I didn’t say DAWBench was the only performance measurement that matters, but it is absolutely a relevant measurement. MoPro and cameron206, great points and I don’t disagree. “Real world” to me are tools that give me what I want, when I need It… sometimes that’s Cubase, sometimes that’s Reaper, and at the moment… I’m starting to feel like giving Studio One 3 a shot. There is no reason to limit myself to one DAW that limits my options during my creative process.
I’m of the opinion these days, that it isn’t wise to put all of my eggs into one basket…so to speak.
I guess my point is that a 12.5% difference according to DAWBench doesn’t tell the whole story. I’m not saying Cubase is better than Reaper, as a mater of fact, I happen to like Reaper a lot, but I also like my outboard gear! Until they fix ReaInsert… Reaper is dead in the water for me. Sorry… I don’t buy that DAWBench is a real world, apples to apples, or practical way of testing your DAW performance… I don’t use Cubase to just see how many compressors I can open, and not get audio drop-outs.įor instance, if you try to use outboard effects using the Reaper plug-in ReaInsert, you’ll soon figure out it doesn’t work, then you’ll realize a real world situation where Cubase out performs Reaper!