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Okay Getting close to spending some hard earned money. Sonar has won out over cubase (damned dongles) and PT for my use. But which version should it be? Dont want to shell out 600 for the top end if the middle is going to do it for me. I am guessing the low end may not quite do it -- but if it does then I do have better uses for another $200 bucks not spent. I will mostly record 1-2 tracks live and use midi. larger groups would be recorded in stereo not tracked separately. Want to print out scores with finale or sibelius. And use them to play the scores while I tweak compositions. So -- which sonar does the job? Is there any reason to move up to the big one anyway? Does it matter whether finale or sibelius is used? Do they both play nice with sonar or is one better? Thanks |
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I've been using sonar/cakewalk products for over a decade. I personally do not update everytime one comes available. I am on Sonar 6PE and will update when sonar gets to be version 10 or so. This version suits what I do fine. I am not familiar with Finale or Sibelius although I can tell you that even the newest Sonar product has no interface to use either product, nor is Sonar in ant way a product that will print out scores for you. Good luck and enjoy.
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Thanks If the extra stuff is not all wasted then I will find a way to budget for the PE version. i think you are right, I will need it eventually, or at least wish I had it to use. The only other question may be should I start small and then upgrade which depends on their upgrade pricing policies. Sometimes you can do that and learn cheap and then buy the full package at a smaller price when you are ready to use the advanced functions. Way back when I got the full ms office for somthing like $99 instead of $499 cause I had something else they took for an upgrade price. |
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It may not be relevent to your thread, but have you already got some other software you're not keen on? The way I got into Sonar 7PE was through the "crossgrade" deal. I already had Ableton Live 6LE & it really wasn't my style (even though I have German heritage!), but I came across this deal on Sonar - Cakewalk This was cool because it got me into a top-shelf DAW for a lot less than the usual price. I'd recommend you download the trial version of Sonar 8.5 - It's fully functional for 30 days - see how you like it.
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Hey, if you are worried about using your hard earned dollars, I don't think you should pass up trying reaper. I've been using sonar for the past few years. I use sonar 7 PE and I think it's great. However, the more I use reaper, the closer I get to completely making the switch. It actually has more routing capabilities than sonar. don't get me wrong, I love sonar. Like Danny said, if someone told me I had to use sonar for the rest of my life, I wouldn't feel to bad about it. But I do find reaper to have almost all the features that I use in sonar, plus some, and it's only $50 and free to try. That aside, you should look at sonar's website to see what the differences are between PE and whatever is under it. I think they strip some plugins and the pitch correction thing and maybe take out a few other features. If I know you, you probably won't want the extra add ons that much anyways. |
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thanks looked at reaper cubase and sonar made the short list PT was in between reaper and live and a bunch more didnt make the cut for me. |
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