jude77
I pulled the trigger too. No, it's not SONAR, and yes, I'm intimidated at learning it. However, I'm thinking about it this way: I figure I might have used 10-15% of SONAR's capabilities. I imagine I'll do about the same with Samplitude, so it really won't take that long to learn.
Jude, the learning curve wasn't as bad as I expected - at least to get up and running (I'm still learning something new every day). I started a new project soon after installing it and by the time I had mixed that I had become quite familiar with the whole thing. The learning curve didn't get in my way too much and when it did I managed to get help from the forum.
Also, I really recommend watching Kraznet's videos on Youtube! That guy is a fountain of knowledge when it comes to Samplitude. He's very active and helpful in the forum too. There is also a huge PDF manual that is worth looking through. Some bits of the manual haven't got updated with the software, but it's mostly there. The standard help file is handy too.