your dream DAW?

[Schattenmann]

I don't care much about the software - it's often barely a question of getting used to it and change your habits.
I'd focus more on the hardware part.

So, for me, the ideal system would be some DSP accelerator card(s) that would be compatible with almost every DAW.
Think about the ProTools-type cards that could be used with Cubase/Nuendo, Logic, Reaper, Ableton, whatever... and provide DSP acceleration for the software and plugins.

[chucks]

Digital Performer with hardware inserts, MIDI regions and PT style track selection and grouping.

[champ]

My dream DAW.... Logic X:

- GUI with a touchscreen in mind

- Dedicated iOS app

- Apogee presents a controller (like the SSL Nucleus) that has total control over a DAW like we have never seen before.

- Build-in store to buy plugins lessons etc with your iTunes account making it easy for developers to distribute and getting payed. Great for users to buy and install/update/reinstall. (no more iLok dongles or other security hassle for those that buy software)

- iCloud integration for storage and always have your projects available wherever you are and the options to share files.

[doctah]

I'd like to see a Modular - Master Server/Child Server/Client model. A stupid powerful server on the back end as a master, remote child servers at other locations, and clients connected to the master server to provide the GUI and Playback. Very similar to MythTV or MediaPortal.

I'm thinking a distributed daw, over the internet with low latency.
See this: Soundjack by Alexander Carot

[pendejo]

Originally Posted by champ

My dream DAW.... Logic X:

- GUI with a touchscreen in mind

- Dedicated iOS app

- Apogee presents a controller (like the SSL Nucleus) that has total control over a DAW like we have never seen before.

- Build-in store to buy plugins lessons etc with your iTunes account making it easy for developers to distribute and getting payed. Great for users to buy and install/update/reinstall. (no more iLok dongles or other security hassle for those that buy software)

- iCloud integration for storage and always have your projects available wherever you are and the options to share files.

Spot on. I agree with all of these, except I don't have a preference for Apogee.

Plus, make the whole mixer a plug-in so that new console emulations can integrate better and take it to the next level.

[champ]

Originally Posted by pendejo

Spot on. I agree with all of these, except I don't have a preference for Apogee.

Plus, make the whole mixer a plug-in so that new console emulations can integrate better and take it to the next level.

I put Apogee in the list because Apple has stocks in it.
(beside that I love their stuff, they feel like Apple products )

[Melvin III]

Pro tools 64 bit
Built in pitch correction
Vst capabilities
Offline bounce
That's about basically a more up to date pro tools

[Calculomicon]

Pro Tools edit window and Harrison Mixbus mixer window

[SeriousPancakes]

Originally Posted by champ

My dream DAW.... Logic X:

- GUI with a touchscreen in mind

- Dedicated iOS app

- Apogee presents a controller (like the SSL Nucleus) that has total control over a DAW like we have never seen before.

- Build-in store to buy plugins lessons etc with your iTunes account making it easy for developers to distribute and getting payed. Great for users to buy and install/update/reinstall. (no more iLok dongles or other security hassle for those that buy software)

- iCloud integration for storage and always have your projects available wherever you are and the options to share files.

bloody brilliant, all aspects

[Herb]

Originally Posted by Melvin III

Pro tools 64 bit
Built in pitch correction
Vst capabilities
Offline bounce
That's about basically a more up to date pro tools

You just described Cubase/Nuendo

[BIGRED.]

Originally Posted by Melvin III

Pro tools 64 bit
Built in pitch correction
Vst capabilities
Offline bounce
That's about basically a more up to date pro tools

This plus no more errors, ever... especially on windows.

[cinealta]

Opcode Studio Vision 2012.

[ksandvik]

Originally Posted by cinealta

Opcode Studio Vision 2012.

Yes! Still miss the easy way to re-arrange songs by higher level structures. Let's say I want the song to start with the chorus, done!

[dr_Jezz]

It would make superb music without dint of my own effort when I was otherwise engaged with exotic maidens on a sun kissed beach with talcum powder sand. Er ... did I just type that out loud?

Edit - you did say 'dream' DAW

[Schattenmann]

Originally Posted by champ

My dream DAW.... Logic X:

- GUI with a touchscreen in mind

- Dedicated iOS app

- Apogee presents a controller (like the SSL Nucleus) that has total control over a DAW like we have never seen before.

- Build-in store to buy plugins lessons etc with your iTunes account making it easy for developers to distribute and getting payed. Great for users to buy and install/update/reinstall. (no more iLok dongles or other security hassle for those that buy software)

- iCloud integration for storage and always have your projects available wherever you are and the options to share files.

So, basically, your dream is being totally tied up and submissive to Apple?
Dreaming about Steve Jobs' ghost wearing black leather and holding a whip, are we?

[Ghosted]

Originally Posted by cinealta

Opcode Studio Vision 2012.

Yuck. I hated Vision and Master Tracks.

Cakewalk 2012? No thanks.
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Can we have a DAW that automatically writes all the songs for you? Would you even want that realistically?

[Hammer v2]

My Kingdom for a 13inch quad core i7 ultrabook with microSSD and 2.5inch drive bays...

Seems to exist in 11 inch and 15inch but all the 13 inch stuff is dual core at the moment....
(If anyone knows of anything, I'm all ears!)

[Ghosted]

Originally Posted by Hammer v2

My Kingdom for a 13inch quad core i7 ultrabook with microSSD and 2.5inch drive bays...

Seems to exist in 11 inch and 15inch but all the 13 inch stuff is dual core at the moment....
(If anyone knows of anything, I'm all ears!)

You guys and your "inches"

[oceantracks]

Originally Posted by Kurten

Let's imagine you could get exactly what you want/need: what would be your dream DAW?
What functions would it have? How would you describe the GUI? Would it be something built from scratch, or some tweak of an existing DAW?

Pro Tools with Logic's capability to tempo map and bounce in place.

TH

[kim olesen]

Logic pretty much as it is now with PTs Beat Detective thrown in. Thats all i need.

[JvdS]

3d interface through goggles, every single thing loaded in RAM always, spectral editing at multitrack level, granular resynthesis available at all times, just to name a few.

[SeriousPancakes]

PT + Logic = GOLD

[nightsymbol]

Originally Posted by champ

My dream DAW.... Logic X:

- GUI with a touchscreen in mind

- Dedicated iOS app

- Apogee presents a controller (like the SSL Nucleus) that has total control over a DAW like we have never seen before.

- Build-in store to buy plugins lessons etc with your iTunes account making it easy for developers to distribute and getting payed. Great for users to buy and install/update/reinstall. (no more iLok dongles or other security hassle for those that buy software)

- iCloud integration for storage and always have your projects available wherever you are and the options to share files.

- The Logic instruments as seperate apps...
Imagine Ultrabeat XL (MKII) as app, making beats on the road and export the midi files or as Apple loops (via iCloud) for use on your main Logic X DAW.

[wakestyle]

I'd say something like Cubase with sync capability to MTC (real-time tempo sync for midi)
important things to add
- free routing
- actual tempo detection (non-linear), for manipulating non-linear sync audio to a grid (time alignment)

That's about it, I don't need much more than that TBH, I can anything else in a external editor or plugin. And if I could do time alignment better in a plugin that would be just fine too.

Cubase already touts industry best plugin and VI support, so it makes sense to carry on the platform while integrating other features that are popular in other DAW's.

[nnajar]

reaper with a slightly less cluttered interface and add eucon. but massey will need to write his limiter plugin for it....

[VT-MHE]

logic with pro tools mixed together with slate vcc automatic intergration on every channel and mixbuss (with bypass option)

[Oroz]

Pro Tools with Digital Performer's built-in tuner.

And freeze function.

[LimpyLoo]

My dream daw would be designed to emulate OTB workflow.

Maybe like a 3-d emulation of a tape deck and a little mixer.

But instead of having a screen and being OS-driven and all that, perhaps it just uses 1/2" tape.

[Treva]

Anything that I could completely customize its lookings.