In the 2020s, it seems that everything costs a monthly fee, and everything is connected to the cloud. For better or for worse, DJ software is no different, with the advantages of cloud storage, music streaming, and library syncing coming with a highly-divisive subscription price for more and more of our best DJ software options.
Whether you already make your own music or plan to start producing, music-creation DAW software is also taking a turn toward the cloud-based, monthly-priced future. While the concept of an online DAW that runs inside a web browser and stores files on offsite servers rather than your own computer goes…