Got it, was good value at first blush. Runs laggy as all get out on my very well specced setup. And it's the only program that does.

Anderton
Well I had started a thread about this, and Karyn wanted to merge it with this one, but it disappeared. It figures.
 
Anyway, Don is the real deal and so is Overture. This is what I was alluding to when I posted that I was pursuing a notation solution. I'm sorry it didn't work out.

It is still unfathomable that embedding even a liability free / lightweight version of Overture into Sonar was dismissed by Gibson.
 
In light of these recent revelations, I want to apologize to the Cakewalk staff (if any of you are reading) for any implicit or explicit blame that nothing was being done on the Staff View front.  I can only imagine how the Bakers must have felt being so close to a solution and not being able to say anything about it.
 
I may be blowing things out of proportion, but I believe this could have done well for Sonar, maybe even change some minds.
 
I decided after X3 that I wouldn't upgrade anymore unless I saw some SV love.  In retrospect, I have mixed feelings.  Sonar has a unique collection of features, which after looking around, are not all available in any single DAW.
 
 
 

Even though I had just bought Notion during the Black Friday sale, I tried the demo of Overture 5 yesterday and was impressed enough that I bought it.
 
The addition of even some of Overture's technology to SONAR would have been the icing on the Cake(walk) for us Staff View users.  Thank you to Don Williams and the Cakewalk staff for their efforts and thank you Don for your extremely generous offer.
 
Thanks again,
-- Ron
 
 

Got Overture 5. For $50 bucks it's a steal. When I write in midi notation is the only thing I can work in. Reaper and Sonar notation editing are both lacking. Thanks to Sonic Scores for the offer. 

I will of course download the demo - but can anyone comment on this vs Musescore and Notion?

FCCfirstclass

Karyn
To the end of the year.

Karyn, not to pic a nit, but Don had typed December 1 as the end date.   Are you sure it goes to Dec 31?  
Thanks,
Clint

I was talking to Don a lot yesterday while setting up the thread for him and moping the forum floors. I asked about proof of ownership, redeemable codes and such.  The original "cyber week" $75 deal expires today,  I'm convinced he told me until 1st Jan for the Sonar Special....   I just can't find where he said it..    I've not had much sleep since Monday.

Yes,  sonar50 as coupon code at the checkout.

cityrat
I will of course download the demo - but can anyone comment on this vs Musescore and Notion?

I've been using Musescore on and off for a couple of years now and Overture for about three hours today. I have no experience of Notion though so can't comment on that.
 
MuseScore's big plus is of course that it is open source freeware. I find it's interface to be a bit clunky and, cosmetically, basic. The facilities for playback of your compositions is also very basic, being more or less restricted to Soundfont player.  I would have to say that the Overture interface is a lot easier to find your way around. This is partly because of the superior layout and, as much as it shouldn't matter, is nicer to look at !  I have found that the actual note input process is easier than MuseScore, with a wider range of options and more control over the page appearance. Replay is far superior to MuseScore- you can scan and use your VSTs for this. I have been able to use my Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 VST as the playback device, including the keyswitching facilities. For example, in the background you can set up the pizzicato articulation symbol to automatically insert the pizzicato keyswitch each time you insert the symbol on a stave - cool ! There is also a reasonable level of MIDI editing available including a PRV view and a basic but functional audio mixer for the playback facilities; VST effects can be used if you need them. However just don't expect something with the degree of sophistication of SONAR/CUBASE/Logic etc.
 
As it's free, MuseScore is clearly going to be good value !  The full price of $249 for Overture is probably more or less justifiable in view of it's considerably superior facilities; at the current sale price of $75 on the Sonic Scores website (at the time that I'm writing the post) it's a bargain. At the $50 "Sonar special" price it's a no-brainer, assuming that price is still available, of course.
 
Bob
 
 
 

Ok - it's nice, and I'm on the fence.  Buying it would be an act of faith.  It's buggy.  Crashes on loading template layouts, etc.
Anyone else having crashes ?
Have to think about this....

HI:)
 
Great!! Just bought it:)
 
Thanks for this offer!
Bassman.
 

I got tired of the crashes and uninstalled. I never had v4, but picked this up some time ago when v5 was in beta. It's been one on-going crash fest. Now, I can't even get to the point where I can try it. It scans VSTs on startup and crashes during the scan.
 
Terrible.

I did it!  I'm in! 

No crashes here.  The more I explore this program, the more I like it.  Thanks for the great deal!