page_title: Digital audio workstation
section_title: Integrated DAW
hierarchical_section_title: Digital audio workstation / Integrated DAW
caption_attribution_description: TASCAM X-48 &#160;48-track Hybrid Hard Disk Workstation Part of the picture has been blurred to avoid non-free screenshot conflicts.
context_page_description: A digital audio workstation is an electronic device or application software used for recording, editing and producing audio files. DAWs come in a wide variety of configurations from a single software program on a laptop, to an integrated stand-alone unit, all the way to a highly complex configuration of numerous components controlled by a central computer. Regardless of configuration, modern DAWs have a central interface that allows the user to alter and mix multiple recordings and tracks into a final produced piece.
  DAWs are used for producing and recording music, songs, speech, radio, television, soundtracks, podcasts, sound effects and nearly any other situation where complex recorded audio is needed.
context_section_description: An integrated DAW consists of a digital signal processing, control surface, audio converters, and data storage in one device. Integrated DAWs were popular before commonly available personal computers became powerful enough to run DAW software. As personal computer power and speed increased and price decreased, the popularity of costly integrated systems dropped.
caption: An integrated DAW consisted of: a control screen, 48-track digital mixer integrated on hard disk recorder including data storage and audio interface.  (TASCAM X-48)
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