
It can do more than some "professional/paid" DAWs! Whatever you do though, don't think of Cakewalk as not a "professional" DAW. It only takes about a week to switch over to another DAW & learn all the shortcuts, etc. In the end, there's no reason to stop using Cakewalk until it doesn't work for you anymore. and it supports 4k better than Cakewalk does right now.

The number of tracks and VSTs that I can run in Reaper - I'm certain no other DAW could handle the same. While Cakewalk has a much prettier UI - Reaper has a truly incredible level of stability and performance. I'll always be a fan of Cakewalk, but I'm deep into Reaper now. I keep it installed and I always think about going back to it.

I used Cakewalk SONAR years ago when it was $450 and it was worth every penny. Until I find a strong reason to drop $700 and switch to a new daw, im going to be putting my money into other equipment.ĭon't judge it because it's "free." Technically it's funded by other means, the investment of someone using it to build a bigger venture. Right now I'm completely content using Cakewalk. Unless a demo I use from another daw absolutely blows me away, I think I'll stick with what I know. Just like all the others it has its faults, but it also excels is areas that other paid daws fail in. After seeing peoples responses, I'm kind of starting to view Cakewalk just as I would any other paid daw. I find it funny how we use the word "upgrade" to describe going to another DAW from Cakewalk. And 7 months later it still feels great to work in it.

But what I will say is that after a minimal amount of time spent learning it the whole process of using it felt natural. after all it was my first time really using a DAW. Its not like it clicked with me instantly.

But after I got Cakewalk I realized I vibed with it wayy more. For the basic things I tested it with, it worked fine. The protools demo is actually the first DAW that I ever used.
