how good does Sonar stack up?

[Skull]

I'm a PA9 user who has found a lot of limitations with it. I couldn't afford sonar when if first came out, but I thought I seen it in Musicians friend for $99.
could I still open up my old PA9 work files with Sonar?
Would I be better off with Cubase or something else?
I record strictly audio, haven't used midi yet, but you never know.

 

[moskus]

could I still open up my old PA9 work files with Sonar?

Yes, but if you save them in Sonar, you can't open them in PA).

Would I be better off with Cubase or something else?

Of course not!
Hello! This is the Cakewalk forum! We like Sonar! No offense...

I record strictly audio, haven't used midi yet, but you never know.

Well, Sonar can do what PA9 can do, so I don't think you will find Sonar restricting...

 

[acidrock]

Sonar is waayyy better than PA9.But as Ialways tell people if you only record one or two tracks at a time you may want to consider Homestudio which is cheaper and virtually the same.

You were probably mistaken as to the price,here is the upgrade page at Cakewalk

http://store.yahoo.com/cakewalkdirect2/upgrades.html

Cubase is for dorks

All the cool kids use Sonar

 

[acidrock]

BTW learn to use midi,it's one of the most powerful tools a musician could have.Sonar makes it easy.Its bark is worse than its bite.

 

[badgas]

I don't think any of the 'top of the line' programs are any better than the others.
Example: Ford, Chevy, ect...
It's a matter of personal choice and opinion.

Taking all things into concideration, sound card, squencer prog, memory, and above all, your own ability to understand and use the program you have, I'd have to say it's what you do with the what your using that has more effect that what your using.

I bought cakewalk pro 9 and have Sonar now. It's all I know. Of course I'd have to say Sonar is better, but since that's all I know, what does my opinion matter.
Not much.