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So, I would like to have a new Music PC. My old one I feel is lacking in a few places (it is 5+ years old, and a mishmash of old parts some going bacl to 2011). I have decided after always using Intel that I can get a fairly decent Ryzen CPU for a decent price. And it seems Ryzen are now settled and comparable to Intel for music production. Spec : Case : bequiet Pure Base 501 MOBO : Asus TUF gaming B650E wifi (though I will not be using wifi I have a cat 7 cable access) CPU : Ryzen 7 7700 8 core/16 thread 3.8 - 5.3GHz turbo 65w (using integrated graphics i don't game) Cooler : be quiet Pure rock 2 RAM : 32Gb (2x16gb) Corsair DDR5 Vemngeance 5600MHz PSU : be quiet Pure Power 12M 80 Plus Gold OS drive : 1TB WD Blue SN5000 NVMe PCIe 4.0 Storage : 2TB WD Blue SN5000 NVMe PCIe 4.0 Plus I have 2x 1TB of Crucial MX500 ssd from the old system I will also use in this build OS : W11 Home (I have always used home versions of windows and am unsure if pro would be a benefit) All this would be approx £1025. Considering I paid more than that in 2011 for an i3- 540/4gb system in 2011. Seems to be fair-ish. I could have an Intel system built around and i5-14600K for about £150 more.But the Intel history lately has made me think. And Ryzen seem on a par and work with Sonar/Cakewalk. Any feed back appreciated. It's a simple build but capable I feel. I do not game it is purely for music creation. Thanks.

I'm running both Cakewalk by Bandlab and the new Sonar free tier on an i5 - 10600. Without any issues. Infact it seems more efficient on the new Sonar.

Good to see it's being covered. However about half the comments are based on misinformation, misunderstanding, old pre-conceptions, and Redditt bollocks. I've commented on the BPB article as it seems some are incapable of reading/researching.

Check your emails as i have received a 10% off loyalty code as well.

You just need to ensure you are online and signed in or around that date. It will renew for another month as CWbB does at present.

Just want to say thank you. been using Sonar since V2. And was happy with Cakewalk by Bandlab. Installed the new "free tier". No issues. It imported all my settings. Scanned all Vst without problems (incl some 32 bit stuff). And just tested some projects for a release that all imported fine (and seemed quicker to load, but may be my wishful thinking). The "countdown" in order to use the program seems a small price to pay. And any withheld features don't appear to be a stumbling block. This should put Sonar back near the top for "free" DAW software. If I have any critisicm it is that having worked in Market Research for two decades. The launch could be better focussed and implemented. With plans for a new audio PC to be built. I do feel I can stay now. After all decades of familiarity are not to be squandered. Again many thanks to the Bakers and Meng.

Grabbed it as soon as I saw MusicMan post. Thanks ! (this now my 3rd Bloom freebie from PB - wait long enough maybe gettem all!)

Andertons, Gear4Music and SCAN are long established (GAK has closed down). And yes Thomann will deliver to the UK. I've used SCAN a fair bit and Gear4Music without issues.

Great mix (particularly on the drums). Reminds me a bit of old heros of mine The Comsat Angels. Bravo

On the web page above it states it has an integrated format converter. So drop sf, acidized WAV onto it. I have all my Dimension Pro instruments also in Sforzando as a back up should DimPro ever stop working due to windows etc

Got this off the KVR site Preliminary native Linux ARM64+AMD64 build (link). Preliminary native Windows 11 ARM64 build. "bank.xml" style products are now registered at user level. UI transpose now allows from -48:+48 semi. Fixed sample=*sine generator when oversampled. CC7 and CC10 removed from 'generic controls - they are always in the main UI. Implemented LFOX_depthadd like supported by Dimension Pro 1.5. Polyaft modulation targets are now polyphonic.

Plogue have updated Sforzando the free SFZ player to V1.980 https://www.plogue.com/products/sforzando.html

Thanks Larry T. Very kind of you !

Don't think they have updated their site yet. I have U14 and looked at U15 update. NI want £359, PB £179, Thomann £171.

Thank you. Very encouraging and appreciated.