I started with Home Studio 2002, which I registered in 2006. In 2007 I upgraded to Home Studio 6 XL and then in the Fall of 2007 to Sonar 7 Producer. For the first couple of years, I just mixed music I captured with my Tascam 2488. I didn't do any recording using Cakewalk.
I've had an
- M-Audio internal card for Windows XP
- Line6 single port jobby which came with Pod Farm software
- M-Audio Fast Track Ulta
- and now and RME UCX
I started on XP, and switched to x64 with Vista.
I've recorded and mixed performances since the 90s, but not using the computer. While I usually use the computer now, I still rarely use Sonar itself to capture the initial wave files. I use DigiCheck which came with the RME UCX. I'm always prepared to use Sonar, but I mostly record straight performances and my friends don't like click tracks. They can monitor direct from the interface, so no need to output from Sonar during the recordings.
I do sometimes wish that the RME Total Mix had a click track feature.