FWIW, I have decided to get Studio One. I will continue to use Sonar while I start learning S1 because, I am in the middle of a couple album projects for clients. Hopefully during this time I will be able to figure out how to do in S1 all the things I now have ingrained with Sonar. I have been watching all the S1 videos and most things seem pretty obvious. We'll see how it goes.

rodreb
FWIW, I have decided to get Studio One. I will continue to use Sonar while I start learning S1 because, I am in the middle of a couple album projects for clients. Hopefully during this time I will be able to figure out how to do in S1 all the things I now have ingrained with Sonar. I have been watching all the S1 videos and most things seem pretty obvious. We'll see how it goes.

Take 2 days off from work (Splat) and just dive into Studio One and watch youtube or Groove3 training videos. 2 days that's all. You will be all set in Studio One.

I do find it fascinating that many of the same people who ****ed about Sonar for years are making it out to be to this irreplaceable holy grail of DAWs.

Jeff Evans
Most of you are far too emotionally involved with Sonar. And have been for too long as well. It is only a piece of software or the tools as we say. One chisel compared to another in the hands of a sculptor. There are many Daw's out there and the basic fact is they all do the very same thing and very well might I add. You should be able to realise your ideas in any Daw. If you cannot the problem lies elsewhere and not with the Daw itself.

As part of my work (as a music teacher) for the first time the other day I had to get involved with Logic. I sorted it in 5 minutes and then did a huge 24 track recording session with it without a single issue. It was painless in fact. The amount of training for that program is awesome.

Something to consider as well is get a Mac and get into Logic. It is one of the finest Daw's out there and has been for a very very long time. Longer pedigree than Sonar and most other Daw's in fact.

This poll is also irrelevant as well. Who cares what other Daw's people are switching to. The most important thing is what Daw are YOU switching to.

I guess some hobby users might be emotionally attached in the way you say, but I think you are missing a wider point. For anyone using Sonar commercially or doing anything serious with it, it represents a huge investment not just of money, but of time and familiarity. Not to mention all the projects that are now tied into Sonar that take a lot of time and effort to move to safety in another DAW where it's nearly impossible to replicate the original. These are major upheavals that are bound to make people emotional, not so much for the sad demise of Sonar, but the sad demise of their workflow and all the hassle involved. There are a lot of people affected by that. Your message comes across as being pretty cold and heartless for people having to go through this struggle and at this time of year.

Does Logic still charge $100 for customer service calls ?? I know they used to and that's what turned me off of Logic years ago.

Tried as many trial packages as I could but it seems Cubase Pro 9.5 for £230ish (crossgrade) is the one I went for ... harder to get to grips with it than my Platinum package but a quality bit of kit ... I think that Cakewalk could at least allow the use of the connected products, it's just bloody minded to hang on 'launch codes' for addons that came with my software and were paid for!

does any on know of a DAW that has something similar to Play List that is in Sonar?

35mm
I guess some hobby users might be emotionally attached in the way you say, but I think you are missing a wider point. For anyone using Sonar commercially or doing anything serious with it, it represents a huge investment not just of money, but of time and familiarity. Not to mention all the projects that are now tied into Sonar that take a lot of time and effort to move to safety in another DAW where it's nearly impossible to replicate the original. These are major upheavals that are bound to make people emotional, not so much for the sad demise of Sonar, but the sad demise of their workflow and all the hassle involved. There are a lot of people affected by that. Your message comes across as being pretty cold and heartless for people having to go through this struggle and at this time of year.

You know what they say. It is not what happens to you, it is how you handle it! I am a professional user and was using 8.5 Producer at the time of the X1 debacle. I knew then I had to switch. And did so quickly and efficiently in fact. It is the more professional users in fact that will do this without emotion and get on with it. I don't know why everyone is going on about transferring projects over because as a professional in reality you actually don't. You finish projects in Sonar and that is in fact the best place to leave them. If a pro job sounds good you won't in fact have to revisit it again! I have never had to transfer a single thing over. Occasionally you might have to open something but that is why I still have 8.5 still installed and running on an older machine. The best thing to do is quickly learn the new DAW and continue with new projects on that. And if you are a pro then you can actually still do the odd project or two in your original DAW while learning the new one. This whole procedure is still not an emotional experience. It simply does not have to be. It is all about how you handle it.

Sounds like to me you are not a professional user but a hobbyist. I see the hobbyist as having the emotional response, not the professional. When professionals encounter problems they find solutions and move on. You have to.

To interested Logic users you won't need to speed a $100 on service calls. It is painless to install and get your interface working. All you need to do is learn how to use it. There is a company called Udemy that offers excellent training on it. Recently they offered a full training course for $15 instead of $100.

For those interested in play lists Studio One has the arrange ruler instead. Whereby the entire arrangement can be rearranged and in fact you see it re arranged. And hear it play perfectly rearranged of course. Play lists don't let you see what you rearranged arrangements actally look like. You can also create scratch pads and create alternate arrangements in those. Then you have instant switching between them enabling a super fast way to compare them.