Were to begin? Help Wanted.

There are many professionals using Sonar.
Any other questions?

If you're careful in choosing your audio and PC hardware there's no reason why Sonar can't be the DAW around which you setup your studio.

I speak from my own experience and knowing many on this forum and others who also use Sonar to run their studios.

I have ProTools 11--but I can fly in Sonar.
 

I have only used Cakewalk products, so cannot speak to anything else. I think X3 introduced a lot of great things (speed comping, VST3, ARA, stability, etc.) and comes with enough packaged goodies to record without anything extra (esp. the Producer version). For a new user, it has enough to keep you occupied for a long long time.
 
I am not sure of what "going pro" entails in your mind, but there is a colossal difference between "DAW capability" (machine) and "DAW proficiency" (user). It is akin to a novice guitar player buying an expensive guitar to make them "play better"... will not happen... the player makes themself play better. Some nice advice given months ago (I wish I could give the person credit who said it) was "Pick a DAW, and stick with it." The proficiency part only comes through use, and that makes up a lot of the "going pro(ficient)"

X3d is the bomb for me. No other DAW gives you the goods that Sonar does not to mention Cakewalk support, these boards, etc... invaluable. 

One advantage of using Sonar is this forum as a help resource.
 
There is a plethora of very helpful people right here that are only a forum post away from providing answers to just about any questions/problems you may have.

PiBoy
Can we Go Pro on the Cakewalk? 
 
PiBoy

It may sound like I'm trying to toot our own horn here, but we have SONAR users working on hit TV shows, working on the Final Fantasy games, and playing in major selling bands like Megadeth. I would say "Going Pro" is definitely possible.
-DG

The Final Fantasy Games? Really? How cool :)

Sonar X3 I could afford. Pro Tools I couldnt.
 
Though at first I wasnt planning on getting the studio version, or melodyne editor, but all of that was still far less expensive than Pro tools and added so much with nice discounts, and Im still too much of a noob for something as 'pro' as pro tools :p
 
Then if I get better at it, I can upgrade to X3 Pro, I dont think Pro Tools let you start with a cheaper pack and then upgrade.
 
I got to use pro tools at university, but I was pretty terrible at it and couldnt understand much. X3 has loads of tutorials, and I believe I'm learning far more from just 5 hours worth of videos than I managed to learn from 3 years of music tech.

Pro Tools only has 2 advantages over Sonar:
 

1. They were first in the market hence their adoption by major studios & institutions
2. They had the name "Pro" in the title

That's about it. As a PRODUCT, Sonar is leaps & bounds ahead and is in many ways, far more "Pro" than PT will ever be, especially given the current market state of Avid

SOPRO?

Great!
 
Thanks all for your reply! Very Feel Welcome! And as of what i hear is one of the basics to stick with it.
 
when I thought about  the phrase "Can We Go Pro on the Cakewalk" It was a catch-up phrase to think about it. And sure it can Publish it. (The Cakewalk)
 
I think I made the right choice since I guess all the Upgrades are almost worth the price. But Now? I am short of money, to many Family, to many Fatherhood.
 
Shine On!
 
PiBoy,
 
https://soundcloud.com/piboy-1
 

I have not been here in the Forum since everything was working great with Sonar. Now with this new business model I was looking at all the reply of my post and Wow there were so many.
 
Shine On!
 
PiBoy