kennywtelejazz

Taurean Mixing

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I'm in the same situation as space_cowboy with an exception that I still run SONAR in Windows 7 and thus Microsoft's updates will most likely not prevent me from running SONAR as long as I want to.
 
However, I have to look for alternatives if development and maintenance is freezed. No need to do anything in a hurry but if SONAR 10.2017 is the last version in 2019 or 2020, I will look for alternatives.
 
Reaper - tested in 2014; I didn't like it at all.
S1 - tested in 2015. At that time SONAR won 6-0.
ProTools - I used it in early 2000's and have still no reason to go back to the past.
Cubase - was my alternative for SONAR in 2005. I went to SONAR because it worked and Cubase was unstable. Maybe, maybe.
 
 

Any thoughts on Samplitude? 
I have tested in the past myself, seemed like a viable alt.

IMHO, Samplitude is very good . I'm also a Samp user ..Pro X 2 . The learning curve can be a little tough .
As far as the DAW itself goes and the included plugs and tools ...it is a top shelf DAW
 
all the best,
 
Kenny

Cool, thanks for your opinion Kenny. That's pretty much what I thought of it. I'd start learning it then just come right back to Sonar, it just always won me over, so I let Samp sit on the back burner.
You know to this day, I don't think there is another DAW that allows the options in metering like Sonar does. It's often overlooked and indispensable.

Studio One 3 Pro is £172.20 when added to my cart...
 

synkrotron

dcumpian

synkrotron
Strike that... Studio One Artist is 32 bit... Does that matter? I dunno, but I'm all 64 bit this end...

32bit internal audio processing. It is 64bit as an application in Windows.
 
Regards,
Dan

Ah, right, thanks Dan.
 
Artist requires an "add on" though to run VSTs so I'd have to find out how much that costs...

Yeah, personally, I'd stick with Pro...
 
Dan

synkrotron

kennywtelejazz
 
That is not true at all  ...do your self a favor and look here
http://forum.cakewalk.com/Studio-One-Professional-Upgrade-Half-Price-m3686773.aspx
 
Kenny

Thanks, Kenny.
 
I had a look at that and it appears to be an upgrade and not a crossgrade. Am I looking in the right place?

Here check this out ...go here and then place it in the cart ...the Black Friday Sale Price will come up
https://shop.presonus.com/products/new-noteworthy/Studio-One-3-Professional#
 
the other thread I posted the link for is for reference and how to get a deal on the 3 rd party sellers and prices 
 
Kenny

synkrotron

kennywtelejazz

synkrotron

kennywtelejazz
 
That is not true at all  ...do your self a favor and look here
http://forum.cakewalk.com/Studio-One-Professional-Upgrade-Half-Price-m3686773.aspx
 
Kenny

Thanks, Kenny.
 
I had a look at that and it appears to be an upgrade and not a crossgrade. Am I looking in the right place?

Here check this out ...go here and then place it in the cart ...the Black Friday Sale Price will come up
https://shop.presonus.com/products/new-noteworthy/Studio-One-3-Professional#
 
the other thread I posted the link for is for reference and how to get a deal on the 3 rd party sellers and prices 
 
Kenny

Thanks, Kenny, yeah, I did that and Studio One Pro comes up as £172.20
 
I'd have to try the demo first...

Yes I saw you found a better deal I posted that higher priced link just for reference ...
 
Kenny

Taurean Mixing

kennywtelejazz

Taurean Mixing

panup
I'm in the same situation as space_cowboy with an exception that I still run SONAR in Windows 7 and thus Microsoft's updates will most likely not prevent me from running SONAR as long as I want to.
 
However, I have to look for alternatives if development and maintenance is freezed. No need to do anything in a hurry but if SONAR 10.2017 is the last version in 2019 or 2020, I will look for alternatives.
 
Reaper - tested in 2014; I didn't like it at all.
S1 - tested in 2015. At that time SONAR won 6-0.
ProTools - I used it in early 2000's and have still no reason to go back to the past.
Cubase - was my alternative for SONAR in 2005. I went to SONAR because it worked and Cubase was unstable. Maybe, maybe.
 
 

Any thoughts on Samplitude? 
I have tested in the past myself, seemed like a viable alt.

IMHO, Samplitude is very good . I'm also a Samp user ..Pro X 2 . The learning curve can be a little tough .
As far as the DAW itself goes and the included plugs and tools ...it is a top shelf DAW
 
all the best,
 
Kenny

Cool, thanks for your opinion Kenny. That's pretty much what I thought of it. I'd start learning it then just come right back to Sonar, it just always won me over, so I let Samp sit on the back burner.
You know to this day, I don't think there is another DAW that allows the options in metering like Sonar does. It's often overlooked and indispensable.

 
I have gone back and forth between using SONAR and Samplitude for years ....
 
Kraznets u tube channel is probably the best place to learn Samplitude 
 
Kenny
 

I had Reaper for a while but found it, well, kind of geeky and FAR too full of parameters for this, parameters for that - a huge Christmas tree of stuck-on baubles; you might as while write the code yourself.
I've had Studio One for long time and got well into it, but parked it a while back because it really doesn't cater for MIDI so well as Sonar.  In fact, when it was first written the designers seemed to be of the opinion MIDI was a dying thing so hardly bothered with it all - there's no facility like Sonar's Instrument Definitions for using external MIDI hardware, for example.  It's screens are cramped compared with Sonar's and text is small.
 
My guess is that Sonar will continue, albeit with a small team behind it operating with very low overheads, kind of boutique-like.
 

And i do imagine IF Cakewalk Sonar is truly gone ( though I sincerely hold out for good news, SONAR user since early 90s DOS days and depressed over this ) then other DAWs like Ableton and Studio One Pro etc might be offering Cakewalk users some very enticing crossgrade offers?
 
BTW - I had a similar thing back when CALIGARI TRUESPACE went .. Had invested since beginning too .. 
 
 

I've dabbled with Ableton, ever so briefly, and I didn't get on with it at all.

 
Cakewalks SONAR SPlat is not the only DAW I have or use ....So I'm just gonna resist the primal urge to Panic
I just hope the next time a software company decides to give me a Cactus Enema, they decide to use a lot of lube first .
 
Kenny

synkrotron
I'm not even going to look into alternate DAWs until Sonar totally fails to operate.
 
When that happens, I will be moving to Reaper which, in my opinion, is the closest to SONAR in terms of GUI and what have you.

Same - Love Sonar Platinum!!  Running it on a Win 7 out of the box O/S on an i7-970.  Have a great DAW, stable OS, great effects and instruments.  Sitting fat dumb and happy until my hardware give up...... then, I reload from scratch, and I. Am. Ready!

Just go to Studio One everyone

bitflipper
You all seem to be working from the assumption that SONAR is going to stop working on Friday. It won't.

i am four weeks from pulling the trigger on a brand new PC for recording.
 
do i put a dead end DAW on it?
 
or buy the latest version of sonar and do what i've done for the last almost 10 years? (i use sonar 6 professional on a win xp system, and it works just fine.)
 

Not sure anyone is panicking here. There's nothing wrong with weighing your options and planning ahead.

I'm hearing a lot of "calm down" and "don't panic" but I'm not seeing anyone panicking. Maybe that's just me.