MAC Sonar Prototype? Anyone?

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2017/08/14 00:34:07 (permalink)

MAC Sonar Prototype? Anyone?

Has anyone tried the MAC Sonar prototype yet? good or bad?

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    KingsMix
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    Re: MAC Sonar Prototype? Anyone? 2017/08/14 01:18:28 (permalink)
    11Dreams
    Has anyone tried the MAC Sonar prototype yet? good or bad?


    I am not sure, but I thought  Sonar on Mac was abandoned a little while back.
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    Re: MAC Sonar Prototype? Anyone? 2017/08/14 02:29:16 (permalink)
    Follow this link which explains the background and limitations, and also leads to the download itself. It will not be developed further.
    http://forum.cakewalk.com...aspx?m=3593807&p=1

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    Re: MAC Sonar Prototype? Anyone? 2017/08/14 22:42:48 (permalink)
    Brando
    Follow this link which explains the background and limitations, and also leads to the download itself. It will not be developed further.
    http://forum.cakewalk.com...aspx?m=3593807&p=1

    I had seen this... https://www.cakewalk.com/Products/SONAR-Mac-Prototype I was hoping that it was still under development.
     


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    Re: MAC Sonar Prototype? Anyone? 2017/08/15 02:01:53 (permalink)
    Honestly, was never a fan of the idea.  IMHO, the only way a mac port works is if they totally blow sonar up and start from scratch . Sonar is way too mature of a windows based program to produce anything more than a frankenstein monstrosity so crippklede that Logic would laugh. Cakewalk is much better focusing on making a product so good that a swich to mac is unnecessary
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    Re: MAC Sonar Prototype? Anyone? 2017/08/15 12:51:19 (permalink)
    I actually have installed it on my macbook pro.  I didn't get on with it - some of the functionality is different to the windows version and you need to deal with the fact that the mac keyboard works in a different enough fashion for it not to be an intuitive swap.  Some things didn't seem to work - i couldn't seem to import wav files into tracks.   I expect I could have got around the isssues in time, but for me the trade off between the effort expended and the benefits weren't enough for me to continue.  If I need to record on the move I can use garage band or logic pro and then export the audio/midi for use in Sonar when I get back to base. Even if they were going to continue to develop it I don't think I would have continued with it, there was always going to differences in the key assignments/menu structures/file locations etc that you take for granted.  If you want a DAW on your mac I'd recommend that you go for something that is so definately different so you know that you are in a different environment and you don't get irritated/confused by the differences between the two flavours of Sonar.
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    Re: MAC Sonar Prototype? Anyone? 2017/08/15 22:53:31 (permalink)
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    I actually have installed it on my macbook pro.  I didn't get on with it - some of the functionality is different to the windows version and you need to deal with the fact that the mac keyboard works in a different enough fashion for it not to be an intuitive swap.  Some things didn't seem to work - i couldn't seem to import wav files into tracks.   I expect I could have got around the isssues in time, but for me the trade off between the effort expended and the benefits weren't enough for me to continue.  If I need to record on the move I can use garage band or logic pro and then export the audio/midi for use in Sonar when I get back to base. Even if they were going to continue to develop it I don't think I would have continued with it, there was always going to differences in the key assignments/menu structures/file locations etc that you take for granted.  If you want a DAW on your mac I'd recommend that you go for something that is so definately different so you know that you are in a different environment and you don't get irritated/confused by the differences between the two flavours of Sonar.


    yea, I was just thinking it would be cool to try it, if it was supported. I kind of thought it would have been a process of a code converter that just rendered the code from PC to Mac code then tweak... Like they do with games but it seems that all they did was put Splat into a converter that process in real time using up all the resources.  

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    Re: MAC Sonar Prototype? Anyone? 2017/08/16 04:08:46 (permalink)
    The limited version for the Mac is actually Sonar Home Studio as far as I'm aware so there will be lots of missing features in any case.

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