I remember a time when I desperately wanted SONAR Platinum, because I knew everything that was included with it. Cakewalk is basically SONAR Platinum, which originally cost $499. My advice – go and grab this DAW before BandLab decides they’re giving away too much. This is another stunning option for music producers and sound engineers. If you’ve never tried it before, Waveform is certainly worth a look it really is one of the best free DAWs right now.ĭownload: Tracktion 2.

It’s nice to have a selection of built-in effects and instruments, but we all like being able to play with our favorite plugins, am I right? Waveform plays well with most VSTs, so add away! That’s probably the way it was meant to be used anyway. As a long-time user of the DAW, that’s always a nice thing to see. These are a little “basic” so far as effects are concerned, but Tracktion has been continually updating these with user-friendly graphical interfaces that make them more usable.

Tracktion or Waveform has always had some built-in effects (like EQ, reverb, delay, and so on). That said, Waveform is somewhat customizable (if you upgrade to PRO, you can do more customization).

How the controls are positioned are part of the workflow, so that’s going to come down to preference.

Sonar platinum vs cakewalk by bandlab