Would anyone be willing to lay out their experiences with DAWs? Preferably free ones? I tried waveform, but I’m thinking I’m going to use Cakewalk. A lot of people say Reaper, but the UI seems lackluster. What do yo think?

  • Revered_Beard@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I’ve been using Reaper daily for 15 years. If you run into any issues that you can’t figure out, feel free to reach out, I’m happy to answer questions.

    • NineMileTower@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I’m trying to use MIDI drums and I have no idea how. I’ve inserted a MIDI synth track, so I should be able to do drums. Is there some sort of virtual instrument plugins I can download?

      • trashcan@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
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        6 months ago

        Like connecting an electronic kit or pads on a controller? Or just triggering hits on your timeline? Either way yes there are several VSTs but your DAW probably comes with a drum machine or sampler that can do a lot. Plenty of free drums samples out there. Could you elaborate more on what you want to achieve?

        • NineMileTower@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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          6 months ago

          I would compose the drum tracks on the timeline for now. I may get a MIDI keyboard in the future though. I think VST is the term I needed to learn there

          • trashcan@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
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            6 months ago

            What DAW are you using? Most should be able to accomplish what you’re after without any plugins. Is there a sampler? Like a virtual instrument that lets you play different audio files? You could trigger them via midi on the piano roll (timeline).

            Edit: the only VST for drums I find useful is XO but that’s just to manage a large sample library. You don’t need that now.