na_no's Reviews

The best DAW. Period.

I know I wrote a great review about Bitwig the other day, but FL Studio is the DAW is started with. Yes, I use other DAWs sometimes (Bitwig, Live), and yes, I've downloaded and then uninstalled like 5-6 more DAWs (like Studio One & Reason). I think I've tried everything (except Logic because I don't have a Mac), but I always come back to FL Studio.

Where should I start? Automation, piano roll, stock plugins, 32-bit VST support, more demo projects than every other DAW, easy UI for beginners, great and huge community, lifetime free updates and so on. Sure, it also has some cons, but the pros outweigh them, plus many major artists like Martin Garrix, Brooks, Jonas Aden, Mesto, Jay Hardway and Madeon use it. I would include more, but I have to keep my review concise, so check this link for more artists using FL Studio: https://www.image-line.com/artists/.

Now, everyone has their prefferred DAW, for various reasons, but for me it's FL Studio. Nothing else feels like home.

(For those still wondering about Bitwig: yes I use it, but not as much as FL as I'm less used to it.)

Great DAW, 10/10

It is truly a masterpiece, I find it more feature-full than Ableton Live for those interested at a ~250MB initial download, with the option of downloading extra packs within the DAW itself, instead of having to download a 2+ GB Live 10/11 installation, most of the size being the default pack which almost nobody uses. Although I haven't tried it yet, the new Polymer wavetable synth in the 3.3 update looks awesome, as Bitwig's UI does in general. The modulators on every plugin are a godsend. Some stock plugins may be a bit puzzling to beginners at first, but once you get the hang of them and use your ears, they become easier to use.

Plugin sandboxing is also a great feature which all DAWs should have. For those who don't know it, each 3rd party VST/VST3 runs on it's own "box", so in the event of a crash it does not "bring down" the whole DAW with it.

10/10.

Version: Bitwig Studio 3