it’s called iLogic 
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Thanks ! This is indeed better. Still a bit rough, but better.
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I love Reaper but after one day I already suspect Bitwig will supplant it as my favorite DAW.
Kicking Logic to the curb for now.
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I use Ableton Lite because it came with the Scarlett Solo (Gen 3) audio interface. Bought the audio interface mainly to record my bass playing - for listening to for improving my playing. Also bought a condenser mic - mainly for recording my wife’s cello - for self-improvement purposes too. Was originally trying to record my bass using my iPhone in memo recorder - but the bass tones didn’t seem to record well on the iPhone mic. I’ve recorded the bass both on the Inst input on the interface as well as using an xlr cable from my Fender Rumble 40 to the audio interface.
Ableton Lite is complex for simple “push the record button” type recording - but I know it will do 100x more than that - if/when I get to that point. I am good with it - but just need to go through more of their tutorials to become more proficient with it.
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Bitwig Studio is on sale right now for $200 which is a tremendous value for what you get. You could be just fine with its builtins and never buy anything else. Its builtin EQ is good enough that I am using it a lot more than Pro-Q just out of convenience.
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I had some time to test PreSonus Studio One 7, which is included as a 6 month subscription with my Presonus Quantum ES4 audio interface.
It’s quite nice! I used Studio One 6 before, so I felt right at home. Tried Reaper too, but I find it’s UI not very good.
Studio One 7 has built-in stem seperation which is quicker than RipX, and the quality of the stems is also very good.
One nice feature is the automatic beat detection, which creates a seperate tempo track. This can be converted to an audio click track, which matches the song.
For some songs that rely heavily on syncopation, it does not work perfectly, but I found that moving the click track a little solves that reasonably.
For recordig covers it’s perfect - recommended!
What I don’t like is the new pricing model. An upgrade of my Studio 6 version is expensive and I really hate software subscription…
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I agree, but…Studio One Pro 7 is also available with a perpetual license, still pricey, but worth it in my opinion. I’ve been using Studio One since v2. I tried a couple of others during that time, SONAR Platinum (for which I bought a lifetime license JUST before Cakewalk walked away from it), Reaper (whose UI I never developed a liking for), and Ableton (rant [self-censored] /rant). I recently acquired Bitwig Studio v5, which I like a lot. I tried v2 and v3, but never quite got on with them. The recently released v5.3 added a Windows 11 ARM version, perfect for my new Microsoft Surface Pro 11 Snapdragon X Elite 2-in-1.
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I really like Bitwig but most people here don’t need or wouldn’t use the stuff that makes it great, most likely.
The last thing I want or need is stem separation so it’s not super interesting to me that Studio One added it. However I know some people that really feel Studio One has a great workflow for them so you guys aren’t the only fans of it I know. Seems like a nice DAW.
I’m still Bitwig and Reaper here, I happen to love Reaper myself.
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Reaper is a great DAW, but it suffers from the same issue Band in a Box does…it’s roots in pre-Windows DOS (menus and UI). I still remember the growing pains that SONAR X1, X2 and X3 had with the introduction of the Skylight interface. Cakewalk v8.5 was really solid, but it’s UI needed updating. Not an easy thing to do. And now there are threads on the Bandlab forum asking if the Skylight interface is getting old and needs to be replaced. UI complaints never end. 
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The UI seems easy to deal with using themes.
The menus I got nothing, but I’m totally the target audience for that design choice so…
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Perfect in every way!
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Yup, just use the keyboard shortcuts.
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Yeah theming it is easy and there are some great themes. Mine looks like Logic.
menus, yeah, but also good action and automation support and keybinding.
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Sadly Reaper doesn’t even have this excuse - its first release was in 2005.
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My mind is slippin’ into darkness.
Justin Frankel’s first big hit was WinAmp, released in 1997. It’s target OS was right in the name.
Time for me to exit stage left.
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I had WinAmp installed until last year 
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It really whips the llama’s ass.
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