I was quite surprised how intuitive all the options were laid out. It takes all of about 20 minutes to be very familiar with where everything that you would want for a full-scale production/recording session is. Upon opening, I did my usual of looking through the menus, trying to find my way around without opening the manual. In a way, choosing a software for music production is similar to that childhood conundrum, they all serve a common purpose, to enable you to transfer your creativity from mind to music.Įach has their own unique strengths and weaknesses and coupled with our own predispositions, we will choose the one we are inexplicably drawn to.īut unlike the pokémon game, instead of a choice of three, you are faced with a much larger offer to start your journey through digital music creation.Īcoustica is throwing their hat into the ring of DAWs to begin your musical journey with the introduction of “ Mixcraft 8”. Who remembers playing pokémon on the Gameboy? When I first played it, a few minutes into the game I was hit with one of the biggest dilemmas of my childhood: who to choose as my first pokémon?!Įach has their own characteristics, abilities etc, but in the grand scheme of things all have the same job: to help you progress through the game.
