DAWs & Converters

The digital audio workstation, or DAW, is an essential building block of the modern studio. Knowing the components, features, and tools found in this “studio in a box” is essential knowledge for all audio engineers, both old and new.

Videos

• DAWs & Converters (00:44) - An introduction to the digital audio workstation and the DAWs & Converters course.

• What Can a DAW Do? (02:39) - The versatile, affordable, powerful DAW is a recorder, editor, mixer, and audio-processing platform.

• What Is a Plug-In? (04:08) - Every DAW uses plug-ins, which can mimic instruments, hardware EQs, compressors, and new types of audio manipulators that have never been seen before.

• Digital Audio Conversion (05:19) - The key to a DAW’s virtual world are the converters that take an analog signal and convert it into a language spoken by computers and software.