I cannot believe some of the things that get said in this thread, please tell me what your taking man, i want some.
chilldanny reckons two people told him their opinion about Sonar. oh, ok, so now two people out of 100,000+ music DAW users is who we should be listening to, is that correct? Sheesh, what planet are you on man? These guys you mention are using 4 different DAW's, that tells me they can't make up their friggin mind what to use and that they are not happy with any of them. Yeah right, great endorsement for Sonar, utterly convincing.
Well for starters, there's no way the workflow in Sonar is faster than Mixcraft, fruityloops or Studio One.
Secondly, all audio engines in DAW's are identical, and only the VST's effect the end result.
Thirdly, the 'multi-aspect' 'variable harmonic saturation' modules in Izotope's Alloy II, allow me to achieve exactly the same result as the pro-channel.
Can't you come-up with something more convincing in favour of Sonar, forget it, it's full of bugs, and always has been.