• SONAR
  • X2 A-Update--> 2012-18-12...2013-06-04 and still no new B update? (p.14)
2013/06/03 12:31:52
DW_Mike
Jlien X


GIM Productions

The Cubase's GUI (especially the mixer)is done on Pokemon style 

+1 to the Cubase looks like Playschool designed the GUI thing. lol


Mike


2013/06/03 12:40:30
SteveStrummerUK

I like the look of its ultra-thin Control Bar though.

Much neater than Xx's clunky mess.
2013/06/03 12:40:50
vintagevibe
chefmike8888


Jlien X


GIM Productions

The Cubase's GUI (especially the mixer)is done on Pokemon style 

+1 to the Cubase looks like Playschool designed the GUI thing. lol


Mike
Those are his colors.  Have even seen what it looks like on install?  Far more professional than Sonar IMO.

2013/06/03 13:16:54
SteveStrummerUK

I like the look of its ultra-thin Control Bar though.

Much neater than Xx's clunky mess.
2013/06/03 13:47:55
vintagevibe
The thing about Sonar has always been the thick lines compared to MAC or cross-platform apps.  I always though thins lines look more precision.  Someone once called it "cartoonish".  I think that's an over statement but you get the idea.  Just my opinion.
2013/06/03 14:09:32
GIM Productions
Just for curiosity i have seen the HD jpeg of the Cubase 7 mixer and compared to Sonar you see all the little definition of the meters and faders.Sonar have an awesome Emu SSL and Sat GUI in Pro channel and Cubase has four little leds to check the drive signal.When i mixing a big prj in Sonar i think to use real hardware....Cubase is like a plastic sensation.Best.
2013/06/03 14:24:19
vintagevibe
GIM Productions


Just for curiosity i have seen the HD jpeg of the Cubase 7 mixer and compared to Sonar you see all the little definition of the meters and faders.Sonar have an awesome Emu SSL and Sat GUI in Pro channel and Cubase has four little leds to check the drive signal.When i mixing a big prj in Sonar i think to use real hardware....Cubase is like a plastic sensation.Best.

Incorrect.  Download the demo and dig a little deeper.
2013/06/03 14:28:42
bobgassert
A friend of mine who uses Pro Tools was looking over my shoulder the other day and commented how clear and detailed the Graphics on Sonar X2 was ... He tells me all the time that the only reason he uses Pro tools was .. That was what he learned on in College
2013/06/03 14:45:33
chuckebaby
everyone is different but be prepared,
my old guitar player called me last weekend asking me me about x2 and how I like it,
he had just bought Cubase 7 and didn't like it, wants to move to something else.
he said that has bugs, go figure.
he downloaded the sonar 30 day trial.
to be fair, I haven't heard back from him yet, so im not about to say,.he loves x2.
I don't know yet.

but the story goes, grass always look greener on someone else's lawn.
just like after 10 years of marriage, the eye will wonder.
don't mean you want it, just means it looks better on the outside.

my advise is go try it.
spend your money and go try it, see what you think
you may like it. you may not.

my experience has been ive enjoyed features on other daws and said, wow this is awesome.
but when I go to grab a simple tool ive used for years in sonar, its not there.
so its a trade off.

also be prepared to be sitting there in 3 years complaining about your new daw.
its a fact of life. ive done it too.

but ive settled in with sonar and im finding it productive.
sure there's still times now I find something that terribly annoys the snot out of me.
but you know what, I expect it. I use my daw 5-7 hours a day from 6am -3pm.
I expect to see things in the hours I use it.
but im never stopped in my tracks, sonar is not unsable as some claim.
 
when I get to the point or if it comes the day I find sonar not being productive, you wont even hear from me anymore, ill be gone to a new daw,
no goodbyes here. just later !
2013/06/04 02:19:12
raumfisch
chuckebaby


but the story goes, grass always look greener on someone else's lawn.
just like after 10 years of marriage, the eye will wonder.
don't mean you want it, just means it looks better on the outside.

my advise is go try it.
spend your money and go try it, see what you think
you may like it. you may not.

my experience has been ive enjoyed features on other daws and said, wow this is awesome.
but when I go to grab a simple tool ive used for years in sonar, its not there.
so its a trade off.

also be prepared to be sitting there in 3 years complaining about your new daw.
its a fact of life. ive done it too.

but ive settled in with sonar and im finding it productive.
sure there's still times now I find something that terribly annoys the snot out of me.
but you know what, I expect it. I use my daw 5-7 hours a day from 6am -3pm.
I expect to see things in the hours I use it.
but im never stopped in my tracks, sonar is not unsable as some claim.
 
when I get to the point or if it comes the day I find sonar not being productive, you wont even hear from me anymore, ill be gone to a new daw,
no goodbyes here. just later !

i think that is the point.
one tends to overlook the little glitches with something that is common to you. i use sonar since old Sonar 2 XL.
at that time i made the decision not to use cubase but sonar. i grew with it, was a long time sonar 8.5 user and just upgraded to X2a a couple of days ago. as of yet no bsod or bad glitches, just a much better workflow for me. since i am more of an amateur user than a pro, it would take way more time to learn a new DAW, then to get around some bugs or glitches. 
i can be happy learning new workflows and when i'm done, another update will come up ... needed or not. atm not :D
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