Why do people prefer DAW's such as Ableton and Cubase than FL studio?

Answer 1

I'm gonna try and make this simple. All DAW's are a different road to the same place but FL Studio is directed more toward making beats and step-sequencing (building a beat using the mouse and a "piano roll" or controller). Cubase and Ableton are more along the audio editing lines with more advanced features in the audio aspect of the software than FL but they still have everything FL has to offer in the end just a different way to go about doing it. Audio is what pros work with when it comes down to it in the end. FL can't do what needs to be done in that case. No one will master a song in FL... because you can't adjust settings that need to be adjusted in a professional atmosphere.. Automation, 1/2 the Preference Settings in DAW's, Buffer Sizes, Sample Rate, Bit Depth, Auto Delay Compensation, Elastic Audio, Flexing, Timecode for film on the timeline... The list goes on.... Cubase and Ableton are different softwares themselves but closer together in this group than FL. Ableton is more of a DJ software, Cubase is more of a recording software and FL is more of a beatmaker/"producer" lol software. I could answer this a lot better if I wasn't a lil tipsy but hey. You'll get the idea if you research them all.