Will Sonar ever be coded for Mac???

Ok, so after 15years of writing and recording I'm going 'pro' and start a degree
in Creative Audio Technology in september.
 
The big flaw in this???
Having to learn Logic inside out!!!
 
Industry standard my arse!!
Don't get me wrong, it's a pretty cool package, but man - it aint Sonar!
 
With Apple seemingly now the platform of choice in homes and studios worldwide
I'd hate to see Sonar go the way of the BetaMax.
Afterall, the key to survival is the ability to adapt and evolve.
 
So please Cakewalk, I and many others beg you, support both platforms.
Not least because my MacBook Pro will be delivered soon and I really wanna
show my Lecturer and fellow students what the new industry standard looks like!
 
So, anyone else think Sonar becoming cross-platform would be good thing??
Answers on a post-card =)
 
p.s.
yes, I know, Bootcamp.... ;)

Teksonik

 

Really?

Yeah, I mean people at the very least have an iPod or iPhone.
And with the iPad it's simply a matter of time before Logic or Live gets ported.
Also, google some studios and Apple really does have the market share here.
 
Worrying if Cakewalk don't see the benefits....
 
 

If it was OSX I would buy in a heart beat... Its just me..

...wicked

 If they don't cross-platform it but still move into the future I'll still be happy.

I totally agree man.
 
If I'm honest, I'd like to see some sort of Intel-Microsoft-Cakewalk deal, in the same
vein as Apple-Logic.  Support and intergration on that level is priceless.
 
But yeah, ultimately as long as Cakewalk drive Sonar into the future we can all be happy.
Well, after installing bug fixes anyway! lol ;)

It's time for Apple to go away. Can we please have some competition from a company that gets it?

R

lapieuvre

Logic... Really?

I am surprised, Nuendo, DP, or Pro-Tools, I would understand but Logic...

If you want to work in the industry, learn Pro-Tools and DP!

Hey there!
 
Yep, really.  I did some research and pretty much all colleges/uni's in the UK use Logic and
bill it as 'Industry Standard'.
 
p.s.
I work in the industry already =)

...wicked


I think I would too, because then wouldn't have to bootcamp my laptop!

Cake has said repeatedly it's too much dev cost and not enough audience on the other side to do it and support it. Their argument makes some sense, with Apple's very own high-end DAW as well ProTools and all other players (Reaper, Studio One, and lord knows what else...) who would want to try and assemble an attack into that market?

On the other hand, Macs are quite popular with the creative class of people, and I think the percentage of them is higher than in a regular cross-section of peeps. By NOT having a horse in the race it automatically rules out potential converts. 

I'm ambivalent. If they come up with a major reimagining of SONAR that is cross-platform and moves forward into the future I'd be happy. If they don't cross-platform it but still move into the future I'll still be happy.  If they make it cross-platform and DON'T make a leap forward? I'll throw a right-royal tantrum of epic proportions. Which of course means writing uselessly long screeds on the forum....

I would love a Mac-native version of Sonar. My pc daw computer is dying and I find I'm doing more and more work in Digital Performer on my Mac Powerbook. Looking for a MacPro desktop and I will not Bootcamp it to run a cruddy OS like Winblows. Tis a shame because I truly love Sonar (started with S3P, then S5P and now S8.3.1P) and work on autopilot in it. The Mac OS is so much more elegant. Want to run multiple audio interfaces in OSX? Create an aggregate device in the OS and you're done. No special drivers needed like on the Windoze side.

Sadly we will never see a Mac-native version of Sonar. I don't think that it's so much that it'd be a bear to program like Cake says but more a case of Cake doesn't have the programming chops to do the job. There's plenty of audience to support Sonar on the Mac side. Computer's are powerful enough one doesn't need ProTool's TDM cards anymore so it's time for a native daw. DP ain't 64 bit and a 64 bit version isn't on the horizon. Logic is now 64 bit but there are problems. Sonar has a pretty damn good reputation for leading the way with 64 bit and stability - why not take that over to the Mac side?

When I say Mac-native I mean a program that will run in OSX and not some Bootcamped Frankenstein running the OS du jour from Redmond.

jackn2mpu


There's plenty of audience to support Sonar on the Mac side.

Is that a fact or just your conjecture? Got any stats to back that up?

Nope. Why? Because I don't have any Mac computers. Sorry, but that's just the way it is...

Just kidding, of course!

I really don't know, but I doubt it. I would think that there would have to be thousands of users who wanted that option in order to make it even slightly worthwhile for Cakewalk.

Scott

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It may already be on a Mac in an alternate universe.

Will someone please go and check it out and report back?

Good responses guys, thanks =)

Chilldany,

Have you looked at Fusion virtual machine for Mac? It would allow Sonar to run with it looking like it''s native in the Mac environment. I briefly considered it for my MacBook Pro before deciding on going with Propellerhead Record. And now I am considering, yes you got it. Logic Studio......

Yeah I'm still using Sonar on a PC...... And yes it's still my main system

chilldanny


Good responses guys, thanks =)

The only hope is that some day there will be a VM for Mac OS that can run Windows and Sonar and the machine will be so freakin fast you won't even notice it's a VM.

I can't wait for Sonar on a mac. Then I can buy overpriced hardware that's impossible to upgrade and only gives me a limited choice of software. Bring it on! 

I would love a Mac-native version of Sonar. My pc daw computer is dying and I find I'm doing more and more work in Digital Performer on my Mac Powerbook. Looking for a MacPro desktop and I will not Bootcamp it to run a cruddy OS like Winblows. Tis a shame because I truly love Sonar (started with S3P, then S5P and now S8.3.1P) and work on autopilot in it. The Mac OS is so much more elegant. Want to run multiple audio interfaces in OSX? Create an aggregate device in the OS and you're done. No special drivers needed like on the Windoze side.
 

Each to their own as far as BootCamp (and Apple/Mac) goes, but if all you are going to do is boot up and stay in Windows for the entire session, then BootCamp works very well and IMO totally unobtrusively.  If you are going to need to switch OS's during a session then it is a bit of a PITA and I don't think any of the VM's are up to job as yet.  I'd happily run a crappy OS for a really good DAW than a great OS for an OK DAW.  


But yes it would be great to have a version of Sonar (or similar styled Cakewalk DAW) running natively on the Mac, but I can't see it happening.

Andy