Each DAW that I've used has very specific coloration when the tracks are summed. Ableton is the worst at summing. FL studio is second worst, but I love their piano roll editor and the ability to use FL as a VST plugin in other DAWs. Cubase and Studio one sound similar to my ears with a very slight "blue" coloration (I see sounds as colors). Pro Tools seems to have the clearest summing and has a very clear shimmer in the cymbals. The cymbals are slightly grainier in Mixbus which has a big 80's console analog sound. I haven't tried Logic or the others. Honestly, I love how studio one sounds!! But on certain projects I will be forced to use Pro Tools or Mixbus for summing to get that last 1% of specific color. If you guys could nail the ability to provide different coloration in the summing, that would be astounding!! I understand this is probably impossible, or else all the DAWS would add new summing "flavors" all the time. God bless -Josh
