"No we know, its the same question. Besides shouldn't God know which DAW to use? Then does God even need a DAW? " lol looks like god is finally out of his depth, stick to emaculate conceptions our lord, leave the DAW's to the pros lol

TraceyStudios


@RedBarchetta - Ok, so if you had to choose Reaper or Sonar, which one would it be?   :)  just sayin.......

Sonar. And that actually is what I did.  I won't deny my reasoning is superficial. It really came down to which DAW was more engaging to me. Which one made me WANT to use it more.  Don't get me wrong, I think the price tag/value of Reaper is untouchable.  But, I'll stress it again, I can be superficial and was drawn to the sexy look and feel of Sonar.   


Would I go back? Probably not considering I've invested a good deal of money in Sonar. It's not an inexpensive bit of software.  At least not to me. In fact, it's the most I've ever spent on software. 

Eh?!?!

Your first day back  and you start another thread comparing this forums flagship product to another?  This has gottta be a wind up.

Should you not be over on the Steinberg forum starting a Cubase 7 vs Mixcraft thread? I thought Mixcraft was the best DAW going... why are you now deciding on Sonar or Cubase?

Do you have any links to the tunes you created in Mixcraft and are now banging out in da clubs?

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redbarchetta


Now mind you, I am NO professional. I'm a single guitarist who wants to record his music. In fact, Sonar may be overkill for "me" personally.

I think that's what a lot of people say when they first buy a DAW. I originally downloaded Reaper because just wanted to record some guitar and maybe stick some drums and bass to it. But then my interface came with Pro Tools M-Powered, and I got into that. Before I knew it I was delving into the MIDI side of things and playing with soft synths and composing little ditties that didn't even have guitar in them. Then I got sick of the limitations with soft synths and MIDI in Pro Tools and decided to check out Sonar. And eventually, it clicks that you really do have a full music production suite at your fingertips, and that the tools available to you are fricken amazing. I promise you, Sonar will not feel like "overkill" in a few months 

Ha... Yeah I know... I'm already starting to take peeks at Z3TA... Wondering if I should upgrade to 2.  I'm a rocker first and foremost, but I do listen to a TON of ambient music as well.  Kinda forced that direction due to the lack of good headbanger rock these days.

Anyway, I've thought it would be cool to dabble into some of the synth ambient music as well. 

One thing not mentioned here is that if you want to compose with standard notation Cubase is literally decades ahead of Sonar.  Cubase is the clear choice in that respect.

if it was not for cost, I would try all daws. I've cut my teeth with sonar. I love mixing music and playing, but I'm with sonar because I got a demo disk some years back. I never made thoughtful decision. 

gswitz


if it was not for cost, I would try all daws. I've cut my teeth with sonar. I love mixing music and playing, but I'm with sonar because I got a demo disk some years back. I never made thoughtful decision. 

I have used MIDI labs, Pro Audio, Logic, FL Studio, Sonar, Cubase, Reaper and Studio One. I even have Harrison Mixbus.  

There is no reason what so ever in limiting which DAW one uses. I have settled on Sonar X2. That does not mean I wont use another for specific reasons. For most things Sonar is ideal. 

BTW all the listed DAWs were or are paid for. 

That does not mean I wont use another for specific reasons. For most things Sonar is ideal.

 
A big ole +1
 
For me, Studio One rocks for its Melodyne integration and I also like its native audio timing tools, while Reaper has varispeed and great routing.  But otherwise I spend all my time in SONAR because that's what feels most comfortable and requires the least amount of thinking - composing, editing, mixing, etc., it all just flows along.