Entry into Cakewalk market

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I am currently leaning heavily into a Cakewalk product purchase. There are quite a few products to choose from, and thus far have narrowed them down to either the Home Studio 2004 product line or the Sonar 3 product line.

Could anyone with experience with both or either of these be able to direct me towards a decision?

I have not used either product before and do not know the differences bewteen the products. I am not professional, but at the same time, want the best sound possible given my home studio constrants of hardware and room acoustics.
 
They are both good products, and neither one will have any impact whatsoever on the "quality" of you recordings. Recording quality will be dictated by your upstream equipment (mics, preamps) and your a/d converters (i.e., sound card).

That said, the difference betweem Homo Studio and Sonar is one of features. I believe there is a side-by-side comparison on the Cakewalk web site. Take a look and decide whether the extra features in Sonar are worth the additional $$ to you.
 
This is exactly what I was looking for! If the core engines of both products both maximize the external variables (such as hardware/input devices) then either would be good directions to go.

Now my only decision is to determine whether or not the feature variances are worth paying 2-3 times the amount of Home Studio. So far with my research and my intentions for recording, it looks like they may be worth it, but still researching.
 
If you have nothing else, then Sonar 3 PE will give you a comprehensive collection of tools to perform most recording tasks quite well indeed.

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Looks like I am on my way to Sonar 3 SE. I would rather have the PE, but after looking at the varying features, I probably would never be able to get a return from them. I am really looking forward to getting more into the hobby. I can't wait to start learning more about the recording and producing of music with software accompaniment.
 
jbubbaj said:
Looks like I am on my way to Sonar 3 SE. I would rather have the PE, but after looking at the varying features, I probably would never be able to get a return from them. I am really looking forward to getting more into the hobby. I can't wait to start learning more about the recording and producing of music with software accompaniment.
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If you are starting from scratch the PE version is an excellent value.The V-sampler and Sonitus plug ins will give you a well rounded toolkit.
How familiar are you with computer recording?
 
I am not very familiar with computer recording. I am just starting out. I am now thinking to get the SE edition as a training tool to learn as many of the features as I can. Then, when Sonar 4 comes out (hopefully there will be a Sonar 4), I could then expand the horizons of computer recording based on the newly found knowledge/experience from the SE version. Will probably need to upgrade my hardware by then as well for better quality for a better tool.
 
You should do some investigating into what it takes to get a rig running properly.In most cases just loading the software into the family computer won't do it.There will be "optimising" and "tweaking" involved.
It's well worth the hassle though.:cool:
 
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