Yep hospital discharges. We could get together and write essays on experiences we all have had. I had exploratory surgery as they say. Used small hernia as reason to go in. All test showed that I didn't have an appendicitis. My nurse wife thought otherwise. So long story short my wife was right and I did have what they call a chronic appendicitis and instead of rupturing it scarred over multiple times. I was having lower abdominal pain for over a year. Anyway the surgery and the recovery were shorter then my discharge from the hospital😮 They did my surgery in the afternoon and let me decide if I wanted to go home. I wanted to get out of the hospital and it took over 4 hours to get me discharged.
Finale always seems to get a bad rap. I think because it has a steep learning curve for advanced notation. But Finale for the printed page is excellent. Glad I brought it way back when. I never updated at each release. Usually skipped one or two and got the upgrade on sale price.
I restarted on Sonar 4 and didn't miss an upgrade. I know what you mean about the forum being nasty. Case in point I have more then half my post count here in less then 3 months. It took me over 14 years to get my 1200+ on the old forum. I always read posts but didn't much reply. I was afraid I'd be attacked by the few nasty members. So now I decided I would hang out more in the Coffee House and enjoy the company here.
Dreamboat Annie was one of my first LP's that I brought with my paper route money. Those of you folks that reside in the Chicagoland area will know about Rolling Stone Music Store in Norridge, IL. Got most of my records from them.
Gee I am getting old
yep go do google search on old forum about this. So far Meng has kept his word about Cakewalk. A great deal for someone wanting to learn a full featured DAW for free. Look at it this way. If for some reason it doesn't work and you were a newbie, you still would be able to transfer your knowledge gained over 90% IMO do another DAW. Not a bad return on your investment.