Title says it all really. Want to move on from mc6 but can't afford the studio version... Is the essential version worth it?

its a lot better than mc6.
a little learning curve. but with that said there is more video tutorials out there for sonar than mc5 or 6

What is better if you don't mind me asking?

this is what it comes with http://www.cakewalk.com/products/SONAR/SONAR-X2-comp-chart.pdf

Why do you want to move on from MC6?

That's a very capable program, I can't imagine anything you can't do.

Zeano182


Title says it all really. Want to move on from mc6 but can't afford the studio version... Is the essential version worth it?

For 49.00 it's worth a Look.

Maybe after X2b is released. If you upgrade now, you won't be able to clone MIDI tracks.

the plug ins are what the big difference is.
and your talking about an entry level software compared to a more realistic studio software.
(even at the essential level)

Jlien X


Maybe after X2b is released. If you upgrade now, you won't be able to clone MIDI tracks.

you cant clone a midi track ?
I wasn't aware of that.
 
what's the work around, to just copy it to a new midi track ?

chuckebaby

Jlien X


Maybe after X2b is released. If you upgrade now, you won't be able to clone MIDI tracks.

you cant clone a midi track ?
I wasn't aware of that.
 
what's the work around, to just copy it to a new midi track ?

It was confirmed by Dan Gonzalez at Cakewalk on Jan 24 (according to my email). The plus and minus buttons in the Repetitions field don't work, and directly entering a value in the field displays this error message "Please enter a value from 0 through 0." Strange, isn't it?
The work around Dan told me was "When you want to add more Audio or MIDI tracks please select that track and hold SHIFT and select 0 repeatedly," which I think isn't a workaround at all for cloning tracks, but is just a faster way to add tracks. Cloning audio tracks works fine.