Audiophools

Microphones
Microphones of all types

Interfaces - Audio and MIDI
Audio and Audio-MIDI interfaces for music production and live work - USB, Firewire, Thunderbolt etc.

DAWs - General info and questions
Posts relating to DAWs and recording software, but not to any specific brand name.

Tracktion (Waveform)
Possible the best free DAW and also an excellent commercial product

Audacity
Not quite a full blown DAW, but a truly excellent audio editing and processing tool

Cubase
Steinberg's great DAW, one of the classic programs

FL Studio
Imageline's offering, previously called Fruity Loops

Logic Pro
Apple's top audio workstation

Studio One
A great DAW by Presonus

Ableton
By: Ableton

Garageband
Apple's free audio program / app

Pro Tools
A range of DAWs by Avid

Reason
Propellerheads DAW

Reaper
Cocos DAW

LMMS
Originally for written for Linux, LMMS as a totally free, cross-platform DAW

Cakewalk (previously Sonar)
Cakewalk by Bandlab, previously Sonar by Cakewalk

Other DAWs not named above
If the DAW you want to ask about does not have its own forum, post here - any that receive sufficient posts will have their own forum category created.

About MIDI (read-only)
Technical information about MIDI - and some dubious practices to be aware of

MIDI Technical
Technical questions and topics relating to MIDI

MIDI Hardware
Interfaces, cables etc.

MIDI Software
MIDI-capable editor and other tools

Control surfaces
A control surface allows settings in a DAW to be adjusted using physical controls, with the software and hardware functioning in a similar way to a recording studio console.