panup
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Let me say it straight ... SONAR is...
Today's SONAR is simply awesome. It's powerful, robust, modern, easy to use, intuitive and highly customizable.
A couple of years ago I was thinking about leaving the ship but now I have absolutely no reasons to do that.
SONAR is now one of the best, if not the best DAW on the market for audio, MIDI and mixed audio/midi projects. I use SONAR in my professional recording studio as the only DAW.
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2016/09/19 11:51:32
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+1 plus!  I have my choice of DAWs and I choose Sonar.
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I've gotta agree with you there. Before I finally upgraded to SPlat I was considering switching it up too, but since I decided to give SPlat a shot I have been more than happy with it and have absolutely no intentions of jumping ship anymore. I do wish however it wasn't such a heavy program to run, but hey, that's what makes it able to do what it does anyway.
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2016/09/19 12:31:42
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Add me to the happy campers as well  +1
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2016/09/19 12:33:10
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I like it too but I don't like camping much 
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I like it too but I don't like camping much
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2016/09/19 14:50:23
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I'm in. And I've noticed it even runs better with a lava lamp nearby . . . .
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2016/09/19 15:05:07
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I have no issues, especially now when I have a NEW Lava Lamp
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2016/09/19 15:39:48
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When I decided to try out MIDI, I went to a local instrument repair shop to buy a sound card and some MIDI cables. I already had a synth with MIDI connections. When I was there, I took the opportunity to ask the owner if he had some appropriate program to go along with it. He said he had, and took a cyan colored box down from a shelf.
This was Sept. 3 1991 and the name of the software was Cakewalk 4.0 for DOS. I bought it and have been a happy Cakewalker ever since. Have upgraded once or twice since then, though.
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☄ Helpfulby Mooch4056 2016/09/19 16:25:48
Preachin' to the choir, Panu. Go post this on the Reaper forum if you really want to prove your loyalty.
 All else is in doubt, so this is the truth I cling to. My Stuff
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Jeff M.
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2016/09/19 16:37:51
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It's the only DAW I use as well.
Tried a few others over the years, but I didn't find them to be better than SONAR.
Different, but not better for me, so I stick around.
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Jeff M.
It's the only DAW I use as well.
Tried a few others over the years, but I didn't find them to be better than SONAR.
Different, but not better for me, so I stick around.
Good point. Others aren't better or worse, it's just that SONAR does what I need.
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2016/09/19 17:25:49
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+1
Been with Sonar since 04.
A lifer now.
A happy lifer that is...
Arlen aka Mr Grant my music
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☄ Helpfulby panup 2016/09/19 23:21:33
To me, Sonar is a tool that allows a person to express themselves sonically in an infinite variety of ways. With Sonar an individual may create for themselves a workflow that meets their specific need. Though not the end all of DAWs (of which none exist,) Sonar can bring the artist out in anyone who is willing to take the time to learn the basic functions and then if so possessed, to go a step further, across the Rubicon of creativity, that is inherent in each person. From mega star to bedroom hobbyist, Sonar is the Swiss Army Knife that can bring people alive, and cause worlds to collide. Jesse Q. Screed
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2016/09/19 17:30:28
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Jesse Screed
To me,
Sonar is a tool that allows a person to express themselves sonically in an infinite variety of ways. With Sonar an individual may create for themselves a workflow that meets their specific need. Though not the end all of DAWs (of which none exist,) Sonar can bring the artist out in anyone who is willing to take the time to learn the basic functions and then if so possessed, to go a step further, across the Rubicon of creativity, that is inherent in each person. From mega star to bedroom hobbyist, Sonar is the Swiss Army Knife that can bring people alive, and cause worlds to collide.
Jesse Q. Screed
Well said Jesse.
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2016/09/19 17:38:04
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Kicked off with Guitar Tracks Pro. Actually got something recorded. Never looked back.
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2016/09/19 17:50:00
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Ya Betcha! 
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-Happy user #1-
You may well be Happy user #1, but I Am The Lifetime Platinum User.
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2016/09/19 20:05:52
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Totally agree. As a long term Sonar user I have always been a fan but I am blown away by how far it has come in the past 2 years.
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2016/09/19 20:25:55
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started on Pro Audio 9 and then to Sonar 8 and every single X series. I tried Pro tools for a few months, went back to Sonar...The End. Threads like this always seem to attract the grummpy's.  glad its been all positive so far.
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Threads like this always seem to attract the grummpy's.
I'm here if you need me Chuck. Let me know if I should step in.
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2016/09/19 22:44:49
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I've been hooked ever since Home Studio 4.
Every upward evolution was easy to master.
All built from a similar foundation.
You can say I am happily brand loyal.
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bitflipper
Preachin' to the choir, Panu. Go post this on the Reaper forum if you really want to prove your loyalty.
Uh... I'm busy right now...:D
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2016/09/20 01:32:53
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A great product developed by a great team!
I'm pleased to be here from the beginning and connected to this as working with Sonar truly defines me...
Sonar is my main instrument!
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2016/09/20 17:11:42
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Canopus
When I decided to try out MIDI, I went to a local instrument repair shop to buy a sound card and some MIDI cables. I already had a synth with MIDI connections. When I was there, I took the opportunity to ask the owner if he had some appropriate program to go along with it. He said he had, and took a cyan colored box down from a shelf.
This was Sept. 3 1991 and the name of the software was Cakewalk 4.0 for DOS. I bought it and have been a happy Cakewalker ever since. Have upgraded once or twice since then, though.
-Happy user #11-
Holy crap. Deja vu. I'm not sure of the date but that was almost exactly the same here with CW4 for DOS except it was at a GC in North Dallas. I confess that I have strayed. I was unfaithful. I was deceived by the promise of greener grass but I have learned the errors of my ways. Please forgive me brothers and sisters! </southern preacher>
post edited by DrLumen - 2016/09/20 17:56:33
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