DAW - Digital Audioworkstation
History
- How was music recorded?
- Classic Studio
- Tape Recorders
- from Mono to Stereo to Multitrack
Digital Revolution
- What happend in the late 70ties
- Hardware Samplers
- Digital tape machines
- lossless copying
- Computer based Digital Audio Workstations
Functionality
- What can this Software do?
- Recording, editing and playback of Audio
- (playing) Virtual Instruments
- digital effects / processing
- mixing and mastering
Software
- popular and sort of entry:
- GarageBand
- StudioOne
- FruityLoops
- Reaper
- Audacity
- more advanced:
- ProTools (Industry Standard)
- Logic
- Cubase
- Ableton Live
- MOTU Digital Performer
Links:
- useful information:
- What is a DAW on MasterClass.com
- [History of sound recording](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sound_recording#The_Digital_Era_(1975%E2%80%93present)
Videos
a Video which is based on that wiki entry, watch from 0:40 :