Editing Digital audio workstation (section)

{{Short description|Device or software used for recording, editing and producing audio files}}
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[[Image:Peter Francken in his studio.jpg|thumb|Music production using a digital audio workstation (DAW) with [[multi-monitor]] set-up]]

A '''digital audio workstation''' ('''DAW''' {{IPAc-en|d|ɔː}}) is an electronic device or [[application software]] used for [[Sound recording and reproduction|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.<ref name="Kefauver">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0aE7BAAAQBAJ&q=digital+audio+workstation&pg=PA63 |title=Fundamentals of Digital Audio, New Edition |last1=Kefauver |first1=Alan P. |last2=Patschke |first2=David |date=2007-01-01 |publisher=A-R Editions, Inc. |isbn=9780895796110 |pages=133 |language=en}}</ref>

DAWs are used for producing and recording [[music]], [[song]]s, [[speech]], [[Radio broadcasting|radio]], [[television]], [[soundtrack]]s, [[podcasts]], [[sound effects]] and nearly every other kind of complex recorded audio.