Total number of participants: 613 PersonalData.Gender count perc PersonalData.Gender Female 55 8.972268 Male 535 87.275693 Non binary / n.a. 23 3.752039 PersonalData.Age count perc PersonalData.Age 18-24 131 21.370310 25-29 75 12.234910 30-34 83 13.539967 35-39 63 10.277325 40-49 122 19.902121 50-59 89 14.518760 >=60 50 8.156607 PersonalData.Country count perc PersonalData.Country Italy 353 57.585644 Other countries 260 42.414356 PersonalData.Instrument count perc PersonalData.Instrument [] 25 4.078303 [(electro)Acoustic self-taught] 52 8.482871 [(electro)Acoustic self-taught, Electronic self... 91 14.845024 [(electro)Acoustic self-taught, Electronic with... 11 1.794454 [(electro)Acoustic self-taught, Electronic with... 1 0.163132 [(electro)Acoustic with teacher] 103 16.802610 [(electro)Acoustic with teacher, (electro)Acous... 24 3.915171 [(electro)Acoustic with teacher, (electro)Acous... 63 10.277325 [(electro)Acoustic with teacher, (electro)Acous... 6 0.978793 [(electro)Acoustic with teacher, (electro)Acous... 38 6.199021 [(electro)Acoustic with teacher, Electronic sel... 80 13.050571 [(electro)Acoustic with teacher, Electronic wit... 49 7.993475 [(electro)Acoustic with teacher, Electronic wit... 9 1.468189 [Electronic self-taught] 51 8.319739 [Electronic with teacher] 4 0.652529 [Electronic with teacher, Electronic self-taught] 6 0.978793 PersonalData.Level count perc PersonalData.Level Hobby 341 55.628059 Job 272 44.371941 PersonalData.Company count perc PersonalData.Company Employee 36 5.872757 Freelance 166 27.079935 No 363 59.216966 Owner 48 7.830343 PersonalData.Training count perc PersonalData.Training No 219 35.725938 Yes 394 64.274062 PersonalData.PreferredDAWRaw count perc PersonalData.PreferredDAWRaw Ableton Live 161 26.264274 Acid pro 2 0.326264 Acoustica Mixcraft 4 0.652529 Adobe audition 6 0.978793 Ardour 13 2.120718 Audacity 8 1.305057 Bitwig studio 11 1.794454 Cakewalk 3 0.489396 Cubase 53 8.646003 Digital performer 5 0.815661 FL studio 41 6.688418 Garageband 7 1.141925 Logic 77 12.561175 Luna 1 0.163132 Mixbus 3 0.489396 Mulab 1 0.163132 Nuendo 7 1.141925 Other 10 1.631321 Pro tools 61 9.951060 Pyramix 1 0.163132 Reaper 113 18.433931 Reason 4 0.652529 Studio one 18 2.936378 WaveLab 2 0.326264 n-track studio 1 0.163132 PersonalData.Source count perc PersonalData.Source Academy 92 15.008157 DM 100 16.313214 Forum 13 2.120718 SMC mailing lists 181 29.526917 Social network (INT) 94 15.334421 Social network (ITA) 133 21.696574 PersonalData.UsedDaws count perc PersonalData.UsedDaws 1 380 61.990212 2 112 18.270799 3 53 8.646003 4 37 6.035889 5 11 1.794454 6 8 1.305057 7 5 0.815661 9 4 0.652529 10 1 0.163132 11 1 0.163132 14 1 0.163132 PersonalData.Experience count perc PersonalData.Experience 0.0 4 0.652529 1.0 14 2.283850 2.0 21 3.425775 3.0 40 6.525285 4.0 24 3.915171 5.0 40 6.525285 6.0 31 5.057096 7.0 33 5.383361 8.0 38 6.199021 9.0 14 2.283850 10.0 24 3.915171 11.0 19 3.099511 12.0 10 1.631321 13.0 42 6.851550 14.0 11 1.794454 15.0 19 3.099511 16.0 11 1.794454 17.0 27 4.404568 18.0 23 3.752039 19.0 5 0.815661 20.0 15 2.446982 21.0 15 2.446982 22.0 25 4.078303 23.0 17 2.773246 24.0 6 0.978793 25.0 12 1.957586 26.0 12 1.957586 27.0 4 0.652529 28.0 11 1.794454 29.0 3 0.489396 30.0 3 0.489396 31.0 8 1.305057 32.0 6 0.978793 33.0 11 1.794454 34.0 10 1.631321 36.0 2 0.326264 38.0 1 0.163132 PersonalData.StartAge count perc PersonalData.StartAge 18-24 211 34.420881 25-29 67 10.929853 30-34 57 9.298532 35-39 35 5.709625 40-49 50 8.156607 50-59 20 3.262643 <=17 146 23.817292 >=60 20 3.262643 na 7 1.141925 PersonalData.CountryRaw count perc PersonalData.CountryRaw Afghanistan 1 0.163132 Australia 7 1.141925 Austria 5 0.815661 Belgium 4 0.652529 Brazil 1 0.163132 Canada 10 1.631321 Chad 1 0.163132 Chile 1 0.163132 China 4 0.652529 Colombia 1 0.163132 Croatia 1 0.163132 Czech Republic 1 0.163132 Denmark 2 0.326264 Finland 5 0.815661 France 19 3.099511 Germany 34 5.546493 Greece 3 0.489396 Hungary 2 0.326264 India 1 0.163132 Ireland 1 0.163132 Israel 4 0.652529 Italy 353 57.585644 Japan 2 0.326264 Latvia 1 0.163132 Lithuania 1 0.163132 Luxembourg 1 0.163132 Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 1 0.163132 Mexico 4 0.652529 Netherlands 3 0.489396 Norway 3 0.489396 Poland 4 0.652529 Portugal 2 0.326264 Puerto Rico 1 0.163132 Romania 3 0.489396 Russian Federation 1 0.163132 Slovenia 1 0.163132 Spain 10 1.631321 Sweden 21 3.425775 Switzerland 7 1.141925 Turkey 1 0.163132 Ukraine 1 0.163132 United Kingdom 30 4.893964 United States 54 8.809135 PersonalData.PreferredDAW count perc PersonalData.PreferredDAW Ableton Live 161 26.264274 Ardour 13 2.120718 Bitwig studio 11 1.794454 Cubase 53 8.646003 FL studio 41 6.688418 Logic 77 12.561175 Other 65 10.603589 Pro tools 61 9.951060 Reaper 113 18.433931 Studio one 18 2.936378 PersonalData.ExperienceBins count perc PersonalData.ExperienceBins (0.0, 5.0] 139 22.675367 (5.0, 10.0] 140 22.838499 (10.0, 38.0] 328 53.507341 Standard deviation of the use cases [%] of Task for each DAW: Ableton Live 4.662416 Audacity 5.030295 Cubase 5.871130 FL studio 5.749289 Logic 5.271865 Pro tools 5.708461 Reaper 4.589796 Other 4.834805 dtype: float64 Standard deviation of the use cases [%] of Context for each DAW: Ableton Live 5.864161 Audacity 4.792542 Cubase 6.293191 FL studio 6.717609 Logic 4.989309 Pro tools 4.963076 Reaper 5.109665 Other 5.878262 dtype: float64 Standard deviation of the use cases [%] of Level for each DAW: Ableton Live 2.938816 Audacity 15.563243 Cubase 14.029447 FL studio 29.518350 Logic 9.312101 Pro tools 32.646154 Reaper 5.092755 Other 4.643027 dtype: float64 Standard deviation of the use cases [%] of OS for each DAW: Ableton Live 28.768797 Audacity 19.303189 Cubase 33.907749 FL studio 39.041096 Logic 49.463827 Pro tools 38.195644 Reaper 23.495524 Other 22.583371 dtype: float64 THE MOST USED DAW FOR EACH TASK: Draft Ableton Live Tracking Ableton Live Editing Ableton Live Sequencing and Programming Ableton Live Mixing Ableton Live Mastering Reaper Post-production Pro tools Live performance Ableton Live Live sound engineering Ableton Live Restoration Pro tools Teaching Ableton Live Scientific research or measurements Reaper Other Ableton Live dtype: object THE MOST USED DAW FOR EACH CONTEXT: Music (Acoustic) Pro tools Music (Electroacoustic) Ableton Live Music (Electronic) Ableton Live Sampling Ableton Live Sound art Ableton Live Sound design Ableton Live Foley Pro tools Soundtrack Ableton Live Speech recording Pro tools Dubbing or Voice-over Pro tools Other Reaper dtype: object THE MOST USED DAW FOR EACH LEVEL: Amateur Ableton Live Semi-professional Ableton Live Professional Pro tools dtype: object THE MOST USED DAW FOR EACH OS: Windows Ableton Live Linux Ardour Mac Ableton Live na Ableton Live dtype: object THE MOST USED DAW FOR EACH TASK_LEVEL: Draft_Amateur Ableton Live Draft_Semi-professional Ableton Live Draft_Professional Ableton Live Tracking_Amateur Ableton Live Tracking_Semi-professional Ableton Live Tracking_Professional Pro tools Editing_Amateur Ableton Live Editing_Semi-professional Ableton Live Editing_Professional Pro tools Sequencing and Programming_Amateur Ableton Live Sequencing and Programming_Semi-professional Ableton Live Sequencing and Programming_Professional Ableton Live Mixing_Amateur Ableton Live Mixing_Semi-professional Ableton Live Mixing_Professional Pro tools Mastering_Amateur Ableton Live Mastering_Semi-professional Ableton Live Mastering_Professional Pro tools Post-production_Amateur Ableton Live Post-production_Semi-professional Ableton Live Post-production_Professional Pro tools Live performance_Amateur Ableton Live Live performance_Semi-professional Ableton Live Live performance_Professional Ableton Live Live sound engineering_Amateur Cubase Live sound engineering_Semi-professional Ableton Live Live sound engineering_Professional Ableton Live Restoration_Amateur FL studio Restoration_Semi-professional Ableton Live Restoration_Professional Pro tools Teaching_Amateur Reaper Teaching_Semi-professional Ableton Live Teaching_Professional Ableton Live Scientific research or measurements_Amateur Ableton Live Scientific research or measurements_Semi-professional Reaper Scientific research or measurements_Professional Reaper Other_Amateur FL studio Other_Semi-professional Ableton Live Other_Professional Ableton Live dtype: object THE MOST USED DAW FOR EACH CONTEXT_LEVEL: Music (Acoustic)_Amateur Cubase Music (Acoustic)_Semi-professional Logic Music (Acoustic)_Professional Pro tools Music (Electroacoustic)_Amateur Ableton Live Music (Electroacoustic)_Semi-professional Ableton Live Music (Electroacoustic)_Professional Ableton Live Music (Electronic)_Amateur Ableton Live Music (Electronic)_Semi-professional Ableton Live Music (Electronic)_Professional Ableton Live Sampling_Amateur Ableton Live Sampling_Semi-professional Ableton Live Sampling_Professional Ableton Live Sound art_Amateur Ableton Live Sound art_Semi-professional Ableton Live Sound art_Professional Ableton Live Sound design_Amateur Ableton Live Sound design_Semi-professional Ableton Live Sound design_Professional Pro tools Foley_Amateur Cubase Foley_Semi-professional Ableton Live Foley_Professional Pro tools Soundtrack_Amateur Ableton Live Soundtrack_Semi-professional Ableton Live Soundtrack_Professional Pro tools Speech recording_Amateur Cubase Speech recording_Semi-professional Ableton Live Speech recording_Professional Pro tools Dubbing or Voice-over_Amateur Cubase Dubbing or Voice-over_Semi-professional Reaper Dubbing or Voice-over_Professional Pro tools Other_Amateur Audacity Other_Semi-professional Reaper Other_Professional Pro tools dtype: object THE MOST FREQUENT TASK FOR EACH DAW: Ableton Live Sequencing and Programming Acid pro Sequencing and Programming Acoustica Mixcraft Mastering Adobe audition Editing Ardour Mixing Audacity Editing AudioMulch Draft Audiotool Draft Biab Sequencing and Programming Bitwig studio Draft BTV solo Draft Cakewalk Sequencing and Programming Caustic Draft Cubase Editing Digital performer Editing EnergyXT Draft FL studio Mixing Garageband Tracking Goldwave Editing Mixbus Mixing Hindenburg journalist Draft Logic Mixing Luna Draft Music maker Tracking Mainstage Live performance Mulab Sequencing and Programming Non daw studio Sequencing and Programming n-track studio Draft Nuendo Editing OHM studio Draft Pyramix Tracking Podium Draft Pro tools Mixing Reaper Mixing Reason Sequencing and Programming Renoise Draft RX Restoration Samplitude Editing Sequoia Draft Serato studio Live performance Sonic visualizer Scientific research or measurements Soundbooth Editing Soundbridge Draft Soundforge Editing Soundtrap Draft SpectraLayers Post-production Studio one Editing Tenacity Draft Tracktion Draft Tracktor Live performance Waveform Tracking WaveLab Mastering Other Sequencing and Programming dtype: object THE MOST FREQUENT CONTEXT FOR EACH DAW: Ableton Live Music (Electronic) Acid pro Music (Electronic) Acoustica Mixcraft Music (Electroacoustic) Adobe audition Music (Electroacoustic) Ardour Music (Electroacoustic) Audacity Music (Acoustic) AudioMulch Music (Acoustic) Audiotool Music (Acoustic) Biab Music (Acoustic) Bitwig studio Music (Electronic) BTV solo Music (Acoustic) Cakewalk Music (Electronic) Caustic Music (Acoustic) Cubase Music (Electronic) Digital performer Music (Electronic) EnergyXT Music (Acoustic) FL studio Music (Electronic) Garageband Music (Acoustic) Goldwave Music (Electronic) Mixbus Music (Acoustic) Hindenburg journalist Music (Acoustic) Logic Music (Electronic) Luna Music (Acoustic) Music maker Music (Electronic) Mainstage Music (Acoustic) Mulab Music (Electronic) Non daw studio Music (Electronic) n-track studio Music (Electroacoustic) Nuendo Music (Electroacoustic) OHM studio Music (Acoustic) Pyramix Music (Acoustic) Podium Music (Acoustic) Pro tools Music (Acoustic) Reaper Music (Electroacoustic) Reason Music (Electronic) Renoise Music (Acoustic) RX Music (Electroacoustic) Samplitude Music (Acoustic) Sequoia Music (Acoustic) Serato studio Music (Electronic) Sonic visualizer Other Soundbooth Music (Acoustic) Soundbridge Music (Acoustic) Soundforge Music (Electronic) Soundtrap Music (Electroacoustic) SpectraLayers Music (Electroacoustic) Studio one Music (Acoustic) Tenacity Music (Acoustic) Tracktion Music (Acoustic) Tracktor Music (Electronic) Waveform Music (Electroacoustic) WaveLab Music (Electronic) Other Music (Electronic) dtype: object THE MOST FREQUENT LEVEL FOR EACH DAW: Ableton Live Professional Acid pro Professional Acoustica Mixcraft Amateur Adobe audition Amateur Ardour Amateur Audacity Amateur AudioMulch Amateur Audiotool Amateur Biab Semi-professional Bitwig studio Amateur BTV solo Amateur Cakewalk Amateur Caustic Amateur Cubase Amateur Digital performer Professional EnergyXT Amateur FL studio Amateur Garageband Amateur Goldwave Amateur Mixbus Amateur Hindenburg journalist Amateur Logic Semi-professional Luna Amateur Music maker Amateur Mainstage Professional Mulab Amateur Non daw studio Semi-professional n-track studio Amateur Nuendo Professional OHM studio Amateur Pyramix Professional Podium Amateur Pro tools Professional Reaper Professional Reason Amateur Renoise Professional RX Professional Samplitude Professional Sequoia Amateur Serato studio Amateur Sonic visualizer Professional Soundbooth Semi-professional Soundbridge Amateur Soundforge Professional Soundtrap Amateur SpectraLayers Semi-professional Studio one Amateur Tenacity Amateur Tracktion Amateur Tracktor Semi-professional Waveform Amateur WaveLab Professional Other Amateur dtype: object THE MOST FREQUENT OS FOR EACH DAW: Ableton Live Mac Acid pro Windows Acoustica Mixcraft Windows Adobe audition Windows Ardour Linux Audacity Windows AudioMulch Windows Audiotool Windows Biab Mac Bitwig studio Windows BTV solo Windows Cakewalk Windows Caustic Windows Cubase Windows Digital performer Mac EnergyXT Windows FL studio Windows Garageband Mac Goldwave Windows Mixbus Windows Hindenburg journalist Windows Logic Mac Luna Windows Music maker Windows Mainstage Mac Mulab Windows Non daw studio Linux n-track studio Windows Nuendo Windows OHM studio Windows Pyramix Windows Podium Windows Pro tools Mac Reaper Windows Reason Windows Renoise Linux RX Mac Samplitude Windows Sequoia Windows Serato studio Windows Sonic visualizer Mac Soundbooth Windows Soundbridge Windows Soundforge Windows Soundtrap Windows SpectraLayers Mac Studio one Windows Tenacity Windows Tracktion Windows Tracktor Mac Waveform Windows WaveLab Windows Other Windows dtype: object THE MOST FREQUENT TASK_LEVEL FOR EACH DAW: Ableton Live Sequencing and Programming_Semi-professional Acid pro Sequencing and Programming_Professional Acoustica Mixcraft Mastering_Amateur Adobe audition Editing_Semi-professional Ardour Mixing_Amateur Audacity Editing_Amateur AudioMulch Draft_Amateur Audiotool Draft_Amateur Biab Sequencing and Programming_Semi-professional Bitwig studio Draft_Amateur BTV solo Draft_Amateur Cakewalk Editing_Amateur Caustic Draft_Amateur Cubase Editing_Amateur Digital performer Editing_Professional EnergyXT Draft_Amateur FL studio Mixing_Amateur Garageband Tracking_Amateur Goldwave Editing_Amateur Mixbus Mixing_Amateur Hindenburg journalist Draft_Amateur Logic Editing_Semi-professional Luna Draft_Amateur Music maker Tracking_Amateur Mainstage Live performance_Professional Mulab Sequencing and Programming_Amateur Non daw studio Draft_Semi-professional n-track studio Draft_Amateur Nuendo Post-production_Professional OHM studio Draft_Amateur Pyramix Tracking_Professional Podium Draft_Amateur Pro tools Mixing_Professional Reaper Editing_Professional Reason Sequencing and Programming_Amateur Renoise Draft_Professional RX Restoration_Professional Samplitude Mastering_Professional Sequoia Draft_Amateur Serato studio Mixing_Amateur Sonic visualizer Scientific research or measurements_Professional Soundbooth Editing_Semi-professional Soundbridge Draft_Amateur Soundforge Editing_Professional Soundtrap Draft_Semi-professional SpectraLayers Post-production_Semi-professional Studio one Editing_Amateur Tenacity Draft_Amateur Tracktion Draft_Amateur Tracktor Live performance_Semi-professional Waveform Tracking_Semi-professional WaveLab Mastering_Professional Other Sequencing and Programming_Amateur dtype: object THE MOST FREQUENT CONTEXT_LEVEL FOR EACH DAW: Ableton Live Music (Electronic)_Semi-professional Acid pro Music (Electronic)_Professional Acoustica Mixcraft Music (Electroacoustic)_Amateur Adobe audition Music (Electroacoustic)_Semi-professional Ardour Music (Electroacoustic)_Amateur Audacity Music (Acoustic)_Amateur AudioMulch Music (Acoustic)_Amateur Audiotool Music (Acoustic)_Amateur Biab Music (Acoustic)_Semi-professional Bitwig studio Music (Electronic)_Amateur BTV solo Music (Acoustic)_Amateur Cakewalk Music (Electronic)_Amateur Caustic Music (Acoustic)_Amateur Cubase Music (Electronic)_Amateur Digital performer Music (Acoustic)_Professional EnergyXT Music (Acoustic)_Amateur FL studio Music (Electronic)_Amateur Garageband Music (Acoustic)_Amateur Goldwave Music (Electronic)_Amateur Mixbus Music (Acoustic)_Amateur Hindenburg journalist Music (Acoustic)_Amateur Logic Music (Electroacoustic)_Professional Luna Music (Acoustic)_Amateur Music maker Music (Electronic)_Amateur Mainstage Music (Acoustic)_Semi-professional Mulab Music (Electronic)_Amateur Non daw studio Music (Acoustic)_Semi-professional n-track studio Music (Electroacoustic)_Amateur Nuendo Music (Acoustic)_Professional OHM studio Music (Acoustic)_Amateur Pyramix Music (Acoustic)_Professional Podium Music (Acoustic)_Amateur Pro tools Music (Acoustic)_Professional Reaper Music (Electroacoustic)_Professional Reason Music (Electronic)_Amateur Renoise Music (Acoustic)_Professional RX Music (Electroacoustic)_Professional Samplitude Music (Acoustic)_Professional Sequoia Music (Acoustic)_Amateur Serato studio Music (Electroacoustic)_Semi-professional Sonic visualizer Other_Professional Soundbooth Music (Acoustic)_Semi-professional Soundbridge Music (Acoustic)_Amateur Soundforge Music (Electronic)_Professional Soundtrap Music (Electroacoustic)_Amateur SpectraLayers Music (Electroacoustic)_Semi-professional Studio one Music (Acoustic)_Professional Tenacity Music (Acoustic)_Amateur Tracktion Music (Acoustic)_Amateur Tracktor Music (Electronic)_Semi-professional Waveform Music (Acoustic)_Semi-professional WaveLab Music (Electronic)_Professional Other Music (Electronic)_Amateur dtype: object The most used sets of DAWs found in the use cases: {'Reaper', 'Ableton Live'} 12 {'Logic', 'Ableton Live'} 10 {'FL studio', 'Ableton Live'} 10 {'Pro tools', 'Ableton Live'} 6 {'Pro tools', 'Reaper', 'Ableton Live'} 6 {'Cubase', 'Ableton Live'} 5 {'Pro tools', 'FL studio'} 4 {'Pro tools', 'Reaper'} 4 {'Logic', 'Cubase'} 4 {'Pro tools', 'Logic'} 4 {'Cubase', 'Reaper'} 3 {'Reaper', 'Audacity'} 3 {'Pro tools', 'Cubase'} 3 {'Audacity', 'Ableton Live'} 2 {'Logic', 'Other', 'Ableton Live', 'Digital performer'} 2 {'Garageband', 'Logic'} 2 {'Cakewalk', 'Logic'} 2 {'Reaper', 'Cubase'} 2 {'Pro tools', 'Logic', 'Cubase'} 2 {'Logic', 'Reaper'} 2 {'Nuendo', 'Cubase'} 2 {'Garageband', 'Cubase'} 2 {'Adobe audition', 'Audacity', 'Ableton Live'} 2 dtype: int64