What DAW is better? Best? Super? Unbelievable good?

The answer is simple.... The one that suits you...
Nothing more, nothing less...

In fact nobody can answer the question the OP has, because nobody IS the OP.
So - nobody knows what happens in the brain of the OP (if anything is happening)..
As a result all opinions, answers, anything is useless, because the OP is the only one that can decide what works for him.

We can only tell what works for us, but that is nothing the OP can use, because he has a different taste, workflow, needs.. whatever..

What works for me?

Well - not a single DAW.
All DAW's have something I like to use, but there is NO DAW that has it all..
For me Sonar is the closest all-rounder, and that's what I like..
But...
I also use Cubase, because -for me- MIDI editing is just a bit better...
I also use Ableton Live, because the handling of clips surpasses the matrix..

Is Cubase better? No..
Is Ableton Live better? No..
Is Sonar superior? No..

Fact is - they all have something I like to use, so I simply use all of them...

But - (and that's the crux of it all), this ONLY applies to me and nobody else!
I am the only one that has MY specific kind of needs, an that does not apply to anyone else.
Thus... at the end nobody is helped by anything I said over here.

And the OP is no wiser...


At the end there is only one good advise the OP has gotten over here...
Just try and demo everything and stick with those things you like...

"Buy the product that best fits my needs"... chefmike8888, your a genius, how come i didn't think of that?
 
Chregg, why the hell i didn't think of downloading the demo i'll never know, man your intelligent, your a powerful and highly insightful man.

Ummm, both of you forgot to mention that demoing a DAW requires a sh_tload more effort than simply pressing the download tab in Google Chrome. If it takes a dedicated user of any DAW months and even years to fully discover and appreciate what their DAW can do, HOW THE HELL ON THIS PLANET AM I GONNA DO THAT IN SEVERAL HOURS OR DAYS?? Please tell me. 

I don't remember you saying "Get a feel" for the best DAW that suits my needs" and that's all a few hours or days is gonna give me at best. Therefore, demoing a DAW is unfeasible, essentially it will not really tell me anything about a DAW, Thus i will spare myself the duress, taking a car for a test-drive is a damn sight less involved than demoing a DAW you bright little man. Your analogy to taking a car for a test drive was pure genius. 
One can demo a car in ten or twenty minutes, one cannot demo a DAW in ten or twenty minutes; thanks for the advice guys, your unbelievably intelligent .  But just remember, I'M GOD GOD GOD, NOT YOU!


And what about the amount of effort needed to read and understand the manuals and then try to implement the instruction, a bit of brain strain needed? Yeah, i reckon, and I need not, i'll save my brain-cells for when i actually commit thanks. 


Clearly, both S1 or Sonar will empower me to do anything music-wise, i can't go wrong, but i simply wish to hear peoples opinions on what they think and anything extra they may wish to add before i buy, is that OK by you two? Unbelievable man, next time I'll remember to check in with you guys and get some advice on how to take a piss.    


"God is now proceeding to depart the court-room, all rise." LOL 

Well, I see it this way.  If you purchase Sonar, you become part of the Sonar family. You help increase Cakewalk's revenue which in turn helps them to hire/support their staff which in turn helps create better products.

Sorry I can be of more help, I've only used Reaper and Sonar.  I moved from Reaper to Sonar if that means anything to you. 

Try the demo godparticle. You can learn a daw in a weekend if you proceed methodically. It's not rocket science. 

My 2 favorites are Sonar and Ableton.  

One good thing about Studio One is that their main forum does not allow people who do not own the software to post. They got sick of all the trolls and people using cracked versions. Samplitude has a similiar policy and so does Propellerheads. Actually so does Cubase/Nuendo. But here at Cakewalk we are stuck with the deadwood repeatedly asking the same idiotic questions over and over and over ....  and getting all upset when they don't get the answer they expect.

Oh God (UMM HANG ON, THAT'S ME, S**** S****), another genius, who obviously doesn't read.

Didn't i already state why i asked?? Sheesh. Here it is again from my above post just for you...

"But i simply wish to hear peoples opinions on what they think and anything extra they may wish to add before i buy" 


Is that OK by you? Unbelievable man.     


If i proceed methodically?... I'm scratching my head right now. Listen-up everyone, backwoods reckons we can learn a DAW in a weekend LOL. What are you taking man, i want some, NOW!

Ummm, I think your moniker explains it all. 

Where the hell do all you people come from anyway??

"All rise, God is leaving the court-room" LOL

Please Cakewalk, give only registered users the right to post. We don't need idiots like godparticle.

Looks like the real GP is back now. He gave it his best shot. :)

Please get rid of backwoods while your at it, he's a bit backward.

godparticle


Oh God (UMM HANG ON, THAT'S ME, S**** S****), another genius, who obviously doesn't read.

Didn't i already state why i asked?? Sheesh. Here it is again from my above post just for you...

"But i simply wish to hear peoples opinions on what they think and anything extra they may wish to add before i buy" 


Is that OK by you? Unbelievable man.     


If i proceed methodically?... I'm scratching my head right now. Listen-up everyone, backwoods reckons we can learn a DAW in a weekend LOL. What are you taking man, i want some, NOW!

Ummm, I think your moniker explains it all. 

Where the hell do all you people come from anyway??

"All rise, God is leaving the court-room" LOL

 
 
ignore the people you choose not to bother with,take in the knowledge of the ones you do.
your only going to see another ban by using profanity,as harmless as some of those words are.
 
im not about to start flinging po around here so im going to bow out of this thread.
I wish you luck though,no matter what daw you choose.
 
seriously, good luck.
 

Here's what I think and I would like to add before you buy: I LOVE Sonar. I do a lot of work with that helps pay my bills. It's not perfect, but it works for me.

Will it work for you? I'm not you, I don't have your recording needs and I don't have your computing hardware, so I can't answer that one.

The absolute best honest advice I can give you is to download the demo and put as much time into it as you have your many posts on this forum.

If you've never eaten sushi before, you can post on here and ask us all what we think...but you won't really know anything until you eat some yourself.