PT/Cubase, but they are all good tbh💪

[@archiebeatz]

That's awesome. I agree!

[@jrcallahan506]

Studio One until year 2099 😅

[@MrDbabb1]

Studio One is fire !

[@archiebeatz]

Nice! It most certainly is.

[@kingDutch833]

Studio one

[@archiebeatz]

It's dope for sure.