Good call on Giga/Kontakt.  I can't imagine my studio without some type of software sampler and I don't imagine anyone else goes without one either these days.  It's hard to believe they left that out.
 
I also think Recycle should have been included, although maybe they lumped it in with Reason. 
Nearly every sample library offered these days notes acid or REX compatibility, and nearly every DAW advertises compatibility with those formats.  Surely those two have had more of an impact than, say, Garageband.
 
 

Considering Garageband is an extremly stripped down Logic variation, that may be the most laughable choice. IMHO the main criteria for such a list would be pioneering products, innovation and game changing impact. Garageband is a good program but is more result of combining features of other programs into an easy to use program. In other words, evolved Acid for Mac in a prettier package and better preset loops.

Rain will be choking on his Harvey Wallbanger if he hears you writing off Logic.

dubdisciple
I'm sure this article was previously posted here and the same omissions were noted. To me including Logic, PT and Cubase is somewhat redundant. At the least Logic should fall off the list. The redundancy is part of the reason it does not bother me that Sonar is not listed. It puzzles me more that Acid, Gigastudio ( or Kontakt) Sound Forge or Recycle were included. Loop based production required a lot of manual calculation prior to Acid. It introduced features now standard in all DAWs.

Exactly.
 
Acid and Giga were the reason Mac users started adding PC to their studio rig. What this tells us is that they must have done something quite unique and, thus, deserve to be on that list.
 
And, I've said it before, even as a die hard fan of Logic, I don't feel it needs to be on that list, due to redundancy. (So, there, Mr. StrickinglyHandsome. ;) )
 
Same for Digital Performer or Pro Audio and the rest.
 
Ultimately, Steinberg set the standard with Cubase. The alternatives may surpass it, but Cubase is the original.
 
I do however feel that Pro Tools has its place since, unlike other sequencers which were often the thing of musicians, Pro Tools became the audio engineer tool and the studio standard and also offered hardware based DSP, which allowed for things which were unavailable elsewhere for years, like monitoring through plugs).

That's the drink talking.

See..you underestimated Rain. Logic is awesome. I use it. Just redundant to include it

I agree..pro tools gets a place because of its position and being the software at the center of studios going from analog to digital.

cclarry
...as Mac was always somewhat "more stable"
then the PC platform...

Mac are kept out with the horses????
 
I learn something new everyday.

bapu

cclarry
...as Mac was always somewhat "more stable"
then the PC platform...

Mac are kept out with the horses????
 
I learn something new everyday.

YES...that's why it was the MANE system of choice!

it's a UK article.. and I was in the trade at the time a lot of changes were happening e.g. logic being bought out by apple etc.
 
cakewalk was more a midi sequencer back then, like everything else.. I remember using it on someones PC.. most people including pro studios i went were using an ST at the time, hooked up to samplers to 24 track tape etc.
 
all the audio that most folk messed about with was via SMPTE (for say a vocal) or sampler like an akai 950/1000/3000 etc.
 
it's a pity the ST didn't get a bigger look in, as it really did play a big roll (pun intentional) in dance music in the uk