[Scene_Cast2]

Does anyone have recommendations for a DAW that's more for jamming - playing along to a song, or making stuff up on top of on a premade drum loop & bass line?

I found that most DAWs seem to be aimed at music creation instead. Camelot is close, but it can't take in a drum loop.

Disclaimer: I haven't tried (or put in effort into learning) many DAWs.

[Philpax]

You'll never believe what this article is about :-)

[parenthesis]

You might want to look at https://www.irealpro.com/ and Band in a Box ( https://www.pgmusic.com/ ).

[roddylindsay]

Ableton Live!

[an_aparallel]

in 2019 bought a serious amount of hardware. As an FL user - i tried to make it work in FL - it was a miserable experience. FF to a few months ago - bought an RME AES midi card - connect my physical synths to it....grab an ableton demo - fire up ableton - and with an extra piece of magic - the Novation Launchpad MK3 - im jamming, looping, combining patterns - all screen free...its the best of "dawless" and computer music production i've ever experienced.

I get the whole Live fanboying. It's really great for open ended production - and perfectly suites the fluidity and separation of "audio finger painting" - and "song finishing".

I have many gripes about it - which both FL and Reaper address - but i highly recommend it as a DAW for people who want to "play"/"bash stuff out".