need to upgrade from MC3

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2011/03/31 10:29:24 (permalink)

need to upgrade from MC3

I've been using Music Creator 3 for years and it has served me well. I do mainly MIDI composing in the staff and piano roll views, using various VSTI's. I'm using MC3 on a Gateway laptop running Vista Home with SP1. Occasionally, MC3 encounters an error and shuts down unexpectedly, causing me to lose any work since my last save. I know MC3 is old and should be upgraded, but I'm not sure what DAW I should upgrade to. There have been so many horror stories about upgrades, both to higher levels of Music Creator and Sonar. Knowing that I am doing mainly step recording and using very little imput from external midi and audio sources, can anyone give me advice on which Cakewalk upgrade would make most sense for me?
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    Beagle
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    Re:need to upgrade from MC3 2011/03/31 10:53:23 (permalink)
    FWIW, crashes typically come from audio card drivers or 3rd party softsynths or plugins instead of from MC itself.  what soundcard are you using and what plugins/softsynths are you using during these crashes?

    on the other hand, MC5 is actually very good program.  I don't know of anyone who has used it that didn't like it except maybe herb who uses the plugins and softsyntsh from MC5 but mixes in MC4.  but that's because he likes the GUI of MC4 better because MC5 was "dumbed down" from the "intermediate level" user interface and functions to the very "beginner" type interface and fucntions of MC5.

    plus, MC5 has a very upgraded step sequencer compared to MC3.  MC3's step sequencer compared to MC5 was like comparing DOS to windows.

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    Re:need to upgrade from MC3 2011/03/31 15:25:35 (permalink)
    I have a relatively stable platform now.... but I still make it a habit to save after a big edit, a recording of a track, or after a few minutes of editing stuff..... because crashes and glitches do occur.

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