I found another thing in Prime that I like about Studio One.  The Piano Roll editor switches to whatever MIDI track that you click on in the track view.  I think that is more intuitive that having to select the track you want to work with from within the editor.
 
S1 Prime does not support VST plugins, but it does recognize external MIDI ports.  I was able to configure the external MIDI out in my Axiom controller.  Plus I was able to hook up to the standalone version of Kontakt using the LoopBe virtual MIDI cable
 
So it looks as if this Prime freebie is a usable MIDI editor!

cparmerlee

JonD
The CW user forums are refreshingly open-minded in that regard. 

It is never easy to hear criticism. I have always felt that, while the DAWs might be pretty similar, the real difference with SONAR is the people. And that's the user community as well as the company. A little discussion about the real world won't hurt anybody.

 It happens in the Image Line forums quite a bit.  The head honcho always responds to them.  My favorite feature in Sonar that few DAWs have is the ability to audition midi files with a VST.  For dance genres that can be helpful.
I can't do that in S1v3.  Reaper can do it as well. 

kitekrazy1
 
My favorite feature in Sonar that few DAWs have is the ability to audition midi files with a VST.  For dance genres that can be helpful.  I can't do that in S1v3.  Reaper can do it as well. 

Yes, it is nice to be able to preview MIDI clips within the browser!

You can preview midi files direct from the browser. The only caveat is that you have some sort of virtual instrument loaded into the song somewhere. You do not have to drag them out in order to hear them. From the manual:
 
Previewing MIDI Files 
 
When any MIDI file is selected in the Browser, you can preview the MIDI file through any virtual instrument loaded in the Song. To do this, select a MIDI file, then select an Instrument Track in the arrangement and it appears in the Preview Player, sending to the selected channel. Now, when you start playback with the Preview Player, the MIDI file plays through the virtual instrument to which that Instrument Track is routed. You can switch Instrument Tracks on the fly to audition a part quickly through many different instruments.

Same with Sonar.  You need a soft synth or instrument track to route the MIDI preview to.  You can select any one in your project.
 
Previewing MIDI groove clips
http://www.cakewalk.com/D...;help=Tutorial2.3.html

In Studio One 3...
Disable Track = Archive

The modular environment in Studio One is incredible second to nothing else on the market. No DAW has this native capability. Splice and dice any combination of vst or vsti plugs into a single channel. Anything into anything, parallel, series, unlimited data lines. No DAW has this capability without resorting to third party crutches to make up for the short fall.
 
This moved Studio One, starting version 3 lineage at the head of the pack without a distant second, as far as this critical and necessary feature is concerned. Left Reaper behind, left Sonar behind, as much as Reaper could claim number one status over everything else back then in the past before Studio One broke the mold.
 
Not a perfect DAW yet, and there will never be the perfect DAW
 
Studio One has out fried them all so far. Now that Sonar is unfortunately doing online activations only, the playing field has leveled. Choose your risk either way as to who goes down first in the nuclear holocaust,or who decides to choke your request for a reactivation when your hard drive goes down..
 
I'm here to be educated so not to be igorant no more. If Sonar or Reaper, or anything else out there for under a thousand dollars has a better modular native process hidden somewhere, please let me know and show me the error in my ways. Til then, got to weigh in with Jeff, until something better is proven to be.
 
John
 

Instead of filling the forums with this kind of conversation, all parties interested should stage a sitdown video chat and post it on youtube, then post a link from here.
 

Soens,
 
Yeah, guess you're right. Apologies for my rant...
 
John

JohnKenn
I'm here to be educated so not to be igorant no more. If Sonar or Reaper, or anything else out there for under a thousand dollars has a better modular native process hidden somewhere, please let me know and show me the error in my ways.

have you tried metaplugin? http://ddmf.eu/metaplugin-chainer-vst-au-rtas-aax-wrapper/