Done. Like was said, there will be those people that stuff the ballot box. Maybe they will only accept one vote per (some arbitrary identifier that is still easily spoofed).

Voted.
 
 
 
Even with its current CC lane implementation.     What was I thinking...   

Gotta love the comments "I've used them all"  
 
Yeah, sure you have actually used and learned 20 different DAWs.  All votes by those posters should be negated.  

+1 Sonar here.
 
I haven't used them all by a long shot, but I have used Live (PC and Mac), Reason (PC and Mac), Reaper (PC), Logic (back when it was PC), Cubase (on Mac), ProMIDI (an ancient PC-based sequencer that long ago became defunct; I had it on my screaming 4.77 mHz XT machine right after I graduated from my Commodore 64), and Acid (the DAW, not the hallucinogenic controlled substance). Some of these were near instant "bad fits", others I have used much more. I have used Sonar since it was Cakewalk 3.0 for DOS. I used the other DAWs mostly to see if a paradigm shift would affect my output in supporting different compositional paradigms: it didn't really. I wasn't looking for more or even better, per se, just something to point me in a different direction.

 
I do find that I work much faster in Sonar. Two of the other DAWs I can work in very quickly as well, but only under certain conditions that I really largely do not prefer. Sonar just keeps getting better and better.
 

williamcopper
`why don't we wait until sonar is a good DAW before we vote it's the best.  Was just looking at staff view today, a few million years after complaints about it began: still awful.    Just opened a PRV window for multiple tracks today, and got a controller pane with dozens of tiny tiny lanes, one per controller per midi channel.    Too many of this kind of horrible design choices still, endlessly, present to call Sonar good.  

 
It boggles my mind that you don't just learn a different DAW. And don't say "oh, I have all this legacy stuff." You can start on your new and wonderful DAW that automagically adapts itself to your needs, and never look back unless you have to tweak some older material. I still have ADAT tapes, old Cubase projects, Pro Tools sessions, and Master Tracks Pro MIDI files...they didn't threaten to kill me when I started using SONAR.
 
It's also possible to transfer material among DAWs. I've taken Pro Tools projects and mixed them in SONAR, and created files in SONAR to use in Live and Traktor. 
 
And one last time...AFAIC the best place to edit multiple controllers is in Track View. It's MADE for that, the stock PRV isn't.
 
On the plus side, I do appreciate your rock-solid consistency in being able to inject negativity and your personal agenda into just about any thread. 
 
The bottom line is this: If you don't think SONAR is the best DAW, it's YOUR responsibility to learn the one you think is best, so you can live happily ever instead of continuing the never-ending documentation of your self-flagellation in this forum. Peace out.
 
 
 

agree 100% on Craig's comment, personally I could do without all the negative people on the web.
 
maybe those people try to make up for not being able to speak up during the day, at work or at home.
in that case, and for a lot of other possible reasons, the negative commenting keeps that situation in place more likely than it helps. 
Could be completely wrong or stupid writing this post, but you could chop off my arms and I'll refuse to be negative on the web haha...oh, I couldn't type anymore then too :)
 
KEEP VOTING PLEASE !!
 
 

Sheanes
agree 100% on Craig's comment, personally I could do without all the negative people on the web.

 
Negativity per se isn't always a bad thing, there are always legitimate issues. Recognition of these is what gets them fixed. But when negativity is expressed in over-the-top "drama queen" fashion ("a few million years after complaints about it began"), and has absolutely nothing to do with the thread topic and solely involves a personal agenda that's been pushed time and time again (isn't there something about the definition of insanity involving doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results?), you realize that the person posting has nothing significant or constructive to offer. This diminishes the quality of information and the forum experience, while diminishing the poster's credibility due to the non-credible exaggeration.
 

KEEP VOTING PLEASE !!

 
I voted because SONAR is the best DAW for me by far (and yes, I've tried them all and have done many sessions using programs other than SONAR). Creating a scientific poll is difficult, and this ain't one of them. But hey, choosing high school prom queens wasn't scientific either, and it became a ritual anyway  If they were serious about a poll, they'd have categories...e.g.,
 
Best all-around
Best MIDI implementation
Best audio implementation
Best value
Best remix/groove implementation
 
 

Support 4 Sonar - done

+4 ..... I voted as many times as I wanted, same browser, same session. Just refresh page and vote again.
Serious stuff that poll....I'm creating one for me as smartest badass in the galaxy. I'll win.
 
Some of the DAW mentioned I never heard about. Gotta go out more often I guess...
 
Point is: I used Samplitude, Protools, Reason, DP, FL and Sonar.
Sonar is the best.

+1 Sonar.