BobF,
 
Keep P5 alive..., long live the memories....
 
I have the box in my cabinet and I look at it daily.  Sometimes I think about trying to install it onto my current computer but I am fearful of what may happen to Sonar X3e.   I saved all of the midi and the audio from it before I uninstalled it years ago, and use it currently in Sonar X3e. 
 

 
 
 
Cakewalk, you messed up when you failed to support Project v2,..  just sayin'

Hey Jesse ... I could use that V2 glyph.  I have 2.5 installed, but I couldn't find anything fresh ...
 
At this point, I REALLY wish Cake would tear the Pattern/Step/PR editor out of P5 and add it to Sonar as an alternate editor.  I can't believe they actually dink around with that poor excuse of a step sequencer in Sonar when they have a perfectly good one in the code drawer collecting dust.
 
IMO, they would do well to incorporate the whole of P5 into Sonar.  That would give them a huge step forward for the EDM crowd, IMO.  Not that I'm one of *them* - LOL
 
 

"I have the box in my cabinet and I look at it daily."
 
The box that P5v1 came in was very very cool as was P5 itself (magazine reviews considered it better than Propellerheads Reason). It was my first "bought" daw after I got a free Sonar version with a soundcard. P5v2 was a big step up and had some excellent features - it let you easily add a third party audio editor for eg, something we still can't do in Sonar. It was not to dissimilar from Ableton. But there were downsides- no multicore support and remember trying to draw in fade outs? :)

The best amp sims for TH2 are in the full version. The Brunetti amps have become a mainstay for me in Jazz, country, hard rock, pop, etc.... I don't do much metal at all and not much shredding. When I do it's usually thru Amplitube. Especially now since I just got 4. For that great boutique amp sound you can't beat the Brunettis! There are also a few more FX stomps in the full version of TH2. Well worth the money!

I use TH2 Full Version most of the time when I use an amp sim.

backwoods
 
The box that P5v1 came in was very very cool as was P5 itself (magazine reviews considered it better than Propellerheads Reason). It was my first "bought" daw after I got a free Sonar version with a soundcard. P5v2 was a big step up and had some excellent features - it let you easily add a third party audio editor for eg, something we still can't do in Sonar. It was not to dissimilar from Ableton. But there were downsides- no multicore support and remember trying to draw in fade outs? :)

The joy of P5v2 was that I could have a project up and running in no time, and the sounds created,  Oh my Goodness!   I tried Abelton Live and it was good, but I loved P5 much better.  I remember going to Cakewalk P5 Guitar Center sessions to learn more about the software and to get discounts on additional software.  My first purchase of Z3ta was from a P5 Guitar Center session. 
 

sven450
I really do like many of the sounds in TH2, but the interface bugs me so much (as does the preset/saving system) that I rarely use it.  

Its weird that for me, one time I will run TH2 and it will sound great, the next time not so much.  I definitely agree with the preset system.  It amazes me that a company that can do a pretty good job of amp simulation can't figure out a reasonable preset system.
 

Magic Russ

sven450
I really do like many of the sounds in TH2, but the interface bugs me so much (as does the preset/saving system) that I rarely use it.  

Its weird that for me, one time I will run TH2 and it will sound great, the next time not so much.  I definitely agree with the preset system.  It amazes me that a company that can do a pretty good job of amp simulation can't figure out a reasonable preset system.
 

Many a great plugin ruined by poor preset management. Reaktor and its "snapshots." Ohmicide and its "banks." And of course TH2. Load sound? Load variation? Erm.....

If I want to get really creative I insert TH2 and set up an amp, then strip it for everything else and place an instance of GR5 after it and use that for micing, sometimes the cab sim, special effects etc. Pretty cool actually. No amp sim is 100% IMO so it's cool to be able to mix and match a little. Save as a track preset and recall at will.

I've been working quite a bit with real amps using direct outs (or Red Box + load) into GR5 for effects & cab/mic (except RB5).
 
I added a Laney IRT Studio earlier this year.  It has great studio features and darn good tones too.