Its hard for me to tell if this thread has been taken over...  (sarcasm)

chuckebaby
I believe someday there will be a DAW which we will be able to custom tailor to our own needs.
Insert our own code in simple ways. We are just not there yet.
Until then, enjoy what we are doing in this day and age.
 
It wasn't too long ago I was cutting tape all night long to complete one kick track.

Reaper is close to that with their SWS extensions. 

thedukewestern
Its hard for me to tell if this thread has been taken over...  (sarcasm)

I guess this one will not die soon enough.

kitekrazy1

chuckebaby
I believe someday there will be a DAW which we will be able to custom tailor to our own needs.
Insert our own code in simple ways. We are just not there yet.
Until then, enjoy what we are doing in this day and age.
 
It wasn't too long ago I was cutting tape all night long to complete one kick track.

Reaper is close to that with their SWS extensions. 

I agree, Reaper has some cool customizing ability's.
Not quite there yet. but in 10 years from now, I think we will be in business

Maybe a hybrid of Reaper and Studio One?

The OP-  October 03, 15 9:46 AM 
 
So I'm not sure why this thread is still here. I guess these threads with catchy titles get everyone's attention much more so than someone needing help. 
If the powers that be were smart they's move them to a sub forum right away. 
 
 

Cactus Music
The OP-  October 03, 15 9:46 AM 
 
So I'm not sure why this thread is still here. I guess these threads with catchy titles get everyone's attention much more so than someone needing help. 
If the powers that be were smart they's move them to a sub forum right away. 
 
 

Yeah, I noticed this is a thread from 2015.
 
It's inevitable that old threads will sometimes get bumped by people finding them via search, and you can't expect everyone to notice a thread's age.
 
I agree with you about the catchy titles, but not so much about moving the threads. To me, that would seem like the "powers that be" are being defensive and hiding something. The smart thing to do is take feedback where you can get it. Of course, it won't all be useful or actionable.
 
I also think some people here are too touchy. They react like any criticism of Cakewalk/Sonar is a personal attack on their life choices.
 
I've only known you to be helpful, Johnny, so thanks for that.

Cactus Music
So I'm not sure why this thread is still here...
If the powers that be were smart they's move them to a sub forum right away.

 
Which sub-forum would they move it to? The thread has "Sonar" in the title and it's in the Sonar forum. Maybe the content of the original post says more about the poster than it does about Sonar, but I still believe that it is in the right forum.

Kev999

Cactus Music
So I'm not sure why this thread is still here...
If the powers that be were smart they's move them to a sub forum right away.

 
Which sub-forum would they move it to? The thread has "Sonar" in the title and it's in the Sonar forum. Maybe the content of the original post says more about the poster than it does about Sonar, but I still believe that it is in the right forum.

I hadn't realized this thread was so old, but it did appear at the top of the list, so it's obviously still quite relevant.
 And yes indeed it did catch my eye being as of late I've been getting increasingly frustrated with the subscription plan, and seemly utter lack of support. I've been waiting months for a reply concerning Rapture Pro. All I got was an instant response email with a case number.
 I don't know if support was always that way, as I've rarely needed it, and this forum was always quite good and very helpful for searching for solutions.
 However

kitekrazy1

thedukewestern
Its hard for me to tell if this thread has been taken over...  (sarcasm)

I guess this one will not die soon enough.

 These are quite an abysmal solutions, nothing more then opinions and seemingly more politically directed than technical. Now I don't come here very often, never really had to, but this seems like an indicator that this user forum might just be turning into "da BOYZ Club" and certainly isn't what it used to be.
 Really not a place for things like using sarcasm as a tool for solutions.
Sarcasm used improperly has a way of making you seem more like biased idiot then being witty, so umm, I'm sorry if I'm boring you genius's.
 I wouldn't even be here looking for answers and solutions if I hadn't noticed annoying problems mounting up.
Perhaps there aren't "problems" that can be fixed at all, and just new and improved terms of "conditions" I have to live with. 
 If that's the case, I'll just live with SONAR and the Cakewalk products I own the way they are, and not give them anymore money is all.
 And oh yeah, I really thought the DAW technology, innovation, and development went through the roof during the period when Roland owned/partnered with Cakewalk, which was a very natural progression. Certainly and obviously the main reason it caught the eye of a behemoth like Gibson Brands which is more like an unnatural Wall St. progression.
 Maybe SONAR peeked out, heh?
 
Anywoo, as I've stated before SONAR is my absolute FAVORITE DAW, and one in which I find is the most customizable and feature rich DAW available on the market, and as I've stated above, I work in several different DAW environments. Not because I want to, because I have to.
 There is no one best of anything, no size fits all solution,  it's just a matter of finding the right tools for the right job.

You have 30 days to try out the product for free. I would imagine you could even make that longer if you used two trials on different computers.
 
There really is no excuse for trying a product for an extended period of time, buying it and then deciding you don't like anything about it. Download the demo, try it out and in the end if you don't like it, don't buy it. I suspect some people might buy without trying it first. No matter what you used prior to this, you will be more familiar with that program initially and a new working environment will take some adjustment.
 
If you download the demo and you can't seem to figure it out there are many  videos and helpful notes in the software. In addition there's always the manual. If you have questions there are plenty of people here willing to help.