njm255

Not trying to argue, just curious. I see a lot of people say that "their DAW" is so much better than the others and I'm curious what features Sonar has that are not commonly available in others. I've been dabbling in Cubase and haven't found anything particularly better or worse than Sonar, just different, but everybody claims one is better than the other.

I definitely understand why so many current users are upset. For someone like me who is looking at other DAWs this is actually attractive. I don’t need constant updates so I basically can get a perpetual for half the price. I’m fine using the 3rd party plugins cause that’s what I’m used to anyway. What I really don’t like is how they linked up with Tunecore. Dumb move.

I wouldn't touch Tunecore, a lot of controversy around them. I don't know all the details but a quick YouTube search will show you.

Yeah I was able to get everything how I wanted using the zones and track view but I guess I'm spoiled having that feature in Sonar

Please tell me they don’t charge almost $600 full price and you can’t even rearrange the tracks in the console view.

This offer made me curious so I've downloaded the trial. So far it's good. Going to really dive into the MIDI since that's what everybody is raving about with Cubase.

I would think a business calculates that more people would pay the cheaper subscription price than the higher perpetual license price. So in actuality the number of buyers would be lower than the number of subscribers. Also you'd have to take into account the length of a subscription. Will it be month to month where you can drop at any time or are you locked in for the year? Not to mention a lot of people forget they're even subscribed and will still be getting charged even if they don't use the product anymore. It's not really as simple as you say and subscriptions obviously are profitable because all these companies are moving in that direction. The corporate world won't waste time and energy on something that won't bring back a profit. Bandlab's main goal is most likely to draw more people into the Bandlab ecosystem hence why this initial Sonar release is tied into a Bandlab subscription instead of being a separate release. Perpetual licenses won't do that. We'll find out eventually.

It comes down to whatever Bandlab decides their customer base will/should be. Younger and newer musicians/producers will probably lean towards subscriptions more, whereas those who are more seasoned and in this for business are much more likely to want an outright purchase. Are they looking to compete with Protools/Logic/Cubase/Studio One with Sonar being claimed as a more professional DAW or just looking to draw the less "professional" artists in with this being a nice add-on to Bandlab or offered as part of some other subscription package? We really won't know until they make an official announcement. With this current release it does come across as though they're trying to feel out how open people are to a subscription package.

I'm real curious to hear what you all think of this. This looks like it could be pretty incredible.

I had wanted this one years ago when I first started switching to vst pianos, but at the time I couldn’t afford it. By the time I could I found others I liked. Had to buy it this time though, so I’ll get to try it out tonight.

They have some great plugins. I use their tape plugin all the time. Their channelstrip plugin is nice too. One of the better companies to use.

Yes! Thank you!

Was holding on to Cakewalk but with this deal now it might be time for me to finally switch. Looking at the Studio One features it definitely has some impressive tools I would appreciate and does seem to be more advanced than Cakewalk.

I was surprised it worked for me but when it did I ran with it.

I used the 10% off code, the free bundle code and the code to get amek at $99.99. After all the discounts it came out to $27.09