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Add to SafariWhen comparing Digital Performer 8 vs Waveform, the Slant community recommends Waveform for most people. In the question“What are the best DAWs? ” Waveform is ranked 14th while Digital Performer 8 is ranked 54th. The most important reason people chose Waveform is:
Runs great on Linux(except LV2 Support).
Specs
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Pros
Pro Notation support
Pro Made for small screens
Digital Performer is made to accommodate laptop screens so mixing can be done on the go.
Pro Easy organization
Chunks and Takes lets users record multiple projects within a single session file, and Takes allows users to save multiple recordings of a single instrument that can easily be switched.
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.
Cons
Con Unreliable plugin compatibility
Many AU and VST plugins don't load well with Digital Performer 8.
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....
