

In a perfect world, I'd have all of the features of both DAWs. Even if that's the only aspect of Cakewalk I continue to use, it might be something that holds me here. The stronger integrations with Bandlab as a collaborative platform are certainly appealing and something I am looking at. Even though there are a lot of things I prefer about S1 and the fact that I'm currently working on several projects in there, I keep coming back to Cakewalk to see what's going on, and keeping in touch with this forum for all of its value, even as is extends beyond just the application. The reality is that I keep getting pulled back to Cakewalk for some reason. There are features (some) that I prefer in Cakewalk (Sound on Sound recording, for example). There are features (many of them) that I prefer in Studio One (the immediacy of everything, GUI specifically).

The Presonus forums are not as active and definitely not as "community" oriented. Even if there are some things here that are a little difficult sometimes, the general sense is more community and less "program". There are still things that I prefer about Cakewalk as a whole:Ģ. I'm glad I did, as I found and have really enjoyed working in Studio One 3 and 4. The loss of Cakewalk in 2017 caused me to examine other options without any knowledge of the revival coming from Bandlab.

What I learned is that there are other fish in the sea, so to speak.
