Hi Extremely new!

welcome,
i don't know what to say about metallica's guitar tone, but $600 for sonar 8 (if you can still even buy it) is way too much money. it's an older version and should cost around 300 maybe less. i'm surprised it's still for sale. just trying to give you a heads up to save you a bunch of money. while i'm at it, i would suggest not buying sonar 8, purchase the latest version- sonar x1.

I agree with Guitarhacker.  I used Guitar Tracks Pro 4 for about a year before I upgraded to Sonar.  The only reason why I did was because I had the extra money and I wanted the extra bells and whistles that he speaks of.  I never used MC5, but I can tell you that you can get great results from GTP4 and it too comes with some nice things, such as Guitar Rig 3 LE, some virtual instruments, and some other effect plugins. 

Combine those with the freebies from Native Instruments and you have a lot to play with for a long time.  Also don't spend $600 on Sonar, you can buy it cheaper than that right from the makers.  $400 is the price of producer I think.  GTP4 is $100 or $150 if you want the bundled audio interface, which is basic but gets the job done. 

With so many variables though I think you will have a hard time replicating the sound unless you talk to him directly.  Don't forget that youtube processes the videos people upload so you can't use that as a true sound representation.  It is compressed data, which may or may not have a huge effect on the sound.

I never heard of Quad tracking, so either he made up the term, or he is smarter than me (which probably isn't that hard to do).

600.00 bucks??? wow..where is this from?? that is way to much money for an old version of sonar..also remember you cant buy it used so if someone else is trying to sell you sonar used,dont do it.you might wanna try a more updated version of sonar rather than taking a step backwards...good luck and welecome to the forums

RobertB

nbcviper



I have access to:
Mesa Boogie Mark V
Dual Rectifier Cabinet with V30's
Explorer with EMG 81 + 60
Jackson RR5FR guitar
Shure SM57 Mic
Macbook Pro 

That might be a deal breaker. Can you run Windows based programs on your particular Mac?

Hi Bob,

The answer is yes you can though I wouldn't recommend it. You can use Parallels VM ware to set up a virtual environment in which you would then load Windows 7 or XP Pro (64). (Avoid Windows Vista at all costs).

Though you could run Sonar in this environment there might be some performance issues. GTP 4 would be the better bet. Best overall is a software that runs native in the Mac environment. The overall cost would be lower.