Anxious for the MacOS version! Ready to pounce on the lifetime updates once there's something tangible to use on my Mac. I had used Sonar for years on my old PC workstation and I'm very much looking forward to using it again in MacOS- It may be my favorite DAW.

I have an OS X SONAR question that is NOT "when". :-)
 
Cake has always had a pretty great relationship with MS and have been out in front of driver model updates and whatnot. I'm curious if someone from Cake can speak to if they've had any back and forth with Apple about building out this OS X version of SONAR. I reckon it doesn't make a big difference either way, I'm just curious.

...wicked
I have an OS X SONAR question that is NOT "when". :-)
 
Cake has always had a pretty great relationship with MS and have been out in front of driver model updates and whatnot. I'm curious if someone from Cake can speak to if they've had any back and forth with Apple about building out this OS X version of SONAR. I reckon it doesn't make a big difference either way, I'm just curious.

I can't speak for Cake, but I know that anyone that does development work on a program with Apple and wants to put the apple logo (say it is a compatible application and all that jazz) has to talk to Apple.  So much so that many people I know that have developed such things get annoyed with the Apple process.  

I would assume (yea that's dangerous at times) that Cake knew what kind of relationship they needed to have with Apple before they went down into that rabbit hole.

My friends waiting for Mac version of SONAR.
They use Logic and says major reason of using Logic is there are no choice. 
also Cubase available on Mac Platform but they says too unstable.
They says "I  want to purchase SONAR if SONAR will release on Mac Platform."
and also said if Mac SONAR can load audio unit plug ins, many Logic users move cross to SONAR.
Very interesting isn't it?
 

StephanKim
My friends waiting for Mac version of SONAR.
They use Logic and says major reason of using Logic is there are no choice. 
also Cubase available on Mac Platform but they says too unstable.
They says "I  want to purchase SONAR if SONAR will release on Mac Platform."
and also said if Mac SONAR can load audio unit plug ins, many Logic users move cross to SONAR.
Very interesting isn't it?
 

That's just wrong that there is no choice for the Mac platform. There's the ubiquitous ProTools as well as the less well known but used by a lot of Hollywood composers Digital Performer (which uses au format plugins). I started on Sonar on Windows and when I needed a new computer I got tired of waiting for CW to do a Mac version which they swore would never happen and went with PT. I then added DP to my arsenal when Avid started with their subscription stupidity and it's been very stable for production work.
 
I can only hope that if/when MacSonar gets released in final form it supports au format because right now it's crippled with just vst and not even allowing third party plugins. Thankfully I'm still not waiting for a true Mac version of the program I started with.

Flat statement-> All DAW software should support ALL formats, period. Why own a small empire Toot & Totum, when you could be a Walmart? In fact, if Propellerhead ever wakes up and decides to incorporate and use VST and AU plugins in Reason, then thats the end of all other DAW software as we know it, including Sonar, Cubase, DP9, and maybe even Protools. Of course they would all be run off a Mac... 

mikey
Flat statement-> All DAW software should support ALL formats, period. Why own a small empire Toot & Totum, when you could be a Walmart? In fact, if Propellerhead ever wakes up and decides to incorporate and use VST and AU plugins in Reason, then thats the end of all other DAW software as we know it, including Sonar, Cubase, DP9, and maybe even Protools. Of course they would all be run off a Mac... 

Aw come on - be like Wally World? You do know they screw over their employees every which way but loose right? But back on topic I can see why the Propheads don't support every plugin format out there and it's one word - stability. Reason is the most stable daw s/w I know and I also use PT and DP. But would I use Reason for production work? Not on your nelly. It's fine for certain sounds but as to flexibility and ability to edit and so on - no way. It's the most clunky daw I know of.
 
But of course - run on a Mac is a must. I've had enough of Windoze to last a lifetime. I only keep a WinXP machine around for Sony CD Architect.

 

mikey
 I only keep a WinXP machine around for Sony CD Architect.

I run parallels on my mac just for that reason:)

C Hudson
 

mikey
 I only keep a WinXP machine around for Sony CD Architect.

I run parallels on my mac just for that reason:)

Why would I want to corrupt a perfectly good computer with Microshaft Winblows? It's the old saying 'east is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet'. BTW that old XP machine was the one I did all my Sonar work on until I switched daws.