help me decide: sonar 2 or cubase sx

[T-RAVE]

I need a new program and I am wondering about the stability of sonar. I played around with the demo and found sonar to be easy enough to get into. how stable are multiple tracks, the looping features, automation, and does it sound good? The new cubase is basically nuendo on steroids and I think nuendo is incredible. I am considering cakewalk for many reasons..american company, and no Hardware dongle, mature code ( dongles are rediculous!). The only think I don't like about cakewalk is the mixer..isn't it true there is no eq on the mixer..you have to use a plug-in? I want to here the good things about sonar. I have a capable audio card (wavecenter pci) with wdm drivers so latency is not an issue. How is the mixing, company support, etc. I will be building a new computer to run this software (dual proccessor , tons of ram, w2k) so hardware will not be a problem either.

 

[timothydog]

I've been using Sonar for about a year now. I think you will find it a little more user friendly and easier to understand. I find Sonar's Midi capabilities to be superior too. True, there are no EQ's on the mixers. You have to use a plug-in.. but I prefer the plug-in EQ over any simple 3-band anyway.

I can't speak for Cubase SX yet. I look forward to seeing it.
But Sonar 2.0 will be great too.

 

[Teacher]

and Sonar 2.0 XL has a great eq thats coming with it...
but all in all its prolly gonna be what u feel comfortable wit...but one thing i don't think cubase sx got are real time meters in the main view...sonar's are said to be the most accurate out of any software with wdm drivers and u have'em...o and everythign can be done in the main view no switching screens thats anutha thing i like about it