Me too. I started using it when it was only a midi sequencer. As I stated earlier in my previous post, I think it works well, I was just surprised that it didn't rank higher. I know the poll was unscientific, but there is some correlation between popularity and the rankings.

Shrug. Out of all the music people I personally know, I'm the only one that uses SONAR. Though, to be honest, if it were cost effective for me to do so, I'd probably leave to another DAW/sequencer pretty quickly. However, there it sits. It's the DAW/sequencer I use, and I can make my way around it easy enough. For the most part, it does what I need it to do. So, I begrudgingly stick with it for the foreseeable future, at least.

My recordings and plugins in Sonar sound exactly the same as those same recordings and plugins in Protools.
I can't say that applies to all my old reel to reels and cassette decks.
Sonar's poor ranking in some website I've never heard of can't change that.
Sonar is #1.

 
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And most have to do with "marketing partnerships", who's giving away their software with everything 79.00 piece of hardware equals name recognition and those recording no more than two or four channels limited use will never change from the "freeware", then tell their friends what they're using, and so on.
Take a look at all the two, four, and similar usb type audio interfaces they all give away non-Sonar software.....every one sold.
Think about those quantities, really. That by itself boggles the mind. Every one sold, every day, on and on, gets non-Sonar software so for name recognition it's not surprising.
And that's all well and good, understandable.
And the truly freeware like Audacity, etc.

So there's the answer. Or one of multiple answers 😃. There's no comparing until Sonar is also handed out like candy....

It's kind of like MS Word...when it first started it was given away with free Windows, on every PC, until WordPerfect was gone, now we all pay through the nose.

When registing a hardware or software product (e.g. interfaces, plugins, etc), there is usually a short questionaire about your setup including the question "What DAW software do you use?". So there is a lot of statistical info out there, but unfortunately most of it never gets published. It would be interesting to know what percentage of registered users for each company list Sonar as their DAW of choice.

One thing I believe is that Cakewalk knows more than they say about market penetration, their percent of market share, and how in the big leagues does software make it into the million dollar recording houses. And they don't say. Which is understandable all companies have their industry data and constant research.
But they run a company and not letting your secrets out is part of being successful most of the time.
Maybe all the grandfathered in Pro-tools huge studios just get given free upgrades every year forever with dedicated on call assigned techs to help anytime needed.
Maybe every 10,000.000 large mixer board gets a full anything desired Avid Pro-tools package. Like basketball stars and similar...they never pay for sneakers, sportswear etc. When your huge in any industry companies just give you what's top dollar items for the common man.

But Cakewalk knows more than we'll ever know. Again, and that's OK. It's their livelihood, their business.

My last comment on this topic....😊😊 ..... it's likely if Cakewalk ever gets the same reputation of others, and popularity sky rockets (name recognition) then the prices will go up. As with any business model, that's what the investors hope for.