Edirol, I will be perfectly honest with you. I've been there man.
I used Cakewalk Pro Audio 9.0 till the wheels fell off. in the meantime I missed a few good versions of sonar.
instead I upgraded to home studio 6 then HS 7 (With 7XL). it was a waste of my time to be honest.
so I went right for the jugular and purchased Sonar 8, then every one of the X series I have owned since.
There's a few things to consider,
1- the system requirements for HS 6 might not even work on anything except Windows XP or lower.
2- some of the VST's and FX will not work correctly (they might, they might not)
3- its a time machine / its a trap.
I totally understand and respect your decision to want to use home studio 6.
your familiar with it, maybe have songs recorded with it. don't want the learning curve.
but trust me, its like walking backwards. One of my best sayings from the Chuckebaby words of wisdom novel VI: "Don't let technology leave you behind.. so Instead...be one step ahead of it."
you can purchase my novel from: LearnFromMyMistakes. com <-- that's a joke by the way

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I am not sure I even know where my disks are for Home studio 6.
I would like to help you but take my advise (and Johnny V's advise) download a free Sonar LE version, watch some videos and welcome back the future

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If you need any help or have questions with the Sonar LE version, hit me up.
I will help you in a second as im sure many others will too.
Good luck
Chuck