n the summer of 2012, visitors to the Synthtopia website, which is popular in relevant circles, were asked to vote for what they thought was the best DAW. [1] The campaign turned out to be a clever move by the site operators. Not only did several thousand users cast their votes, but the result also led to long, heated discussions that drove a lot of traffic to the site. Firstly, there was the fact that FL Studio (formerly Fruity Loops), which many professionals have reviled, won the race by a large margin with almost 30 percent of the votes. Then there was the problematic fact that some well-known applications did not appear on the list at all. And finally, Renoise‘s triumphant sixth place caused irritation. If there were indeed
