This question to me is a bit like why buy a screwdriver if you have a hammer. One could use a hammer to drive in screws or for that matter a screwdriver to hit in nails. But and it’s a big BUT to use a tool made for specific tasks makes the job simpler, more efficient if not better.

For years I used various versions of Sonar then when things were looking dicey with Cakewalk I got into Reaper as well as Cakewalk by BandLab. I tended to use Cakewalk for MIDI as I really understood MIDI operations in that Cakewalk. I used Reaper for mixing as that DAW provided advantages in that area.

As I got on and learnt more about Reaper’s scripting and other flexibilities I am slowly but surely tending to go to Reaper for all my DAW needs. In Reaper it is easy to create menus and possible to design tools for specific functions making Reaper more flexible than Cakewalk (IMHO)

I use BAIB to design, layout and input the chords and various instruments for a song as that to me seems the best tool for that job. I guess I could do this in Reaper or Cakewalk but it would be nowhere near as good nor efficient. I could use BIAB to mix and record the extra bits I might want to add but once again to me would not be efficient.

In Reaper for example it is extremely easy to adjust the play rate of a piece or have the levels of various parts move, or manipulate panning on the fly. Whatever takes your fancy. It is also fairly easy to remove unwanted noise and things like that. This goes on and on.

The right tool for the right job it was my attitude all my working life so why not for music.

My thoughts
Tony

Last edited by Teunis; 08/30/22 02:06 PM.
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