DAWs will need to refocus on managing recordings of live performances -- young kids are starting guitar bands again, and in a few years I think we will enter yet another period where electronic sounds are out of fashion.
I'd also like to see more music creation nuts & bolts built into DAWs, like integrated lyrics, a quick way to shuffle pieces of a song like "bridge" and "verse", visualizations of key center shifts, chord builders and so on. A lot of that stuff is out there but it's definitely an afterthought.
It runs on window, is not a subscription service, has a lot functions that I'm used to and has a lot of automated workflow possibilities. Theres a lot more it can do then I'm able to mention but here are some of the cool traits that stood out for me. It can group a chord progression and create a variety for multiple tracks without getting into the midi editor. Additionally, I can globally save those chords and use them down the line in any other project easily. Theres a lyrics function too where I can run parallel to a vocal track so the vocalist can pick up exactly where they need to and see what's coming. I've done a few demo projects and I really like it so far.
I have wondered when the backlash, or maybe a sidelash, would start tasking place. I’ve been into many forms of electronic music and production since the 90s and right now if I was in my youth I might reach again for my guitar. Even though there is a lot of amazing stuff being produced that is not commercial/festival bound, there is a lot of money in EDM, probably too much, that would seem to push many people in the opposite direction away from the corporate driven machine.
I'd also like to see more music creation nuts & bolts built into DAWs, like integrated lyrics, a quick way to shuffle pieces of a song like "bridge" and "verse", visualizations of key center shifts, chord builders and so on. A lot of that stuff is out there but it's definitely an afterthought.