Digital Audio Workstation (DAW).
At some point you might want to record some of the music you have been playing. Of course you can hold your phone next to your guitar and record, and at times you don’t need more than that. But what if you want to do a bit more, actually record a full song, or multiple layers of instruments. That’s when DAW’s come into play.
What are some of your favorites? What are the ones that in specific cases do a thing really good, but in other scenarios not so much.
I have been using Reaper for the last 3 years after migrating from Logic. It works so well for my use case, and I love that it has enabled me to leave the Apple ecosystem and make music on Linux. Every now and then though, I get envious of what I see others do in Ableton and Bitwig, and while I can do most of the same stuff in Reaper, the workflow is different. I may one day dig into Bitwig and use it in tandem with Reaper. We’ll see.