I’ve personally spent more time exploring the annals of FL Studio, and although I do enjoy making beats in Ableton, for a lot of reasons my approach to music production lends itself closer to FL Studio’s strong suits. Those DAWs would be Ableton Live and FL Studio, each unique but similar in their pursuit of non-linear workflows. There are really two programs that break the mold and stand out, especially when it comes to being optimized for a certain style of songwriting.

The real question is, which ones work for what we strive to do in them?

One of the reasons this is such a difficult choice is that pretty much every DAW has the capacity to accomplish what the others can do. Without a doubt, one of most important tools is their DAW (digital audio workstation) of choice - and it’s a complicated choice we must make, in terms of which to use primarily as a home base and which to invest heavily in.

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