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It's very dependent on application niche. Movie and game composers are more likely to use Cubase or Nuendo. Very big pop studios (includes rock, country, rap, etc) are likely to use ProTools. Smaller home studios are likely to use Logic or Cubase. EDM artists may be using Ableton Live, Reaper, Logic, BitWig, Cubase, or sometimes ProTools.

There really is no "industry standard" now. PT was the standard maybe ten years ago, and still has traction in studios where artists need to move their sessions to another facility. But Avid pissed off everyone by overcharging for buggy software, so there's a lot more diversity now.



> Avid pissed off everyone by overcharging for buggy software, so there's a lot more diversity now.

Huh, it will be interesting to see if Adobe ends up in a similar position ten years from now as a result of their pricing strategy. In the graphic design space, which I'm more familiar with, it feels like there's very slow but still real migration away from Creative Suite.


StudioOne has gained a ton of popularity in home and small studios over the past half decade as well.

The DAW market has very healthy competition right now!




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