I wonder if there are a few mixing 'engineers' out there that sit
behind a pro tools system all day, that are actually subconsciously threatened by the prospect that some shmo with Sonar, a cheap 12 chanel analog mixer, a low end 24/96 card and huge balls, can actually create works that are equivalent if not better than what they can acheive. (I said 'some' pro engineers, the ones that lost touch with reality .. the reality that the home recording industry is making things that are high quality and easy to afford.)
Is it possible that all the expensive gear and years of 'shmoozing' with big artists has gave them tunel vision?
Could it be that they bash our 'cheap' equipment cause they have small balls?
Surely plugin quality and high end equipment play a huge role in getting 'that' sound, i'd be a fool to argue, but Sonar supports many directx plugin manufactueres that perform internal 32 bit and 64 bit calculations such as Ozone and more importantly, the Waves family of plugins.
Add a good equalizer that supports low Q, and sweeps, a multiband harmonic exciter and some stereo enhancment plugins .. there's no reason why Sonar users can't get the really high end sound except for perhaps the sound of tubes, then again that depends on the pre's and mics and not on the DAW.
C4 rules!
Hey baby, want to see my DAW?