Foxboro is out? I missed the announcement. Gotta go...

Ha...and I just got Win 10 Build 10159...great day!

Wow! Hope it works well for you, Larry. I'm still on 7. I'm a wuss, I guess.

Install went smooth....nice!!!

I don't dislike Studio One. In fact I like it...but something inside of me made the decision long before I admitted it to myself. I told myself that it might be because Sonar was familiar but as someone else has pointed out already SO is easy for almost anyone to get into quickly . Within 15 minutes I had learned key shortcuts for all the basics and I was zooming along with it...but I part ways with those who think it is the greatest thing to ever happen in a DAW. It didn't really seem to be leaps and bounds over anything I can already do in Sonar...and I found myself taking recordings I had made in Studio One into Sonar so I could do something to my audio that SO either couldn't accomplish or Sonar did it better. SO does have a great audio engine in it...but so does Sonar for my purposes. 
 
The way I see it Studio One is still trying to add  things that Sonar already has. I have been over to the Studio One forums on and off. One thing I find is that some people over there are thinking about jumping ship to Sonar. Some of them like certain things Sonar can do better...it never ends...no matter what someone has they think there's always something better....I want to concentrate on making music and let the DAW be very low on my priorities list.
 
To hear some talk it would seem that the right DAW almost makes the music for you...LOL!

One other quick question for those who think Sonar has "bloatware"...I think maybe I don't understand. I always associate bloatware as those useless advertising programs you sometimes get with a new factory computer..usually part of a program that requires you to pay to get the full version. 
The only possible association I can think of to bloatware in Sonar is maybe Melodyne? But even this is a fully functional program with the only limitation being that the included version is a single track mono use and the payed version is polyphonic. The plug ins are all complete as far as I can tell......Addicitve Drums is the full version. There may be a few smaller programs that want you to upgrade but these take up less than 1% of the program. 
 
Maybe I'm missing something ( entirely possible) but I just don't see a lot of "bloatware" in Sonar. I see a fair amount of fully functional third party programs included. I can't fault Sonar for including fully functional third party things...like Nomad Factory which I happen to like. The alternative is to buy something like Reason...which is highly proprietary and non inclusive...I will always opt for the first choice and this is one reason I don't use Reason :)

I think what they are considering "bloatware" is all the 3rd party
extras that come with Sonar.  The thing is...most of the 3rd party
stuff that comes with Sonar I quite like...so to me it just increases
the value of the product, not diminishes it.

Would I like to see some much needed improvements...YES.
And I'm sure they'll come in due time...all things in moderation...

....all things in moderation....

....as he buys more drums....

strikinglyhandsome1
....all things in moderation....

....as he buys more drums....

HA...good point...can't argue that one...at all...

cclarry
I think what they are considering "bloatware" is all the 3rd party
extras that come with Sonar.  The thing is...most of the 3rd party
stuff that comes with Sonar I quite like...so to me it just increases
the value of the product, not diminishes it.

Would I like to see some much needed improvements...YES.
And I'm sure they'll come in due time...all things in moderation...

The AD package would have cost more than the Sonar upgrade. Most proprietary instruments bundled in DAWs are often lackluster.  
 As for S1 I've come across users who didn't upgrade because of lack of midi improvements. I may upgrade if they have a sale but S1v2 is good enough for me.