Cakewalk releases LA2A replica for Reason-rack, but not for Sonar

Eh? What's the PC2A then?

i don”t see anything better in cubase 7 that is missing in  Sonar . and i don”t like the graphics at all!...

godparticle


Cakewalk has released a TYPE-T compressor for Reason which emulates the old LA2A, so i have to wonder why the hell it hasn't been released for or included in Sonar.

Also i have to say that i think the full version of Z3TA+ should really be included as standard in Sonar as well as the new LA2A clone, i wonder what cakewalk is thinking about this.

And now Steinberg are right on Sonars heels with the new Cubase 7, it has full console emulation features with three different compressors for as they say "that epic big console sound" among other things. I was just about to drop the money on Sonar but now Steinberg is pulling on my coat sleeve and i am in a quandary about this...What to do, has anyone used the new Cubase 7 yet?

Steinberg invariably do that kind of sales pitch every couple of years. Back then w/ Cubase VST 3.5, they insisted on the fact that it had compression and EQ on every channel. "Just like in real studios, helping you get that sound". The rest of us, well, we used plug-ins (which sounded better, by the way).


They also had what they called True Tape mode, allowing you to have your music saturated as you were recording, "printed" w/ the saturation, making it sound like it was recorded in a big expensive studio using tape. That sort of went away, too...


And now it's the new console fad, w/ 3 types of compression. Well, the Sonitus compression which comes w/ Sonar has what, 4 or 5 different type of compression emulation? That doesn't make it the last compressor you'll ever need, does it?


Buying any DAW software based on the "big epic sound" or "sounds better than others" propaganda - whether it's cubase, Studio One or Sonar - will always leave you sorely disappointed. 

FastBikerBoy


Eh? What's the PC2A then?

Yeah, but the Reason one has different letters in place of PC.
 
Some of us want the real RE-2A not this PC-2A imposter, never mind the DSP code is the same in either of them it's the letters that are important.

Jonbouy

FastBikerBoy


Eh? What's the PC2A then?

Yeah, but the Reason one has different letters in place of PC.
 
Some of us want the real RE-2A not this PC-2A imposter, never mind the DSP code is the same in either of them it's the letters that are important.

I want the Fa-La comp, which only compresses the notes "F" and "A" in your tracks (If they're in  the key of C, that is.  Otherwise I'd expect it intelligently to transpose in real time [with no added latency] to the 4th and 6th of the song's key).

I want Sonar to make me a sandwich and rub my feet at the end of a long day.

IS THAT SO MUCH TO ASK?!

mike_mccue


Hopefully Cakewalk is testing out the idea of making some money by selling the fruits of it's development efforts to a wider audience than just the SONAR Xgen users.


Maybe some actual VST offerings will be next?


I might actually pay for that.



best regards,
mike

Surely Cakewalk's development efforts should be geared towards its current users, not users of legacy product users?
 
If not, I wish Ensoniq would still release libraries for my Mirage DSK.

epic fail OP, epic fail