logic or cubase?

[chckn8r]

Originally Posted by Nigel Keay

One feature that Performer had (and DP5 has) was the ability to hold the wiper on mousedown and sustain MIDI notes, then drag to any other point and sustain the notes at the new point. I found this a useful feature for scanning harmonic progressions. I used Cubase LE for a while for audio but never saw this MIDI feature, almost for that reason alone I never got used to the Cubase environment, the point being that it seems even one thing can have quite a big impact on workflow depending on how one likes to work.

Logic and Sonar both have this!

Yes, I think you've hit on the key point in all this - it's all in how you approach your composition process with a DAW: workflow. What works for someone won't necessarily work for others.

Most DAWs have demo versions for people to try out. I'd be suggesting that anyone looking to get a new DAW or switching, try it out first!

[chckn8r]

Originally Posted by PeterG

I mean, I'm putting all the notes into Finale and it plays it quite nicely (most of times anyway, but that may be my composing skills in the way...) and I've found Ambiance Reverb thingy on top of it to really add to the sound. and for the fun of it I added some aplause on one of my pieces once using a Garageband sample. But what more can I do when I'd have ProTools (or whatever other one you'd like to comment on) ?

Hey Peter,

I thought there was a thread on here that discussed just what you're asking, but I guess that was another forum ...

The difference between a DAW (Logic, CuBase, Sonar...) and notation app (Finale, Sibelius, Notion...) is a bit like comparing apples and oranges.

A notation app is very strong at providing the tools to create printed music notation for other musicians to play. The MIDI tools and playback mechanism in those apps have been a relatively recent feature that enable users to hear an approximation of their work.

A DAW is typically used to produce a final result. Some have a stronger set of MIDI tools/workflow (Logic, DP, CuBase...) and others have a stronger set of audio tools / workflow (ProTools, Nuendo, Reaper...).

With a DAW you've got more accessible ways to manipulate MIDI information and record and manipulate audio signals.

You might see someone using a DAW to compose a score, record synths / guitars, etc., export the orchestral MIDI information into a notation app, produce a written score and parts and then record the orchestra into the DAW and mix with the synths, guitars, etc.

No one (as of yet) has been able to successfully produce an application that does everything well...

Hope that helps!

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