I remember 7 well. My first Sonar-- got it bundled in the "Producer Pack" which also contained dimension pro, rapture and P5v2. Sonar 8.5 was Cakewalk by Roland and I think that was an AWESOME version-- still have it installed to this day (sure I have a few gripes about it but the things I'm not happy with still haven't been fixed in the intervening years). Hopefully 8.5 will always run cos I think that's Sonar's high water mark.