What was your first ever DAW?

[wendylou]

EZ Tracks (mid 80's), then Steinberg Pro-24 III, then Cubit (later renamed Cubase 1.0).

[Noplan]

It looks amazing. I think the concept and workflow of a tracker is underestimated these days.

Renoise is still amazing. A new version has just been released. If you don't have it, buy it.

Yeah. I was thinking about switching to Renoise + Reason VST.

[dannyF]

Yep. Probably because you knew your gear inside out.

And because you didn't have 200 synths and effects to choose from.
And because you were young and carefree!

All true.

[dezma]

Yep. Probably because you knew your gear inside out.

And because you didn't have 200 synths and effects to choose from.
And because you were young and carefree!

That's so true

The leisure to dispensible income ratio is way out of balance throughout life. By the time it's in balance again (retired) we'll be either too deaf or senile as f*ck. The shaking hands might be a plus for drawing unexpected automation curves.

Let's hope we're still bright enough by then to comprehend the big reason 34 announcement: VST4 support (3 decades after launch) and 2 minor sequencer workflow improvements