Cakewalk use to bundle it in HS2000.

I notice that Audio Deluxe is having a Labor day discount price on F L 12 Producer …it was $168 (in the cart price ) 
 
I need to get off my butt and run the F L demo installer …I may want to get it before the sale ends..lol 
 
Kenny

$149 at Musician's Friend at the moment... is it worth this?  
S3 professional crossgrade is only 253 at audio deluxe... hmmmm.....

My son has FL Studio, as well as Sonar, and he creates beats in FL Studio (frequently, but he goes between it and Sonar quite often), but he LOVES mixing in Sonar much more than in FL Studio.
 
He is currently in Audio Engineering School, and even though the school and studios are thoroughly Pro Tools, they also use multiple DAW systems to do various tasks, because they like some software for some things and other software for others.
 
All of them are tools - like different mics or amps or guitars or picks or keyboards or cords or interfaces or life.
 
I happen to have grown up with Sonar, since the Twelve-Tone days and DOS, so I learned the workflow and feel of Sonar, and since I am primarily a keyboard player, Sonar fits me very well.  My son likes the setup and UI for making beats in FL Studio, and for that set of tasks, he finds that works well.  Use whatever works for what you like or need to do, and lots and lots of folks end up with multiple recording software suites from different vendors.
 
Bob Bone
 

^^^^

Good advice Bob.  I use multiples...but Sonar is home...even though
I use Pro Tool far more often....

All the DAW programs are very different but have some things in common. I dabbled with S1 and Reaper but I can't get any sort of comfort level with them even though many people thrive with those two. Logic is wonderful but I can't afford a Mac. FL Studio was the first alternate that seemed to click with me. Perhaps it's a mental thing (duh) or the fact that the interface is so colourful, but it just ran well as soon as I turned it on.
 
I find any full featured DAW app requires a lot of work and study to realize its potential, so I likely wont buy into a new learning curve. Having said that, I'll be pulling my next feature requests directly from the FL experience.

ampfixer
All the DAW programs are very different but have some things in common. I dabbled with S1 and Reaper but I can't get any sort of comfort level with them even though many people thrive with those two. Logic is wonderful but I can't afford a Mac. FL Studio was the first alternate that seemed to click with me. Perhaps it's a mental thing (duh) or the fact that the interface is so colourful, but it just ran well as soon as I turned it on.
 
I find any full featured DAW app requires a lot of work and study to realize its potential, so I likely wont buy into a new learning curve. Having said that, I'll be pulling my next feature requests directly from the FL experience.

It's great for pattern based projects. The mixer is so different than Sonar. Working with Kontakt is easier in Sonar. Add a midi track and you select the output.  In FL you deal with ports and channels.  Cakewalk has moved up to FLs level of support. There is responses from people who are involved with the product.   FL is the most popular DAW.  The number of FL demos downloaded every week is insane.  Some things are easier in Sonar for me.
 
 What really interesting is trying to work in Tracktion.