I agree with Zo...
With each of the two DAWs, you'll take a different mix direction.
Just like certain instruments/sounds lend themselves to playing a particular way.
You're probably not going to approach a P-Bass with Flats the same as a Rickenbacker 4003 with Rounds.
 

Perhaps Roland could fund Bapu's next effort and provide pristine tracks in a genre that's actually worth comparing.
 
Meanwhile, on this one, kudos to Bapu, and I didn't even play along.
 
cheers,
-Tom

emeraldsoul
Perhaps Roland could fund Bapu's next effort 

They can't afford me.

Jeff Evans

I should do three mixes.  One in Studio One with no console emulation of any sort, another in Mixbus and a third in Studio One with all its console emulation thrown at it.  That will be interesting.

Why would that be interesting to us on the Sonar forum? I could care less how Studio One and Mixbus compare?

mudgel

Jeff Evans

I should do three mixes.  One in Studio One with no console emulation of any sort, another in Mixbus and a third in Studio One with all its console emulation thrown at it.  That will be interesting.

Why would that be interesting to us on the Sonar forum? I could care less how Studio One and Mixbus compare?

Normally i would tend to agree but
 
this is a SOFTWARE forum, agnostic to Sonar
 
second some people are creating in Sonar, exporting and mixing in MixBus, and mastering in a  third program, so to me I do care about how mixbus processes a mix

also, isn't it useful to see what the others can do? have you no interest in other cars than the model you drive, for example?

Great thread Baps, but soooo typical of the forum. Bapu asks which track do you like, and Jeff points out that they're both crap and a comparison is futile. 

pwalpwal
also, isn't it useful to see what the others can do? have you no interest in other cars than the model you drive, for example?

Yes and no. I want to know how to get the best possible mixes out of Sonar, first and foremost. As it stands, my understanding is that in order to use Mixbuss, you must at least mix down to stems, so if your stems are poor, Mixbuss ain't gonna help.
 
When I am knowledgeable enough to create a perfect mix (rock, pop or whatever), that could not possibly be any better in Sonar, then I'll start asking myself what outside of Sonar can take my mixes further.  Otherwise, it just smells too much like G.A.S....
 
Regards,
Dan

ampfixer
Great thread Baps, but soooo typical of the forum. Bapu asks which track do you like, and Jeff points out that they're both crap and a comparison is futile. 

Hardware VU metres, Tangerine Dream, Steely Dan. All boxes were ticked

dcumpian
When I am knowledgeable enough to create a perfect mix (rock, pop or whatever), that could not possibly be any better in Sonar, then I'll start asking myself what outside of Sonar can take my mixes further.  Otherwise, it just smells too much like G.A.S....

gas, yes, indeed maybe  but unless you've been working on the same song the whole time, surely there are many more variables involved beyond the host app - and if you don't finish your mix before the next upgrade then you'll never get the perfect mix, only chase the moving goalposts, so, er, yeah, gas