Digital Audio Workstation shootout

James Lorenz

Digitalmusicdoctor.com has released a 6 DAW software shootout with the results judged by Overall Rating and Valur Ratio (rating/price) The six products involved in the test include: Sonar 7 Producer ($499), Cubase 4 ($799), Pro Tools 7 LE/MP ($249), Live 6 ($469), Acid Pro 6 ($379) and Logic Pro 8 ($499)

Here are the results, but for the break down click here. Each category is broken down further to more specific results.

PRODUCT (FUNCTIONAL RATING)
1 - Cubase 4 (4.7)
2 - Sonar 7 (4.5)
3 - Logic Pro 8 (4.3)
4 - Acid Pro 6 (3.5)
5 - Pro Tools 7 (3.2)
6 - Live 6 (2.8 )

PRODUCT (VALUE RATIO)
1 - Pro Tools 7 (1.29)
2 - Acid Pro 6 (0.92)
3 - Sonar 7 (0.90)
4 - Logic Pro 8 (0.86)
5 - Live 6 (0.60)
6 - Cubase 4 (0.59)