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Summary: Sonar 2.0 XL
Review: I've been invovled with MIDI sequencing since it started and have owned and worked with almost all of the hardware and software sequencers available.(I worked in a MAJOR music store chain as a midi/keyboard salesperson for 11 years)There are so many great sequencer programs on the market that it is difficult, at best, to make a decision as to which one to invest in. I researched ALL available PC sequencer programs for almost a year and I chose SONAR XL. Its power, ease of use and total flexibility is unsurpassed(in my opinion)by any other sequencing program available. From the Acididized loops(Yes!-you can import and create acid loops) to the included DX synths, the DR008 drum machine, Dreamstation, Soundcanvas, the AMAZING Cyclone, the killer effects, etc., etc., etc...Look-just check it out before you make a decision-go to the Cakewalk website, check out the reviews in Mix magazine , Electronic Musician, Computer Music and see for yourself why I am so glad that I decided on choosing Sonar XL as the heart of my studio. Also worth knowing-Cakewalk has been around since the beginning. Their customer support is amazing. Their philosophy of not locking you in to only their products and format well as maintaining a truly open platform is something unique in the music software business. Purchasing Sonar XL was the best decision I've made for my music creation and production, bar none!
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Summary: very good
Review: Just a brief review....this program is very impressive.... perfect for small to medium sound productions, editing, mastering, mixing. I can immagine it working well for certain live audio situations, on a fast laptop with a soundblaster audigy external... due to its support for low latency soundcards...
On my system (sb-audigy platinum, pentium4-2.26ghz, 1gb pc4200 rdram) I was able process 3 compressor/gates, 4tap echo, 2-d fxpad w/wah and flange, parametric eq and alien guitar amp simulator in 48khz/16bit mode at 20ns latency and no drop-outs or missed buffers! and it was running at only 25% cpu... all this happening in realtime using floating point accuracy audiofx. I had some real fun playing with my guitar plugged into that ;D. I also like how it supports multi-channel mixing in hardware and software..... when my soundcard is in 4speaker mode i can control what it sent to each channel... and it also supports virtual channels for authoring 5.1, 6.1 audio that is to be exported to individual wave files for each channel. Plus it supports all the automation u would expect. All in all.... a very flexible and powerfull program.
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