The people behind this brand really seem to care about empowering the independent musician by offering this all free of charge as well as including some great money-making tools that leave you with 100% of your earnings (unlike most distribution platforms nowadays). It’s almost unbelievable that a workstation of this stature would be free to use due to the fact that it’s a hot-competitor for any of the industry-standard programs that are available today, with a lot of additional bonus features.
The most notable feature of this DAW is that it is free. You may have also heard of ‘BandLab’ which is an online DAW that operates within your web browser – this isn’t the same thing because what we’ll talk about today is a desktop program but this online feature comes integrated into the desktop version, which is a fantastic extra. In fact, if you head on over to SONAR’s website a message with a hyperlink pops up inviting you to check out Cakewalk as well as mentioning that it is a free alternative. Cakewalk is completely free and comes equipped with pretty much everything you’ll get with SONAR. BandLab’s CakewalkĬakewalk by BandLab is very similar to another DAW you might be familiar with – SONAR. So, let’s dig in to the best DAWS for PC. In the PC or Windows realm, there are programs designed exclusively for the OS but they are not owned by Windows and don’t come as a part of the package when you choose a PC device – unlike the Garage Band and Apple relationship. It can be said that Logic is a ‘graduation’ from Garage Band in that it offers more of a professional studio environment and it also has a price associated with it. These programs are both owned by Apple and therefore have some handy interchangeable features, as well as a steady flow from a beginner-style program (Garage Band) into a more advanced workstation (Logic Pro). Previously, we took a look at Garage Band and Logic Pro as the DAWs of choice for Apple users.
However, as we explored in our previous article there are workstations specifically designed for either Mac or PC. The same can be said for DAWs where most of the available programs are compatible with multiple OS (Operating System/s) so, if you’re trying to figure out which program is right for you there’s a smorgasbord of software at your disposal. We are fortunate to live in the age of connectivity whereby we can achieve practically anything from almost anywhere, using very little to do so. BandLab’s Cakewalk and Acoustica’s Mixcraft are the programs of choice for this article and we’ll be exploring some of the things that make them desirable workstations as well as establish a couple of reasons why these are great choices of DAW for anybody who is an avid Windows supporter. Today we’ll focus on DAWS for PC, designed for Windows, and have a similar price range to those previously mentioned, of the Mac-build.
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