Hi folks.
I have a friend who uses Cubase and really finds Wavelab great for mastering his projects.  But, I've read that Wavelab is quirky running with Sonar X2. Is there a comparison mastering bundle that works well with Sonar?
 
Thanks.

Wavelab is a standalone program. There's no reason why it would be "quirky" at all running with Sonar. In fact there's no reason to run it "with" Sonar at all, as the two programs are entirely separate things. Am I misunderstanding something or are you?

Perhaps I am.  I thought that Wavelab integrated with Cubase. ie, becomes associated in the Cubase program.  Similar idea as ProChannel in Sonar.  Just looking for an education I guess.
Thanks for replying.

You can integrate a wave editor in Sonar so that a track or selected region of a track in Sonar is passed to your editor of choice, processed and then returned.

I use Sound Forge for my mastering and superfine editing.

I got wavelab elements 7 and it is a, separate program from the same company as Cubase
Company name : Steinberg

Wavelab is not required for mastering, as you can master well in sonar too i guess !
there may be other people on this forum that can give a better answer than me then.

If you plan making a CD of all your songs, then you may use wavelab or another program like CD Architect

That sounds intriguing.  I'm sort of new at using Sonar.  About a year into the learning curve so to speak.  I'm purchasing Scott's book on Sonar X2 and looking forward to speeding up my knowledge.
 
Which version of Sound Forge are you using?  I have a version that's about 8 years old.  My wife uses Sound Forge a LOT and she really loves the program.  I'd like to update to the newest version.
I appreciate your further thoughts on this.

mudgel
You can integrate a wave editor in Sonar so that a track or selected region of a track in Sonar is passed to your editor of choice, processed and then returned.

I use Sound Forge for my mastering and superfine editing.

Soundblend
I got wavelab elements 7 and it is a, separate program from the same company as Cubase
Company name : Steinberg

You don't have to use wavelab ... you can master well in sonar too i guess.

If you plan making a CD of all your songs, then you may use wavelab
or another program like CD Architect

I'm sure getting a lot of information that has been lacking for me.  I didn't even think about the fact that I would need to have a decent CD mastering software to put together a quality "master" CD for reproduction.  Got a lot to learn, and feel like I've been behind the 8 ball far too many years!
Glad I made this post guys!
Welcome more thoughts.

Sound Forge (latest V11.0) and Wavelab are audio editors. Sonar and Cubase are Digital Audio Workstations (DAW).
 
I use Sonar for composing / recording / mixing music. Using such facilities as VST Instruments and audio recordings to make the final composition. I use Sound Forge for the final mastering and fine editing (but you don't have to). I also use it for editing and producing sound effects for productions ands editing their music to suit there needs i.e. I import it into Sound forge.
 
The confusing bit is that you can integrate Audio Editors into DAWs so that the audio in the DAW can be edited in the Audio Editor before being returned to the DAW. Audio Editors usually have more precise editing tools for this task.
 
I have Sound Forge integrated with Sonar but it isn't necessary for producing top quality work. You can get good mastered tracks and burn them from within Sonar with a little skill.
 
Hope this helps

If by chance you have or are planning to get Presonus Studio One, there is a built in mastering suite included in the higher version(s), which many swear by as well.
 
EDIT: Forgot to mention that with Studio One's mastering, one of the options that's really cool, is that if you go back and make some changes to any songs, those changes are automatically updated in those songs that are sitting in the mastering suite - a huge time saver.
 
So although I don't use Studio One much, I will be trying that first when the time comes to master, as I already have that DAW installed.

I use Studio One Pro v2.6 for mastering. You put your final mixes into a "project", and it has everything that you need for final masters and duplication.

G