Paul P

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And to change it Cakewalk should pay more to promote and advertise and to change its image completely, or make it so strong and attractive that mass of people would run and buy it.

Just fix Staff View and give Sonar away to every department of music in the country.
 
 

Totally agree.. Sonar is nowhere less than Pro Tools if not better. I tried Pro Tools for 2 weeks, as soon as I got to the Comping part tutorial, I dropped Protools right away... Sonar is way more user friendly. 

magik570

Paul P

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And to change it Cakewalk should pay more to promote and advertise and to change its image completely, or make it so strong and attractive that mass of people would run and buy it.

Just fix Staff View and give Sonar away to every department of music in the country.
 
 

Totally agree.. Sonar is nowhere less than Pro Tools if not better. I tried Pro Tools for 2 weeks, as soon as I got to the Comping part tutorial, I dropped Protools right away... Sonar is way more user friendly. 

Yeah, we all know it here.
But to get recognition in nowadays situation Sonar must crush and destroy other daws. It must have many unique and very popular features, and don't have any white spots where it can't do what others can. It must be actually better than other programs to gain the same level of recognition, because right now it has bad reputation among non-users.

I'm a musician.  Not a DAW opinion promoter.  I built my own PC.  I don't think you can build your own Mac.  The only limitations I experience in Sonar are due to me.

Adq
because right now it has bad reputation among non-users.

I don't think anyone would deny that SONAR went through some rough times. Hopefully those who do use SONAR will spread the word that it is progressing rapidly.

Anderton

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because right now it has bad reputation among non-users.

I don't think anyone would deny that SONAR went through some rough times. Hopefully those who do use SONAR will spread the word that it is progressing rapidly.

I like what you are saying, but I can't fully agree. I know you have very best intentions and you are always so optimistic, and spread this positive thinking among others. But what you offer could work only after that Sonar's progress would be over, and it became really huge power in "daw wars". Other way it would look like that:
Someone rude: - You use Sonar? It sucks.
Me:                      - But... but it is progressing rapidly...

SONAR's progress will never be over . That's one of the things I like about it. But it already is a fine DAW, and is progressing to greater things...

Anderton
SONAR's progress will never be over . That's one of the things I like about it. But it already is a fine DAW, and is progressing to greater things...

Yes, I know it and I agree. But it sounds not so impressive for others.
There is another way - more aggressive advertising. I would suggest product placement in learning videos. Not those videos on Cakewalk site, or videos describing Sonar features. But videos that learn producing and mixing, for beginners and somewhere above, and video must not mention Sonar in its name. I have never met anything like that ( maybe only your articles).

Actually, come to think of it, why would anyone (except for Cakewalk, which has to think about sales) care what others think of Sonar? Not like anyone's trying to ban it. Everyone chooses their DAW, plugins, mics, interfaces etc to make music they way they'd like. Live and let live. What's the point of getting tribal?

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I would suggest product placement in learning videos. Not those videos on Cakewalk site, or videos describing Sonar features. But videos that learn producing and mixing, for beginners and somewhere above, and video must not mention Sonar in its name. I have never met anything like that ( maybe only your articles).

I agree, I'd love to do more instructional videos and of course, I'd be using SONAR.
 
Meanwhile, you mean like this? 
 

lingyai
Actually, come to think of it, why would anyone (except for Cakewalk, which has to think about sales) care what others think of Sonar? Not like anyone's trying to ban it. Everyone chooses their DAW, plugins, mics, interfaces etc to make music they way they'd like. Live and let live. What's the point of getting tribal?

Hm, because people more often are not making music alone. So more Sonar users would be very good for existing Sonar users.