I'm not saying S1V2 is better or worse than X1D ....... but ........ once you have spent a day or two running a "gapless" DAW it is  *very*  frustrating and annoying to go back.

I do a lot of work in both, and have yet to find a function or action that even makes S1V2 glitch let alone gap.

......... however........ on the other hand, for an overall  [ almost ]  full-featured DAW, X1 is *extremely* hard to go past.

TomG

..... I'm also starting to think the reason for the long-lead-time to  X1E  or  X2  [ whatever the next version is called  ]  is due to some major audio-engine re-coding to try and make it much more "gapless " ..... at least I hope I'm right.

TomG

I just like the workflow on Studio One ..... and Sonar as well....

You may be on to something there TomG. That and a huge refinement of the GUI.

"all things to music studio's???"   Studio One v2

FWIW, No current DAW app could be legitimately labeled "All things to music studios".
Studio One v2 has some nice features/attributes... but is still missing some of the refinements from long-standing apps like Sonar, Cubase, Logic.


It's kind of a double-edge sword either way...
Go with a long establish app, and it'll have many small refinements... but also some "legacy" issues.
Go with a newly designed app and it'll be missing many years of small refinements... but you have the advantage of no legacy issues.

I think the reason you don't see much clamoring over DAW apps is that the dust has settled.
X1 is running pretty well (for most folks) at this point.
Those that like Studio One v2 have had time to settle-in.

In the end, they're just tools.
If suddenly the world had but any one of the major DAW apps, I'm sure most would find a way to still make music.
Lucky for us... we have many decent choices.
I have most of the major PC DAW applications.  My over-all favorite is X1.  It's not perfect... and it doesn't have every possible feature I'd like... but (for me) it's the one that "clicks".

I'm not saying S1V2 is better or worse than X1D ....... but ........ once you have spent a day or two running a "gapless" DAW it is  *very*  frustrating and annoying to go back.

As much as I like X1... I can certainly understand this point.

So I'm just curious...what is the advantage to gapless audio?

Jimbo 88


So I'm just curious...what is the advantage to gapless audio?

the flow!

So I'm just curious...what is the advantage to gapless audio?

IMO, gap-less audio is "less annoying"   

that "which is the best DAW" argument is typically reserved for folks who don't actually have time to make real music.