This article is technical, but informative.
A DAW is the mastermind behind controlling and recording audio. It works just like an old-fashioned tape-based 4-track, only with the capability to record as many tracks as your computer can handle. Your DAW will also handle its own brand, as well as third party plug-ins (effect units, Soft synths, drum machines, samplers, and engineering tools that operate from within your computer). It also (yes, also) houses the ability to control all your MIDI-based musical instruments, MIDI outboard effect units and, create and manage sequences. Not bad, eh?
Essentially, a whole recording studio can now live in your computer, giving you unprecedented and quite magical musical powers. What currently costs around $500 and is readily available to download from the Internet, ten years ago would have set you back $15,000, required a sound proof room, a lounge suite, an air conditioner, an engineer, a spaghetti junction of cables, a very understanding and patient partner (assuming you have the ability to procure one in the first place), a Lava Lamp, and a candy vending machine!
[ Geeks of Doom ]
Tags: Tech, Tunes
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