![]() All the original image files you opened when you started are preserved. Then in the end, you export the result down to a single image file.Īs with the audio files in a DAW, the processing in Photoshop is non-destructive. You then add other image files, different layers (layers in PS are sort of like tracks in a DAW) of effects, text, shapes, etc. You start either from scratch or with an image file. I like to think of a DAW as the similar to what you do in Photoshop to create or edit pictures and graphics. What you get at the end is a new audio file that is the sum of everything (all tracks, edits and effects) all mixed together. ![]() Destructive vs Non-Destructive Editing?ĭAWs are usually "non-destructive." This means that nothing will happen to the underlying audio file(s) as you apply effects, change volume, edit, etc. You need lots of tracks for all the different instruments and voices. And in the end, you mix it all together - all the tracks and all the many bits of audio spread across them - and "render" a single file out. You create several tracks in a DAW with lots of different effects and edits. So in a DAW if you want to apply an effect, you do it to the track (in a track control panel), and not the audio itself. A "track" is just a container for audio files and other media items like video, MIDI, etc. ![]() Things in a DAW are very much track-based. See my post, Digital Audio Workstation: What Is A DAW Anyway? for more detailed information. So technically, any multitrack software (I've never seen one that can't do all 3 things) programs are DAWs. The term is now (2022) generally accepted to mean any recording software that can do 3 things - record, edit, and produce a playable audio file (wav or mp3). Most of the time, a DAW refers to a certain kind of software that you can use to record and mix multiple tracks of audio. But there are enough features that generally apply to both types of recording software programs that I think I can help dispel confusion about this. DAW stands for "Digital Audio Workstation." But what does that mean? Is it the same thing as an audio editor? If not, what is the difference?
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