FemcanLana
Whats better FL Studio or Reason?

I avoid phrases like "better" because it is so subjective. They are very different and both have pros and cons. Reason is an amazing program and may offer the best self contained production system out the box. With that said, if you are looking to emulate styles of mainstream dance and hip-hop/urban pop songs, FL is dominating in that area now. I honestly believe it is a matter of preferred workflow.

Bitwig is eerily similar to Ableton but different enough not to be a total clone. I think Reason and FL give you better instruments out the box .

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dubdisciple
I think Ableton and FL Studio both compliment Sonar. They both do things much harder to achieve in sonar.

I currently use Live to sketch out ideas and then develop the ideas in Sonar so I think it's a good compliment - I think Bitwig maybe as well. Note that Live does not support vst 3 so you can't use the latest Calkwalk LP plugins in it. And even with a new release it looks like Live 10 doesn't support vst 3 so I don't think it will replace Sonar.

It is so weird it doesn't support vst3. I have a lite version of live and i love the sampler. Couldn't replace sonar with it, but love it as a compliment

I was surprised to see that Live 10 doesn't include support for vst 3.

Maybe it's because the critical parts of live are non-vst based? Most live users i know use another DAW as well

I use Adobe's Audition, works great. 

if you are looking for a DAW that is like Sonar in its overall philosophy The one that comes closest is Cubase. The reason I say this is because both are at their hearts are MIDI sequencers. The next is Logic. 
 
Reason and FL Studio are more or less similar in that they both come from MIDI sequencers of a certain type. 
 
The rest are often more or less audio multi-track editors.  

djwayne
I use Adobe's Audition, works great. 

Audition is good but strictly audio with no vst instrument support

Sadly, the DAW i found most Sonar-like is Apple's Logic Pro X which woukd force the user (me) into OSX!

Not a happy thought...

The nightmare of ProTools looms.........

reason