I highly recommend REAPER

[digitaldrummer]

I still have both my Digi 001 and TDM system with my Mac G4 10.3.9! None of that shit sells for anything so I'm just hanging onto as a backup/nostalgia.

if you try to pull up a really old session, chances are some missing plugin or other new "feature" will bite you anyway, so probably not a bad plan....

[trodden]

You and I have similar Pro Tools timelines, starting with the dig 001 back in 2001 or so and moving up to a TDM rig.

I still have both my Digi 001 and TDM system with my Mac G4 10.3.9! None of that shit sells for anything so I'm just hanging onto as a backup/nostalgia.

You never know when it will come back in use!

I had the Digi 001 and the AI-3 both modded by black lion audio around 2008 maybe? and was using them up to 2011. Made some great records with that setup. I can't remember who i sold the 001 to, but the AI-3 is still in use for another set of outputs with my 192. I think the computer is up in the attic. I've been basically studio-less between late 2015 until 2017, and have been using my living room since then. Life has just been too busy to start and afford the garage build out.

[numberthirty]

Love REAPER, can't say enough good things about it as a DAW and Cockos as a company. I'd echo (ha!) everything crow said, and add that it's super stable, pretty much never crashes ever.

The only bad thing I can think of is the default theme is ugly, but of course there are 80 billion other themes you can use, and if one of those isn't quite to your liking, you can get in there and tweak away. So great!

While I'm way late, I'd have to echo what crow said as well.

Not just because I'm part of the "Not Actually On The Payroll..." street team, either.

There are at least a few corners if the internet that I can think of that will actually put the effort into helping you out if you are running into an issue. Never mind all of the oddball "No, The Software Actually Is That Bulletproof..." things that Reaper will do.

I won't really drag this out a whole lot longer. Just suggest that folks at least think over trying it out if they find themselves at some sort of a fork in the road.

[mjau]

I’ve been using Reaper for maybe 12 or so years. It’s great, and editing is a breeze. I’ve tried MixBuss, but couldn’t get into it. Now that I’m experimenting with Luna, I think I’ll continue to do all my tracking and editing in Reaper and then migrate the project to Luna to mix.

[Scodiddly]

I've been using the Harrison Mixbus, and gotten pretty good at doing stuff in it. But I actually don't like the EQ, the default channel EQ is a 3-band without Q/width and I just don't like the sound of it. And it doesn't come with any EQ plugin that has the standard modern parametric EQ.

Might give Reaper a try, I did look at one of the videos just now.

[darjama]

I love reaper and wholeheartedly endorse giving it a try. To see how you like the EQ can try using it's as a free vst plugin along with some other of it's basic effects: https://www.reaper.fm/reaplugs/

[apropos of nothing]

In Reaper I've taken a session PC --> Mac --> PC --> Linux. No hassle loading in any environment, and no discern-able differences in playback--didn't do a cancel check, but presume it would pass. The in-built plugs are not decorated with crazy retro graphics, but they sound nice, and are standard between platforms.

[darjama]

Just thought I'd mention that I've restarted a reaper mix competition that Dave Keehl had been running previously. Visit https://reamixed.com for more details.