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Rated 5 / 5 The best DAW out there from the best music store I've used several DAWs over the years recording what I hate to refer to as EDM, but the term is pretty apt. Cubase, Pro Tools, Logic Pro 9, Studio One... all had great fits for doing specific things, but I was always after a one size fits all solution. I was happily using Pro Tools on a Mac for years, with a PC chained using Acid as a sort of sampler, all with a metric ton of outboard gear. AVID is kind of an incosistent company when it comes to customers that aren't commercial studios however so with the recent customer-hostile price hikes I started looking at these other DAWs again.



First of all, MOTU is a fantastic company. I had briefly tried a demo of DP9, 9.5 and 10 when they launched but never had a lot of time to really jump in the deep end and kind of ignored it. After contacting MOTU to extend my demo period for another go around, they didn't hesitate at all and immediately made themselves available as a resource for any questions.



I had a very wonderful demo experience when I jumped in. Recording audio via my Presonus Quantum achieved expectedly brilliant results with low latency and decent AD/DA. MIDI editing and the available MIDI tools were equally phenominal and this is where it came together for me. Coming from using Pro Tools the majority of the time before, MIDI was something that was believe it or not quite good if somewhat generically implemented. Most of my instrument equipment is either synthesizers, ROMplers or samplers so the heavy emphasis of expertly designed MIDI functionality was a huge plus for me.



Simply put, this beats out any of the last versions of Cubase, Studio One, Pro Tools, etc I've used in the last couple of years. The concept of managing audio interfaces and routes in the Bundles window is slick and straight forward. The concept of Chunks blows away project management compared to other DAWs. So of course it was the last DAW I tried out that turned out to be everything I was looking for.



If you're looking for an expertly designed MIDI *and* audio workstation, look no further than MOTU's Digital Performer. For the first time in a long time, writing and recording music is completely joyful and I have a returned sense of adventure. Definitely check out the tutorials by a company named Groove3, they're all very useful.



Also, big shout out to the sales team for walking me through the Competitive Upgrade process. Sweetwater staff is always amazingly helpful!