Why Do You Love Sonar

I see a lot of negative things about Sonar here myself included but unlike other user forums for products which I tend to see a ton of praise on I generally only see negativity on this one so I hope this thread highlights some of the great stuff about Sonar. Here are some of my favorite things about Sonar 

#1 The new gui in X1. I forget its name sky something but its really great and a breeze for my workflow. It is a bit clunky at times but that is why switching from panel to panel via keyboard short cuts is there. It eliminates a lot of menu diving. 

#2 Editing. I have used several DAWs but when it comes to audio editing Sonar is by far my favorite while I do not love Sonar for midi stuff compared to my other programs for audio in my work Sonar is king. 

#3 Tons of sales. This may not be a Sonar thing but its always on sale. Cakewalk is always offering you a great deal for Sonar updates. 

#4 Great plug ins. I love the plug ins with Sonar and I enjoy that i can also take many of them into my other programs and use them during other phases of my creation process. 

#5 Instrument definitions This is one of the major things with Sonar that made me fall in love with Home Studio years ago. I used to use a ton of hardware synths and calling patches back directly from the software is a huge plus for me. I love that feature and wish every DAW had it. 

Simple - it works for what I do - it helps me pay my bills.

FastBikerBoy


Cos I'm a FanBoi and it's my job to love it....

I Am in agreement

1.  I like the Sonitus suite, I'm still waiting to the Sonitus PC modules :) .

2.  I like the softsynths that come with producer especially Session Drummer.

3.  I like the fact that when I export to disk/file, the job is completed rather quickly and silently.

4.  In a side by side comparison with ProTools MP9 and X1Expanded, I can create a quality sounding product.  I have yet to create a PT finished product that sounds as good as or as polished as X1.

5.  Having started out with Magix 2000, and going to Cakewalk Music Creator 2, the stability and flow of cakewalk house outpaced anything else that I have used.

6.  The users on this forum are awesome.  Friendly... they desire to share information.  They have helped my workflow.  Why would I need to contact a customer support person when some of the best answers come from here.  Shout outs to Konradh and FastBikerBoy, Bristol Jonesy and so, so many more.

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FastBikerBoy


Cos I'm a FanBoi and it's my job to love it....

Couldn't you love it a bit more if the Prochannel plugins would show up (completely)on the MCU?

Long story ...short on time....

It works. Nuff said.

its easy to use,its effortless,at times it does the work for me.
im a user from the original prv...now that was difficult.

why do i take offense to people ragging on sonar x1.
because most of the time its a user error,when they finaly figure out it is they either lie or drift away so they need not pull their tail between there legs and admit they were wrong.
the other 25%percent have genuine problems and are venting their frustrations...this isnt the place to do that,this is the place to ask for help or share ideas,not complain the buttons have been moved in this latest version.

with hardware changing everymonth we see new things as well like those delta soundcards not jiving well with the new i7 mobos,exc.

just work on developing more features like cantabile or forte offer so we can use it as a live host and switch synths patches and fx /ampsims live using midi foot switches and I will sing its praises. You need to open the tracks with FX and amp sims loaded and switch between tracks to use these things live IMHO. It would be too slow to expect the program to load on click but switching an audio input from a guitar to the track with the proper fx/ampsim patch preloaded is how I would envision this working best.

I do love the skyligh GUI interface,I only dtarted computer mixing/music about 3 or 4 years ago and had sonar 8.5 for a few months then sonar x1 came out.At first I did not use sonar 8.5 at all and was trying to use linux but then gave up on that,but the interface was cool,and the ability to dettach each screen is key,Im not sure why other daw do not do that,do any others then sonar x1 do that?protools-nofl studio-no.ableton-no,reason yes but its not as good as sonar.
I love they seem to take customer suggestions unlike any other company,
I love the prochannel although more 3rd party ones would be awesome.\
Ill stop there cause most the other things I like included criticism.
Its not bad to want it to be better but to rant and rave when you miss a sale or you think it is too much money or whATEVER is stupid.

I got a new computer, finally made the plunge into 64 bit. I am running Sonar Producer expanded and I gotta tell ya' This thing rocks! So powerful, so glitch free. I can sit back and make music instead of frantically searching the net trying to solve problems. Thank you Cakewalk! Loyal customer since Sonar 6

Since CWPA 6 it has done what I needed it to do-Pretty simple but true!

Two reasons: 1-I used Sonar/Cakewalk for MIDI sequencing for a long time and a Roland VS-1680 for recording, so X1 with a V-Studio 700 was a gentle learning curve. 2-The plug-ins and instruments bundled with Sonar make it an exceptional value. On the negative side, I personally do not have a stable installation but I think my rig was set-up wrong initially.

I love it,everything i need is in the software and it works better than some of other top software packages you can buy.once you've learned the software it is a breeze to use. take time to learn the software........

For my needs of musical composition . . . I've seen no other software in the DAW world that does it better.
For mixing and mastering, I think Sonar has made some major leaps with X1, to begin to compete in these categories as well.

Because its cool and it keep getting cooler.