godparticle
Cakewalk has released a TYPE-T compressor for Reason which emulates the old LA2A, so i have to wonder why the hell it hasn't been released for or included in Sonar.
Also i have to say that i think the full version of Z3TA+ should really be included as standard in Sonar as well as the new LA2A clone, i wonder what cakewalk is thinking about this.
And now Steinberg are right on Sonars heels with the new Cubase 7, it has full console emulation features with three different compressors for as they say "that epic big console sound" among other things. I was just about to drop the money on Sonar but now Steinberg is pulling on my coat sleeve and i am in a quandary about this...What to do, has anyone used the new Cubase 7 yet?
Steinberg invariably do that kind of sales pitch every couple of years. Back then w/ Cubase VST 3.5, they insisted on the fact that it had compression and EQ on every channel. "Just like in real studios, helping you get that sound". The rest of us, well, we used plug-ins (which sounded better, by the way).
They also had what they called True Tape mode, allowing you to have your music saturated as you were recording, "printed" w/ the saturation, making it sound like it was recorded in a big expensive studio using tape. That sort of went away, too...
And now it's the new console fad, w/ 3 types of compression. Well, the Sonitus compression which comes w/ Sonar has what, 4 or 5 different type of compression emulation? That doesn't make it the last compressor you'll ever need, does it?
Buying any DAW software based on the "big epic sound" or "sounds better than others" propaganda - whether it's cubase, Studio One or Sonar - will always leave you sorely disappointed.