When comparing Waveform vs Soundation, the Slant community recommends Waveform for most people. In the question“What are the best free DAWs?” Waveform is ranked 4th while Soundation is ranked 12th. The most important reason people chose Waveform is:
Runs great on Linux(except LV2 Support).
Specs
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Pros
Pro Linux support
Runs great on Linux(except LV2 Support).
Pro Free version available
Older releases are available for free when new versions come out.
Pro Clean interface
Pro ARM/ARM64 support
Runs on SBC (single board computer) systems like the Raspberry Pi3, Pine64, and ODroid development boards, as well as systems like the Pinebook and Chromebooks with ARM based SoC CPU's that have been reformatted with a Linux OS.
Pro Easy to understand
Very logically structured.
Pro Creative Tools
Has a Chord Track, MIDI pattern creator and great included tools.
Pro Very stable
Pro Ideal for beginners
Self-explaining interface.
Pro Sound library
Extensive library with ready to use sounds.
Pro Share music
Music can be shared as links: Example by HONESTandBLUNT.
Pro Performance
Built using Google WebAssembly Threads.
Pro Free version
Free version available (registration required).
Cons
Con Crashes a lot
Con Not open source
Con Not suited for live performance
No session based Workflow (like Live/Bitwig), hiccups upon loading projects.
Con No option to easily cut a file
There is no scissors tool or similar....