Number of FX limited?

The only information I have about SONAR LE is here https://www.cakewalk.com/Products/SONAR-LE. I have never worked with any version of SONAR LE. Full versions of SONAR shown in the link in msg #2 are limited only by the capabilities of the PC.

Since the LE versions are limited versions anyway, it only makes sense that they are limited in the number of FX that can be in a given project.
 
Cakewalk has increased the number of FX in the MC line. If I remember correctly, it used to be 8 total. That was increased to 24 in MC7.   However, if you want more than that, simply get one of the Sonar versions and you are limited only by the power of your DAW's processor to run all those plugs in real time.
 
Or.... as has been suggested.... use a sub buss for the FX or use the AUDIO>PROCESS FX function.  
 
Even though I have Sonar, and can run quite a few plugs, I tend to use a very limited number and also tend to put them into the sub busses.

You might be able to use something like Samplitube, where you can use multiple effects inside Samplitube and it only counts as one effect....I think :)

I just want to mention (no offense!) that with "workarounds" you are moving into the "gray" area. Limitations in MC/LE are not technical nor historical. They are ON PURPOSE. These are cheap restrictive versions made from full Sonar by applying these restrictions to make it cheap... That is not the same as the difference between Sonar Artist and Platinum, where there are less plug-ins but it is perfectly ok to use any other. It is more like tricking the system time to make 30 days demos work forever...

jimfogle

azslow3
... (snip) Limitations in MC/LE are not technical nor historical. They are ON PURPOSE. These are cheap restrictive versions made from full Sonar by applying these restrictions to make it cheap... That is not the same as the difference between Sonar Artist and Platinum, where there are less plug-ins but it is perfectly ok to use any other. (snip) ...

Azslow3,
Music Creator is not a demo product.

I have not written that MC is demo. I have written that using more that 24 FXes simultaneously in MC (by using "help plug-ins", hacking MC binary code, etc..) is like "making" some OTHER program 30-days demo to work permanently. And that is not the same as using the same plug-ins and/or making mods for Sonar.
 

  Cakewalk has repeatedly stated that Music Creator is a consumer, not professional, product.  That's why Music Creator is supported by email and the forum instead of the email, forum and more expensive phone support available to Sonar. Because there is a lower level of support, the product price can be lower.  I also disagree with your statement about why Music Creator has a limited feature set. The limitations meet the feature set of comparable consumer DAWs such as Magix Studio and Acid Express.

"(Where is?) Phone support for Sonar" threads you can find everywhere on this forum... Sonar Artist is more expensive because it has no limitations and several extra tools. "Hi end" versions include more functionality and plug-ins.
 
All companies produce "light" versions, artificially limiting basic functionality. In that respect MC matches other LE versions. The schema is: (a) "basic" version (Sonar Artist) (b) "limited" compare to the basic version (MC) (c) "advanced" compare to the basic version, with (almost) all possible functionality (Sonar Pro) (d) "advanced" version with extra plug-ins included (Sonar Plat).
 
If you add (buy) all extra plug-ins, you can make Platinum from Professional (except 2 Platinum "special" tools which are impossible to buy). And that is ok. But if you are using "workarounds" to make Artist from MC, that is a gray area. That was the only my point. I repeat, I am not accusing anyone, that was not my intention.

Azslow3,
 
I understood your post to imply Music Creator IS demo software and that is my mistake.  I apologize for the error.
 
I do not own a qualifying product (Sonar) so I can not state with certainty if telephone support is available or not.  I've read complaint threads about the decline of telephone support but my understanding is telephone support is still SUPPOSED to be available for Sonar products; however, telephone support has changed in that it is scheduled versus first come first served.
 
Yes it seems all three editions of Sonar delivers the same DAW software program.  The difference between the editions appears to be how much accessory content is provided.
 
Again, I apologize for misreading your post.