Basic questions about Sonar X1

1 X1 supports third party plugins very well indeed.
2 It comes with extensive sound libraries and synths. A general purpose collection.
3 X1 has bugs. No DAW is without bugs. Most of them are not major in X1. But that depends on your use of X1.

I think its one of the very best MIDI sequencers around.

John


1 X1 supports third party plugins very well indeed.
2 It comes with extensive sound libraries and synths. A general purpose collection.
3 X1 has bugs. No DAW is without bugs. Most of them are not major in X1. But that depends on your use of X1.

I think its one of the very best MIDI sequencers around.

ditto this, especially about midi sequencers.  And yeah, there are bugs, but I am able to work around them. I cannot currently think of one that interferes with the midi things I do.  I suspect many/most major DAWs that date back ten years or more are starting to hit the buggy part of the legacy curve and will all have some issues.  I would expect PT to perhaps be the least buggy of the old-line, but midi is not what it is known for, almost an afterthought IMO. Plus, there are restrictions to PT that while propietary help them with stability.  Of them I chose and stick with Sonar.  Reaper is interesting because it is a recent addition to the pack and doesn;lt bring the baggage of years of updates in the middle of a cutthroat rush to market, but it is immature in comparison for those same reasons. I couldn't speak to the midi use of it at all.  If you were happy with Cake of old for midi, I bet you'll do fine with Sonar. Grab a trial download and see.

John


1 X1 supports third party plugins very well indeed.
2 It comes with extensive sound libraries and synths. A general purpose collection.
3 X1 has bugs. No DAW is without bugs. Most of them are not major in X1. But that depends on your use of X1.

I think its one of the very best MIDI sequencers around.

I agree that no DAW is without bugs. But the bugs I've been encountering with Apple Logic Pro is MAJOR. For example, I set up data to send the values from 0 to 127 to a specific continuous controller (e.g. Modulation Wheel, Expression, etc.) It was sending only up to 81!! I was able to confirm this with an Apple Support tech, and his recommendation was for me to create a NEW project and reenter all the data!?? If this happened in the middle of a project where more than a hundred hours have already been expended by me, I would be in a state of grief!


Then there was also the issue where if I copied a region (basically just a designated area with some notes) and pasted it to the same track. Somehow, ALL the notes were moved to the right by a duration of approximately 1/32 note. It doesn't happen all the time. Aside from moving all the notes one by one back to where they should be, I was lost for a while there. I eventually found a workaround, but seriously, a buggy copy/paste?! I only found out about it when my music was sounding "off" timing. This wasn't a big bug, but it certainly was extremely annoying.


As long as the bugs are not major, not show-stopping (nor destructive), and as long as there are easy and quick workarounds, I can live with them. But what I went through with Apple Logic Pro is simply unacceptable.


So I hope you're saying the bugs in Sonar aren't too debilitating? If it's not too much to ask, can you just briefly describe to me the worst bug you can remember off the top of your head?

The only thing I would worry about is having the right computer. If the OP is running Logic its going to be a Mac of some  sort. I do not recommend running X1 on a Mac. It can be done but very few of us would be able to trouble shoot it for you.

noynekker


I've heard that Cakewalk Sonar works well with Bootcamp, but not Parallels, which are both PC emulation softwares running on MAC platform. I have not heard whether Sonar has/ or is planning to go MAC ?

They say this but I have my doubts. First Areo is very important for smooth graphics. Than direct control of hardware via drivers seems very problematic. Its hard enough to get a PC to run X1 well. I can't imagine how difficult it would be on an unsupported OS.

SONAR X1 on a Mac? Yes, you can! Posted in Other, Promotions, SONAR, Tips, Windows 7 by Mike Trujillo [Cakewalk] on 7 Feb 2012
 
 
  
A question I am frequently asked is, “Do you guys make SONAR X1 for the Mac?” The answer to which is no, SONAR X1 is made for Windows. But do not despair, there is a solution! For Macs with Intel processors there’s an application called Bootcamp which will allow you to install the Windows operating system on your Mac.Unlike some of the other applications that allow you to run Windows inside the Mac OS, Bootcamp allows you to boot exclusively into Windows or Mac OS on startup. This is the optimal method of running Windows as all of the Mac’s resources are available. (more…)