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Studios using alternate DAWs?

#21
I've only ever used ProTools in a professional recording studio setting. I use Reaper for my own work for private clients, but I don't operate any kind of studio. I can record at my place, but usually record on location and mix/master at my home studio.

Actually come to think of it that's a lie. I used Cool Edit Pro for a few sessions, and I used Vegas Video believe it or not for audiobook editing at a small studio that I worked at about 15 years ago.
 
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I know that Ableton Live is thought of mostly as a "content producer" and DJ daw. But IMHO it can be a very competent recording/mixing daw if you know how to use it.

I can anticipate the crickets but do any of you Studio guys/gals use Ableton for recording and mixing?
 
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I was reading a piece the other day listing a number of known artist using Fruity Loops. Not standalone facilities using that suite, but at least an exception to the Logic/ProTools majority.

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Yes, Cubase, Logic, Nuendo and Studio One (about in that order) are used in professional studios.

Studios for hire? Of course, but consider many higher-end studios are rented out/used by a record company or artist who bring their own engineer/producer. PT is in place for convenience and standards (though many have other DAWs on hand if need be). Not to mention how incredibly easy it is to convert files from any modern DAW.

This is no doubt in flux, as we always are. More major releases are done in midsize studios/multiple studios, but it is still a practice even when the engineer/producer have their own studio... it’s a mixed bag anyway you break it down.

But as for professional composers, session players, film scores, producers, writers etc..yes, non PT rigs abound. Native is powerful and non proprietary in terms of hardware.
 
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Aloe said:
avid doesn't have the market it used to have, not only on the daw market, but on video market as well.
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Very true. My video company was all Avid, because agencies wouldn't even consider you if you didn't have it. And boy, was it expensive!
Then other companies started upping their game, and gradually there came a plethora of high quality, full featured NLEs. For me, the epiphany came when I read an article about Walter Murch cutting Cold Mountain on Final Cut Pro. It blew my mind. Gradually, clients began to realize it was all about the results created by talented people, not the tools they used.
 
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mike buzzetti said:
Including the TRASH when needed LOL ! :hyper::hyper:
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CryingBass said:
I know that Ableton Live is thought of mostly as a "content producer" and DJ daw. But IMHO it can be a very competent recording/mixing daw if you know how to use it.

I can anticipate the crickets but do any of you Studio guys/gals use Ableton for recording and mixing?
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There's lotsa people using Ableton that aren't just electronic artists. I knew many folks who at first got into Live for building up tracks and then would mix in PT or Logic, but just as with all of these I think Ableton is perfectly capable on its own now. So much of it is all about just what you're used to.
 
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Snarf said:
Anyone have any experience working with or locating recording studios that are friendly to DAWs outside of Pro Tools? Do they exist? I don't mean home studios, I mean proper full-service recording studios.

Thanks!
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Most professional studios in Los Angeles have engineers familiar with more than one DAW.

The big three are Pro Tools, Logic, and Cubase.
 
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If you do good work it really doesnt matter what you use its mostly preference. It used to be a marketing tool studios used to say they were a pro tools studio to be perceived as professional or more professional then the next guy.
 
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It's more or less 50-50 between Cubase/Nuendo and Pro Tools in my part of the world. Well, maybe more like 45-45 with Logic eating up most of the remaining 10%.

Personally I prefer Cubase. For cheap I think it's hard to beat Reaper but I've never seen it used in a professional studio
 
#38
Many Film Score folks use Logic and Cubase and I am an amateur into scoring and use third party sound libraries specially orchestra sounds . From a pro level, specially in Film Scoring where you have a lot of tracks, multi time signature and tempi I personally think Cubase is better - but now I only use Logic now because of costs. I do "de-GarageBand" Logic Pro ASAP.


Cubasis is the only functional IOS multitrack app
 
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CryingBass said:
I know that Ableton Live is thought of mostly as a "content producer" and DJ daw. But IMHO it can be a very competent recording/mixing daw if you know how to use it.

I can anticipate the crickets but do any of you Studio guys/gals use Ableton for recording and mixing?
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Can Live handle multi-channel MIDI messages on a track these days? I used to use Live 8, but that was a huge roadblock for using VSTs like Reaktor, Kontakt etc.
 

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