Well, I think Sonar is fabulous - I just don't personally need to worry about things beyond the settings I choose to run with.
 
And for those who choose to run with 192 k sample rates, or whatever, I with them all the best in their endeavors.
 
For all we know, the brand new band 'The Bed Bugs' are using X3 to finish their breakout CD, somewhere in East London, inspired by the comping and the ARA integration of Melodyne.
 
At 54 years of age, having grown up in the hissy world of cassette tapes and 8-tracks, ANY of the available settings in Sonar sound fantastic.  That being said, I DID try out a bunch of different settings and DID do some research into it all, and I have chosen what I consider to be the best balance between performance and sonic quality - for MY setup.  Hopefully, others find their own balance.
 
Bob Bone
 

I have kept up with this whole thread from the beginning. Second time I've said it too.

Thanks Goddard for all your posts.

And why this thread has gotten to be judged as a "dick swinging" contest is beyond me.

I for one enjoyed all technical posts made by all.

@Bob bone: your are right on this account, this thread didn't change my mind. Just reminded me why I made the choices I did back then. (It was fascinating to me then and still is.)

Thanks to Noel for getting this discussion going!!

@Grem - Yeah - tons of good info, and debatable info - my only points were the one about the minds not changing, and my suggesting that folks try to keep it from being a bunch of negative 'attacks'.
 
I wanted to try to bring it back to a civil discussion.  There were a lot of good points made, and I wish folks didn't have to sift through the noise to get at the good info.
 
Bob Bone
 

100% agreement Bob!!

brundlefly
I have just one question. Is this an Input meter or an Output meter?
 

I've always said;

"Excreta Taurus Baffelum Cranius".

SONAR does 384kHZ.
 
Just saying. ;-)
 
Does anyone want to elaborate on the sample hold optimization?

Aaaah - here we go.... :)
 
Bob Bone
 

@Bob... yup, there is a lot of good information here, but finding it is becoming a bear.
 
A course in journalism might help... front loading "the point" and major data helps folks like me with short attention spans to get to the end of a post (or not even need to).

(what do i know) but I think the 32bit referred to for the bounce is computer processing, not a bit depth of music data.
 
(good chance i'm wrong - i've not had my coffee yet  )

No it is also a file format for audio. There is a 64 bit file format for audio too.