Reply To: [not a deal] CbB no longer support activation after August 1

[William Heins]

I used Sonar for years starting with Sonar 8!

Somewhere around Sonar Platinum the program would forget my interface every time I opened it and I would have to reload it…I was on an Echo Layla3G so not a USB interface but I think they made changes under the hood for people having trouble USB interfaces and it negatively affected mine. Moved on to CbB but saw the writing on the wall and started testing…first up was Samplitude Pro X4 Suite! Samplitude is a powerful program and blows CbB out of the water as it’s set up for more a professional use…but it was very awkward to use 😉 I bided my time and a good crossgrade sale to Cubase came up and I decided to check it out. I had use Cubase years ago and was pleasantly surprised how easy it was to use again. Everything is straightforward and well engineered. I switched 100%! Soon after a sale came up with a crossgrade to Nuendo and I jumped on it!

Now I own Cubase Pro, Nuendo, Halion, Wavelab Pro, and Dorico Pro 🙂 Looking back I enjoyed my Sonar years but I would never go back, it’s nice to use software made by a manufacturer who is all about music whether a DAW, notation, synths, etc.

It always bothered me that Cakewalk never tried to appeal to serious musicians and studios, it always felt like a very good hobbyist program.

A lot of demo stuff here- https://www.reverbnation.com/daylight

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