Thanks, Mike.
 
I may have to swipe MC as a backup alternative for multi tracking live recordings if I can't get any of my X series stuff to play nice on my (other other people's) more transportable setups (laptops, computers that people don't mind being in bars/chaotic enviros).
 
Pyro is pretty cool though but is definitely not a full on DAW. It's like a nicer program than Audacity but a cheaper alternative to something like Wavelab (which is what I had on my old rig) plus it's got an audio library and ripper function so I don't have to deal with the current WinMediaPlayer which I hate (more like WinAmp). I got it for redbook stuff (tagging, track separation) and the MP3 stuff, etc. Basically all the things that Sonar Pro doesn't do (for some reason and much to my chagrin). It's got a little FX bin for VSTs (and comes with the Sonitus multiband EQ and Cakewalk 2 band EQ as well as some Izotope audio restore stuff and a few other things) and some rudimentary but good editing features.
 
The fact that it works great as a simple audio recorder was an unexpected surprise. The single track thing is a drawback but it's easy enough to just import a wave and nudge it up/x-fade it to where it needs to be but multitrack isn't really what it's supposed to be. Not bad for $20 and I snagged it free with one of the $20 freebie coupons Cake sent out. If you need something like that it's worth a look.
 
Hope you are well. Cheers.

Thanks for that Morgan and beep. I have Pyro also. Never did dawn on me to try these. Now that you say it, I think I remember seeing Music Creator on Steam.

I will look into this.

Well if you're just snagging a stereo out board feed (or two mono tracks left/right into the stereo track that can be split in Sonar later) Pyro is a very easy solution. I had an RCA to mini stereo jack cable running from my board directly to the stereo mic input on my laptop and I was snagging some very clear, dropout free stuff at 48khz 16bit (but I probably could have gone higher). No interface or nothin'. I just set the Windows mixer so it wouldn't clip too easily and then did everything else from the hardware mixer. It's got a markers function, slip editing, cross fading/fade in and out, move tools and the little zoom/nav bar on the bottom is kind of archaic but wicked easy to use. Exports were all perfect (no dropouts or glitches at all). I'm on an AMD 1.something Ghz with 3gb RAM laptop crowded with bloatware and AV stuff, had all sorts of other programs running and using the MOBO's onboard audio driver.
 
I mean... I'm probably gushing more than I should. It is a very basic program but I was really impressed with it. Kind of wish it did multitrack stuff but I'll check out Music Creator if the need arises.
 
Cheers, Grem.

Grem
Thanks for that Morgan and beep. I have Pyro also. Never did dawn on me to try these. Now that you say it, I think I remember seeing Music Creator on Steam.

I will look into this.

Yes it is on Steam. Not sure if that is a plus or a minus as I am unfamiliar with all these newfangled technologies. 
 
Regards,

Grem

CakeAlexS
 
Personally I don't need any android apps .... Far more interested in the PC based core product.

Yes I agree. But how hard would it be to have a "lite" version of Sonar to run on a Win 8 tablet? Or even a Win8 phone?

 
I was told that Sonar doesn't run on .NET. My speculation would be that Sonar would probably need to be moved to .NET first then stripped down and a new Modern UI created from scratch. And I guess a new engine would have to be rewritten (?). Not easy or quick I would have thought in any scenario whether I'm right about this or wrong.