Hi everyone. I'm a newbie to the computer apps, and have seen and heard people speak of DAW. I've looked in the "Handbook for Sound Engineers", and can't find a definition for the abbreviation. Can anyone shed some light for me. Thank you
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let me expand here. A DAW ( Digital Audio Workstation ) , is a c
let me expand here. A DAW ( Digital Audio Workstation ) , is a computer that is suitable for handling heavy audio programs such as sequencers and vst instruments. For a daw i would say get at least a p4 2.4 + or an athalon 2600+ with a bare minimum of 512 MB of ram. 8-)
Let me re-expand the above DAW is a Digital Audio Workstation,
Let me re-expand the above
DAW is a Digital Audio Workstation, period.
The Soundscape units are DAWs, and they have nothing to do with the computer itself, other than use it as control interface.
The DAW is outside the comp.
There are both external and internal kinds of DAWs. So it's not correct to say that it is the comp in itself that is a DAW. It only becomes that if and when it is driving a program that works internally on the comp.
It doesn't require midi handling, it's just recording and editing/mixing digital multitracked audio.
Let me re-expand the above DAW is a Digital Audio Workstati
Let me re-expand the above
DAW is a Digital Audio Workstation, period.
The Soundscape units are DAWs, and they have nothing to do with the computer itself, other than use it as control interface.
The DAW is outside the comp.There are both external and internal kinds of DAWs. So it's not correct to say that it is the comp in itself that is a DAW. It only becomes that if and when it is driving a program that works internally on the comp.
It doesn't require midi handling, it's just recording and editing/mixing digital multitracked audio.
8-)
A DAW is just some kind of computer with an audio editing/recording program on it.
A DAW is a Workstation that alows Digital Audio work, no matter how simple or small the computer may be.
DAW stand for Digital Audio Workstation
DAW stand for Digital Audio Workstation