Anderton
SilverBlueMedallion
I wouldn't say I am offensive. I am simply stating how I feel. Offensive would mean I personally offended someone. I am simply being harsh on a product. Is the software feeling hurt?
Not everyone thinks your personal issues are of great universal interest, especially because apparently they don't impact that many people. Yet you demand a lot of bandwidth in a forum whose intention is to help users get the most out of SONAR. And often when people offer solutions or workarounds, you dismiss them as not being what you want, thus causing those people to feel they've wasted their time - which they have. (As to the initial post, I just use Quick Grouping - two clicks - to select the virtual controller. This effectively turns off all inputs, and then I have several options for track selection for recording, depending on the application - as well as instant access to the virtual controller on the QWERTY keyboard if I need to do a quick sound check.)
All software has limitations. Most people accept whatever limitations exist in the software they've chosen, and if not, they try to find software whose limitations don't affect what they do. When I switched from two other DAWs to SONAR, I didn't go to their forums and complain about features they didn't have, or bugs they did have, compared to SONAR. I didn't post any dramatic "I'm leaving XX and XX DAWs." I simply evaluated my needs, tested all the DAWs out there, made a choice, and got back to work. I don't have time for, or interest in, drama (mine or anyone else's).
I do have the advantage of having run sessions with all major DAWs and most minor ones, and I judged SONAR's limitations to be less relevant to what I do than other DAWs. So, I chose SONAR and learned it - strengths and limitations - so I could get work done that has since then encompassed award-winning mastering, hundreds of (actually maybe even over a thousand) audio-for-video soundtracks, commercials, narration, recording my own material, and doing multiple mixes as well as remixes for a variety of artists.
As I've often said to the guys at Cakewalk, if I found a DAW that suited my needs better, I'd switch in a heartbeat. I recommend you do the same. However you might want to check out their forums first. All software forums have the same threads: this function is broken, support sucks, hey it should really do this function, I lost hours of work because of XX (although of course the real answer to that is always "back up your work"), etc. etc. "Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose..."
I think the reason maybe my issues are something 'the masses' are concerned with is because serious MIDI programmers are using other products by now. The MIDI engine is SERIOUSLY flawed if you go through my posts. Creative workflow is literally destroyed by spending hours of time trying to fix what should just work.
I also don't demand anything. I simply post. If I get zero responses, I get zero responses. I just feel these frustrations SHOULD be aired! Why not, right?
You are making it like I don't appreciate the time people spend on workarounds. I definitely do, and I have thanked you PERSONALLY many times for your help (which I still do). I think you are a nice person, I've watched your videos on YouTube. Stand up guy. I just feel you also get a little too sensitive when it comes to defending Cakewalk. Now, you might have a vested interest in defending them, but still.
"All software has limitations" - not an argument.
I am not talking about limitations. I am talking about TRUE decade-long bugs that have hindered my workflow. I also feel the actual limitations are much less workflow-effecting in other DAWs.
The title of my post was not to spark drama, as it SHOULDN'T. No one should care if one stranger they don't know isn't using their favorite DAW anymore. The reason is to catch the eye of Cakewalk staff to hopefully work on these issues! I see this post as a positive! it is a catch all for the MIDI Developers and sums up where they need to start work next.
I will say that Sonar I feel might be the best when it comes to audio editing. It really is top notch, and continue to stand by that notion. I will also continue to say its MIDI implementation might be one of the worst.
Of course other software's forums will have posts of people leaving and having major issues. It always happens, but perhaps its more to do with the audio based stuff, where Sonar shines!
Cubase seems to be the mother of all MIDI DAW's and there must be a reason for it. I am going to look into that as well.
If only Sonar resolved its decade-long MIDI issues, I truly feel it could be the best DAW on the market, but until that time, I cannot say that it is (if you are working with MIDI that is).