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Add to SafariWhen comparing SAWStudio vs EnergyXT , the Slant community recommends SAWStudio for most people. In the question“What are the best DAWs? ” SAWStudio is ranked 38th while EnergyXT is ranked 46th. The most important reason people chose SAWStudio is:
Rarely crashes.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Reliable
Rarely crashes.
Pro Incredibly fast and small since much of the code is written in assembly
It weighs just over 5 MB while sill being full-featured.
Pro Very quick to start and to put together a track
Pro Low system requirements
This program requires only 512MB RAM and 1.4GHz processing speed.
Pro Multi-track recording
Audio can be recorded to multiple tracks at the same time.
Pro Very easy and efficient to use
Most tasks are very simple and straightforward.
Very clean and intuitive interface. You can do almost anything.
Cons
Con Very expensive
SAWStudio is now $1200, SAWStudio Lite is $600 and SAWStudio Basic is $300.
Con GUI is outdated
Con Outdated
Con No auto-save
While there's no autosave, you can still try to recover your work if EnergyXT crashes from a file named temp_file_name.xt.
Con Vague purpose
EnergyXT is marketed as a DAW, ultra portable studio, DAW extension, and a VST. While the variety of uses is nice, it's hard to understand the best function of this program.
