A good match with Sonar?

[gordholio]

Ultra-newbie question:

I've finally purchased Sonar after toying with the demo and sizing it up against the competition for the last few months.

I am the guitarist/songwriter in a small rock and roll band. What I want to do is find a piece of software that's very compatible with Sonar (perhaps can be used as a DX Instrument plugin with Sonar) that allows me to add sythny fills and beat sounds to our otherwise analog tunes. Loop stuff like ACID is pretty cool, but I'd like to create sounds myself either through a MIDI keyboard or on-screen through a virtual keyboard, etc. I am not a good keyboardist, and I don't intend to write complex passages - just lines here and there to augmnent our songs.

Perhaps in the future I will use this piece of software to construct more complex pieces, so I'd like it to be capable of handling more advanced stuff. However, I don't want to blow $400 (US) on something overly-complicated like Native Instruments' Reaktor. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thank you very much.

 

[guitar ed]

You could try Reason, or if you really wanna get cheap, you can make some pretty wild sounds with Fruity Loops. Good Luck

 

[guitar ed]

You could try Reason, or if you really wanna get cheap, you can make some pretty wild sounds with Fruity Loops. I don't think you can use Fruity as a DXi ( I could be wrong) in Sonar, but it's no big deal to import the stuff after it's created. Good Luck. I apologize if this gets posted twice.
Ed

 

[acidrock]

Have you toyed with the cyclone dxi yet?
You can get tons of free samples off the net for free and load them into cyclone and at that point they can be triggered from whatever source you choose.
Also have you downloaded the free plugins offered to you by Cakewalk,the Triangle synth and Plasma effects pad/
Just go to Cakewalks download page and have your serial number ready.

You could probably get what you're asking for by spending nothing at all.

GOOD LUCK!