Any DAW to DAWproject

Any DAW → DAWproject. Drop a project from almost any DAW and get an open .dawproject that Cubase, Nuendo, Studio One and Bitwig import: the real session rebuilt, not bounced to stems.

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Local conversions never leave your browser; uploaded sessions are encrypted and yours to delete anytime. 3 conversions a month free, no account.

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Full walkthrough: How to convert your session to another DAW

§ What transfers

What comes across

Every track, clip and note, written into a .dawproject any DAWproject-capable app imports, not flattened to stems.

Tracks Arrangement MIDI Audio clips Sample files inside the file Track levels Markers Tempo & sig Plugin chains from Ableton Plugin chains other DAWs: not yet Automation not yet
§ Honesty

Told straight, never silently dropped

Tracks with their names, levels, pans and mutes; MIDI clips with every note; audio clips with their files inside the .dawproject; tempo, time signature and markers. Ableton Live projects also carry third-party VST3, VST2 and AU plugins with their saved state and Live’s EQ Eight, Compressor, Gate and Limiter as the format’s built-in equivalents; from every other DAW, plugin chains aren’t promised yet, and the conversion report names every plugin and what became of it. Automation isn’t promised on these pairs yet. Nothing is silently dropped: every conversion comes with a report of what changed.

§ Privacy

Your music stays yours

Local conversions stay right in your browser: your session never leaves your computer, nothing uploaded, nothing stored. Uploaded sessions move over an encrypted connection into your own private space, with access only you control, and yours to delete anytime.

§ Questions

Any DAW to DAWproject: common questions

How do I convert a DAW project to DAWproject?

Upload the project (Logic Pro (.logicx), Ableton Live (.als), FL Studio (.flp), REAPER (.rpp), Pro Tools (.ptx), Studio One (.song), GarageBand (.band) and Cubase (.cpr)), or zip the whole project folder so the audio travels with it. The converter reads it and writes one .dawproject with the tracks, MIDI, audio and tempo map in place.

What is a DAWproject file?

DAWproject (.dawproject) is an open project-exchange format created by Bitwig and PreSonus. It is one zip holding the arrangement, tracks, clips, notes, mixer settings and the audio, in a documented structure, so one DAW can hand a session to another without stems.

Which DAWs open a .dawproject?

Cubase, Nuendo, Studio One (Fender Studio Pro) and Bitwig Studio import and export it. Logic Pro and Ableton Live don’t read it, which is why this page converts into it.

Which DAWs can I convert from?

Logic Pro (.logicx), Ableton Live (.als), FL Studio (.flp), REAPER (.rpp), Pro Tools (.ptx), Studio One (.song), GarageBand (.band) and Cubase (.cpr). A project from one of those becomes a .dawproject; drop the file and the DAW is detected from it.

Why not a native Cubase, Nuendo or Studio One file?

Cubase’s .cpr, Nuendo’s .npr and Studio One’s .song aren’t publicly documented formats, and a file we can’t be sure opens would only look like a conversion. The download is the open .dawproject instead, with the audio inside it.

What carries over?

Tracks with their names, levels, pans and mutes; MIDI clips with every note; audio clips with their files inside the .dawproject; tempo, time signature and markers. Ableton Live projects also carry third-party VST3, VST2 and AU plugins with their saved state and Live’s EQ Eight, Compressor, Gate and Limiter as the format’s built-in equivalents; from every other DAW, plugin chains aren’t promised yet, and the conversion report names every plugin and what became of it. Automation isn’t promised on these pairs yet.

Do my plugins transfer?

Ableton Live projects also carry third-party VST3, VST2 and AU plugins with their saved state and Live’s EQ Eight, Compressor, Gate and Limiter as the format’s built-in equivalents; from every other DAW, plugin chains aren’t promised yet, and the conversion report names every plugin and what became of it. Nothing is faked: whatever doesn’t cross is named in the conversion report.

Is my project private?

Your project is uploaded over an encrypted connection into your own private space, converted, and is yours to delete anytime.

How many conversions are free?

3 conversions a month with no account; a free account gets 120 credits a month and Pro 2,000 (a conversion is 1 credit), every plan at full fidelity. No watermark, cancel in one click. One conversion is one project translated one direction; a round-trip is two.

More directions: Logic to Nuendo  ·  Ableton to Nuendo  ·  FL Studio to Nuendo  ·  REAPER to Nuendo  ·  Pro Tools to Nuendo  ·  GarageBand to Nuendo  ·  Studio One to Nuendo  ·  Logic to Ableton