Bitwig Studio vs Acoustica Mixcraft 8 Pro Studio

Makes use of the Seaboard, Linnstrument, Continuum and other modern expressive controllers.

The easiest DAW to do automation in. All you have to do is press record and start moving knobs, and that's it.

The ability to run two sequencers at the same time, while swapping out sounds gives you great flexibility to complete a song.

This software has big, responsive, easy-to-handle controls that work really well on a touchscreen. Additionally, it has a tablet mode that re-organizes the UI to make it much simpler and perfect for smaller screen devices. This is both a mobile touchscreen app and a DAW at the same time! It even has a built-in keyboard/drumpad.

The Bitwig DAW runs on Mac, PC, and, Linux. This DAW also has the distinction of being one of the only DAWs that can run 32 bit and 64 bit plugins at the same time.

Being able to add multiple midi instruments on the same track is a nice feature. It allows for much easier setup for VSTs like Cthulhu. It's also nice to be able to have multiple instruments setup that can be toggled.

There is an instrument called Sampler which can correctly load sf2 instruments as a multisample preserving all individual sub sample settings and zoning. You do NOT need a VST to play soundfonts and you don't need to extract the sf2 samples! This is unique among all popular DAWs.

Create any style synth, wavetable, fm, analog, and fx in the grid.

Plugins can be sandboxed.

It's one of the cheapest DAWs you can get for its many features.

Each track can receive an unlimited number of VST, aux, and audio inputs.

Lightest DAW with minimal loading time.

the 64bit version can also use 32bit VSTs

When it comes to retakes and combining different pieces of vocals all in one, Mixcraft beats every daw out there. it is the best, PERIOD.

The Mixcraft Pro Studio DAW comes with a dedicated mastering section, complete with proprietary mastering tools and the iZotope Mastering Essentials plugin.

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You can unlock the docker and easily do multiple tasks such as editing, applying E.Q and Compression, with its dual monitor support.

Access to a vast library of sounds and loops, plus diverse instruments. Interesting effects, though some of the effects could be a bit more advanced.

It includes a big variety of samples, which can be highly customized for your own music projects with its built-in midi creation tool.

This DAW comes with the Acoustica Instruments collection, which is packed full of realistic sounding MIDI instruments like organs, pianos, drums, and orchestral instruments.

The Mixcraft DAW supports basic drag and drop video editing.

Put simply it is the easiest DAW to use by far. Most users pick it up in a couple of hours.