MelodicJimmy
"just get a small touchscreen"
I'm not being a jerk here, honestly.... but, what was the point of that reply? I don't even understand what you said. I'm asking why Sonar doesn't have an app to be able to control it remotely and you said, "just get a small touchscreen." Why'd you say that? Again, not being confrontational, just .... confused.
Also, no, I don't think the novelty would wear off. I think my workflow would be a lot quicker with something like that. Plus, obviously Cubase and Logic feel the same way.....
As does Studio One.
You will find a lot here that just say some silly things when then is no other defense for Sonar when someone brings one of its many deficiencies to the fore, just look at some of the half ar$ed
(and that's exactly what they are) work arounds for things Sonar lacks that other DAW's have in the 'Tip of the Week' section above.
I think a lot of people, including long time users are growing disillusioned with the direction Sonar is taking under the Subscription model, this is evidenced by the growing number of disgruntled posts by those same long time users to recent events and additions
(and the way in which they were added) to Sonar, there is disquiet in the camp. People are leaving, contemplating leaving, flirting with other DAW's with the intention of jumping ship in significant numbers, and to be quite honest there are far better alternatives out there, Sonar is aging, has an aging core code base, some may say archaic, a HUGE backlog of bugs, a lot of which are considered as 'serious' of 'major' by a lot of folk, and some of which have been there for a decade plus and there seems no evidence that they will be fixed, yes you can point all you like to the lists of things that have been fixed in the last year, but at least be true to yourself, you know what I am saying, and you know it is true. Ongoing and new issues month after month, and indeed every month Just read these forums
(at least the posts and users that are not deleted or banned, there seems to be a lot of that now days as well, and from what I have seen it is not because the truth wasn't being spoken, more so it was and it was a little to uncomfortable to confront.) But hey, we got LANDR, and the new analytic s coming, and we will be getting early releases
(talk about much ado about nothing, anyone actually thought the early releases through? what are you actually getting? NOTHING, no different to just releasing a week earlier, so why the big who ha about it, it's nothing) Good to see that finally after all the requests and talk about these 3 major and often requested features they are finall being implemented
(yes that was sarcasm) The way I see it is that at this point in time, just going into the 2nd year of the Subscription model, most, or a large majority of people have just renewed, so that's a done deal, no need to pander to them, Cakewalk already have their money, so it's time to do whatever they feel like doing, and then later in the year and as it gets closer to the next anniversary just throw out a few trinkets to the surfs to make them happy, make them think they have gotten something worthwhile, rinse and repeat. Of course this will change as time goes on and individual renewals become more spread out over the year, it will become a less successful tactic, but as it is now, they have you at a disadvantage, they have your money, you basically paid upfront for promises, for what
might come, that's one big problem with giving someone your money without actually getting anything in return at that very moment.
From what I have seen, I would say Sonar will be dead in 2 years, Gibson will dump it
(regardless of how much Henry likes it, I'm sure he likes money, profit far more) maybe someone else will pick it up, maybe not. Seeing how the larger audio community out there either doesn't know what Sonar is, or has nothing good to say about it, just look at how most outsiders in the industry refer to it, or even worse, fail to even acknowledge it's existence, yes you will be able to provide a few hand selected articles to the contrary etc, but in the overwhelming majority everyone knows it's true, just look at the threads on this very forum regarding how Sonar isn't mentioned in such and such, is not regarded as professional, is often left out of the discussion, not used in Pro Studios, didn't have it's own sub forum on GS and on and on it goes. There is no point arguing, it's a fact.
But the ship will limp on, and the sheep will follow the bleatings of those in authority ever blindly, oblivious to the fact that there are far better options available.