Computers: too many to list with too much overlap

DAWS: depends on the definition. I could do multitrack audio with Cool Edit Pro, which became Audobe Audition. And although it wasn't on my computers (as in "had" it), I've used Pro Tools in studios. But for pure DAWs I use at home:

Cakewalk Pro Audio, which became all the editions of SONAR. I think SONAR X3 was the last?

Then brief experiments with Digital Performer and Mixcraft and fleeting glances rejecting several others.

Five years now, Studio One Pro (now up to version 7).

For all practical purposes, I would say that three DAWs account for almost all of my work at home: Cool Edit Pro and its derivatives, Cakewalk/SONAR and its derivatives, and Studio One.


BIAB 2025 Win Audiophile. Software: Studio One 7 Pro, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6, Song Master Pro, Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Roland Integra-7, Presonus 192 & Faderport 8, Royer 121, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors.