gswitz
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Thread Praising Sonar
This one's for Craig. :-)
Here's to Sonar!!
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Re: Thread Praising Sonar
2015/04/26 14:03:34
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gswitz
This one's for Craig. :-)
Here's to Sonar!!
+1 and more. Many thanks to the Bakers.
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Anderton
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Re: Thread Praising Sonar
2015/04/26 14:10:54
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Now I have to go back and edit my post.
Actually, no...I said "as I write this." I'm off the hook!
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Re: Thread Praising Sonar
2015/04/26 14:58:20
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Sonar- no better way to find things in the dark and/or underwater.
Also a mighty good DAW.
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Re: Thread Praising Sonar
2015/04/26 15:00:58
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And here's to quality forum members like Geoff.
Salud.
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Re: Thread Praising Sonar
2015/04/26 15:58:38
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Sonar is awesome in every way that it's not other than awesome!!
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Re: Thread Praising Sonar
2015/04/26 16:17:46
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sonar is my DAW!!
since 2005 sonar 5std
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Re: Thread Praising Sonar
2015/04/26 18:31:43
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I like Sonar myself, does everything I need it to do, and so much more. Feels like a comfy old pair of shoes.
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Anderton
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Re: Thread Praising Sonar
2015/04/26 18:54:49
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☄ Helpfulby gswitz 2015/04/26 19:02:50
I think one thing that gets lost in all the noise is that anything has potential for improvement...including people. Software is no different. Cars are no different. Relationships are no different.
What separates the wheat from the chaff is whether there is a commitment to improvement or not, and a follow-through on that commitment. I do not believe SONAR is at all unique in that respect. I do not know one software company that is unaware of the shortcomings in their products, and does not have a desire to overcome those shortcomings.
So we're back to the glass half-full/glass half-empty. You can say something sucks because it needs improvement, or you can say something's great because it's being improved.
As George Carlin said, "Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty. I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be."
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Re: Thread Praising Sonar
2015/04/26 18:58:33
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Anderton
I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be."
That's a lot of wasted resources making a glass twice as big as it needs to be... Just saying.. 
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Re: Thread Praising Sonar
2015/04/26 21:36:22
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When Sonar 4 was to come out it was an anticipated version. There was a small Sonar 4 picnic in Denver put on by a forum member (had a bull dog avatar) .... I forget.
Anyway, those were days.
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Re: Thread Praising Sonar
2015/04/27 01:06:11
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All Hail Sonar!
Ping........Ping........Ping..blip..Ping..blip...........
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Re: Thread Praising Sonar
2015/04/27 05:46:08
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Ah... Good... Sonar Fan Boy signing in 
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Re: Thread Praising Sonar
2015/04/27 12:59:50
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Anderton
As George Carlin said, "Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty. I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be."
And some of us live in California, where a half glass of water is excessive and subject to a $200 fine. 
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Re: Thread Praising Sonar
2015/04/27 13:31:51
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Some of us live in Texas where we will make a bigger glass and have no problem filling it up.
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michaelhanson
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Re: Thread Praising Sonar
2015/04/27 13:39:59
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I always find it helpful to reflect on how far recording has come, in a relatively short period of time. Mucho superior to splicing tape.
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FoggyMind
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Re: Thread Praising Sonar
2015/04/27 13:52:49
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No matter how much I complain, I have tried many Daws and by far Sonar is the most comprehensive and easy to use. It works well most of the time but what MS software has ever worked perfectly? (Rhetorically speaking)
It gets the job done for me!
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gswitz
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Re: Thread Praising Sonar
2015/04/27 18:48:52
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FoggyMind
It works well most of the time but what MS software has ever worked perfectly?
Which just begs me to point out that Sonar for Linux would be a dream!
StudioCat > I use Windows 10 and Sonar Platinum. I have a touch screen. I make some videos. This one shows how to do a physical loopback on the RME UCX to get many more equalizer nodes.
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Anderton
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Re: Thread Praising Sonar
2015/04/27 18:55:49
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Would it be easier than porting to a Mac? But then again...what happens to your plug-ins and such? Would they all have to be re-worked as well?
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Re: Thread Praising Sonar
2015/04/27 19:33:37
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This is easy for all you guys and gals to say. Try saying it in the Reaper forum. I will have an ambulance standing by.
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Keni
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Re: Thread Praising Sonar
2015/04/27 20:38:50
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Luckily it's hard to break legs in firum wars! ;-)
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gswitz
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Re: Thread Praising Sonar
2015/04/27 21:02:09
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Yeah, I just don't care at all about Mac. I just want Linux.
StudioCat > I use Windows 10 and Sonar Platinum. I have a touch screen. I make some videos. This one shows how to do a physical loopback on the RME UCX to get many more equalizer nodes.
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Re: Thread Praising Sonar
2015/04/27 21:23:04
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michaelhanson
Some of us live in Texas where we will make a bigger glass and have no problem filling it up.
Amen, Brother. I just want to know what is IN the glass.
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Re: Thread Praising Sonar
2015/04/28 14:09:19
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Yup... here's to SPlat (and its ancestors) along with some big glasses. And whatever goes in them.
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Re: Thread Praising Sonar
2015/04/28 16:48:08
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Sonar. Approved by Flipper.
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Re: Thread Praising Sonar
2015/04/29 13:41:52
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I personally feel that until Linux gets dedicated (closed) sound drivers your results will be hit and miss with ALSA drivers. I think we needed dedicated low latency drivers like RME have made for Linux platforms; again you are still developing for two different style of distributions ... Redhat and Debian variants.
Creative did have some Linux beta drivers for the E-MU range although nothing ever came to fruition really AFAIK.
Another problem I would have is, direct hardware support for DSP, Dongle-based licenses and as Anderton mentioned cross-platform coding issues. Perhaps this could be resolved by using a wrapper to convert from Mac or Windows native code.
Then again, what did I knew?
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gswitz
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Re: Thread Praising Sonar
2015/05/01 21:02:23
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interpolated
I personally feel that until Linux gets dedicated (closed) sound drivers your results will be hit and miss with ALSA drivers.
Wouldn't Class Compliant interfaces do the trick? My RME works great in CC mode.
StudioCat > I use Windows 10 and Sonar Platinum. I have a touch screen. I make some videos. This one shows how to do a physical loopback on the RME UCX to get many more equalizer nodes.
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Re: Thread Praising Sonar
2015/05/02 09:36:31
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Sonar works well for me, in the content that I use it.
Is it perfect? No, but neither am I, ....... just ask my wife!! lol
I do appreciate that the Bakers are always striving to improve our beloved DAW. That speaks volumes to me about the company and it's dedication to their product and customers.
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Anderton
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Re: Thread Praising Sonar
2015/05/02 14:12:10
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joel77
I do appreciate that the Bakers are always striving to improve our beloved DAW. That speaks volumes to me about the company and it's dedication to their product and customers.
Actually they're just being selfish, they all use SONAR  I can imagine the conversations in the break room... Seth: "Hey Noel, it really sucks you can't recall mixes like that SSL I used to work on." Noel: "Hmmmmmmm..."
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Re: Thread Praising Sonar
2015/05/02 16:17:41
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I imagine if they ever develop a fully fledged USB 3.1 (C) sound interface they will be much reduced limits and use extra bandwidth to fully process the low latency data in DSP, it should "relatively" to create a driver that can be coded for all platforms. A bit like the AMD thing where you can program the interface directly, so it behaves the same on all platforms.
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