What do you guys think!!!

Just saw this video, tend to agree..
https://www.recordingrevolution.com/switching-daws-can-ruin-your-recordings/
 

Maybe he's just subtly saying "Stick with ProTools" since that what he uses (IIRC).

I'm to old to start using multiple DAWs so I'm sticking with Sonar.  YMMV.

With all due respect to the person who made the video ...If that works for you Great  I'm happy for you
Other than that ....What a load of $hit
I may decide to come back here later on when I have more time to explain why I think that video is based primarily on half truths .
Kenny

I get what he is saying but I think he expressed it poorly. All things being equal, gratuitously switching DAWs is unlikely to help if you suck at mixing and think a switch will change that. However, for specific tasks, one may find one DAW more intuitive. I find programming drums for modern pop styles
far more intuitive in FL studio than sonar but mixing far more cumbersome.

I don't believe in having all my eggs in one basket.  As Eddie said, they all
the the SAME thing basically...it's just "how" you get there that's different
from one to the other, and, being familiar with one, you can get familiar with
another pretty easily if you want to.  But, we tend to be "lazy" and don't 
what to "stray from the comfort zone"....

I think he makes a few worthwhile points, especially if he's catering for people new to recording, DAWs and audio production.

He's right - simply switching from one DAW to another won't suddenly improve your output any more than swapping from MS Word to Apple Pages will suddenly turn you into a great novelist. He's also right that it's possible to produce good sounding results on pretty much any DAW. What I think he misses are a couple or three things.

The first is that different people mentally "see" things differently. What makes absolutely clear, obvious sense to one person doesn't necessarily to others, and switching from a DAW you find really unintuitive to one you feel at home with can make life much easier. But I don't think someone's at the stage they can make that kind of decision until they at least have a grasp of their original DAW so they know what they don't like about it.

Secondly, some things depend on what kind of music you make or record. If you do a lot of work with MIDI then a DAW that is good with MIDI and well-featured is going to do a better job than one that isn't so capable. And sometimes it's the quirky stuff unique to a particular DAW that influences the decision.

If you want what Ableton Live does and you haven't got Live then switching to it makes perfect sense. If you use MIDI a lot some DAWs are better at it than others. If you need a score editor because that's how you think or you need to print sheet music off then again, some DAWs will suit you more than others. But first of all, you need to know why you have a problem with the DAW you have and what the alternative offers.

And so on. There can be good reasons for changing DAWs - like avoiding Win10 >:-) - and if nothing else trying different ones can be an interesting learning experience in itself. But changing because you imagine one will be easier to learn or use is a gamble.

I'd also add that going crazy with accumulating hundreds of different plugins won't necessarily improve your mixes either. Until the principles of eq and compression make sense simply changing from one eq or compressor plugin to another isn't going to sort out your eq or compression issues. And I say that as someone who has far more plugins than he really needs, some or which I use a lot and others I hardly ever use. But I like to think - or maybe pretend - that I do know why I have those particular plugins.

Overdrive and fuzz pedals on the other hand, well, after 40 years electric guitar playing I just keep buying the things in the hope that somewhere out there is the magic one that will produce the exact sound in my head. Every time I step on it, without fail. :-)

IMHO - If you don't understand audio concepts or how a DAW works then yes switching DAWs is likely to hurt you more than help.
On the other hand if that's not an issue it can be very helpful. I find that different tools, different work flow can inspire a different stream of creativity.
 
Maybe a bad analogy but I write differently when composing on a guitar rather than a keyboard or even a bass guitar - though when I'm done you shouldn't (hopefully) be able to tell the source of the project or inspiration.
 
edited to fix typos & add clarity...

Zo
No choice is wrong , only unconscious moves are ...

Lol 

dubdisciple
... youtube channel that explains exactly what is relevant to me in a way that doesn't exist in sonar. ...

This is a massive liability to SONAR and its marketing. So much helpful material is only disseminated in house or difficult to find, so random hits by a potential customer is highly unlikely. Video visibility to the Millennials is important since most of them live off social media alone and the larger influx of new users is more likely to be hobbyists.

The sub topics of this threads various messages can be very polarizing  .
 
Graham's view point may have some merit and value for some people . In some areas his point of view seems perfectly logical and does make sense . I will give him that ...


In short I agree with only a very small portion of what is in the video in the opening post ..
Those 2 points being 1, all of today's DAW's can produce music that are on the charts . 2 , learning workflows in other DAW's can be very time consuming...other than that the rest of that video can you fill in the blank   
 
if you happen to choose to use only one DAW ....fine you have my blessing especially if it is SONAR you use ...
the thing is ( for me ) there are certain workflows and features in SONAR that are overly complicated for no apparent reason that I can find justifiable ...
if you don't know what I'm talking about then maybe it is not I that needs to dig deeper into SONAR because I have dug very deeply into trying to accomplish my particular musical workflow needs in SONAR only ..
 
Every song I do has either started or ended up in SONAR ...it has been this way for me for years ..over 10 +
I always keep an updated project in SONAR of things I have done else where. the SONAR project gets updated as new changes occur .
What I do differently these days is I always take a sub mix or stems of my song projects and place them in Logic , Reaper, Samplitude Pro X2 , Traction Waveform and Harrison Mixbus 4 ...
While I'm just chilling out I may edit or add new parts to some of these other DAW song projects ...
FWIW, I have always found something I liked that I couldn't of gotten just in SONAR only at the time ...
Remember some of these DAW's have instruments and features that are locked in and very unique unto themselves in each corresponding DAW ...
While I'm doing this I'm just looking for another musical point of view ...I'm not looking to crest and learn every DAW at once or every Workflow under the sun ...
it all comes down in bite sized capsules I can handle ... every song I have done by the time it has been posted has been a product of at least SONAR , Logic, Reaper, and Harrison Mixbus ....
 
enough said ,
 
Kenny
 
 
 

dubdisciple
I like many of his videoa, but I do find him to come across as being more than he is at times. I don't think it's intentional. I think he ran out of helpful topics and is reaching for guru stuff.

 
+1000 ...
 
I edited my post and i took a few things out ...I don't feel like eating my words today 
 
Kenny

bitflipper
We probably should all eat fewer words. There seem to be fewer of them on the menu every day. Word conservation, it could be the new Green movement.
 
Let's start the verbal repopulation project by bringing back "gnashnab" and "snoutband"!

 
Yes , that is very good advice Dave , I felt I had to reel it in .
It seems I took it rather personal when Graham's video accused me of being a Whiffle-Whaffle
http://www.dictionary.com/slideshows/12-insults-we-should-bring-back?param=dcomhp#Whiffle-Whaffle
Kenny