

I like to make all my clicks in Audacity and then fly those tracks into Reaper to track along to (drums 14+ microphones) and then (I'll need to) fly those tracks into Cakewalk to do some beat re-aligning and such. Also, to me knowledge, LLMS would not be considered a "Stand alone daw" as it can't record audio -Unless they've changed that since?Īlso, while we're on the topic -Would there be any foreseeable complications with doing some work in Audacity and some work in another DAW which does the few things I'm unable to do in Audacity? For example, I rather LOVE the rhythm track maker in Audacity much more so than other DAWS. Cakewalk would probably win it for me? Although, I don't find that the most enjoyable, either.


In any regard: Which of the aforementioned, in your opinion, is most similar to Audacity workflow/ simplicity-wise? have tried Cakewalk, Traction Waveform, Studio One and Reaper -Least favorite of them all would probably have to be Reaper. I think there's risk of it becoming THE DAW. I don't think there's much risk of Audacity becoming "yet Another DAW". Seems to me that it's trying to be that way with the recent integration of VST 3 plugins and other aspects that seem to mimic the laundry list of DAWS you mentioned. I, personally, hope that Audacity continues to be excellent with just a FEW MORE features. Personally I hope that Audacity continues to be the excellent, open source, cross-platform, multi-track audio editor that it was intended to be, though I think there's a risk that it may end up as "yet another DAW".Īnd none of those DAWS can do what Audacity does as seamlessly and easily.

As far as I'm aware, the list for open source and cross-platform audio editors that support multiple tracks is a list of 1: Audacity. The list of "audio editors" is much smaller. Reaper, Logic Pro, ProTools, Cubase, Sonar, Cakewalk, BandLab, Traktion, Ableton, Studio One, Ardour, MixBus, LMMS, Ohm Studio, Qtractor, and many more. If you want a stand-alone DAW, there are plenty to choose from: Audacity still has a ways to go before it can be used as a stand alone DAW
