vinnie tieto Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 Hi folks! After a long layoff, I'm getting back into recording and I've owned both Sonar and Reason for many years. I'm equally rusty on both so "use the one you know best" isn't a factor. MIDI and audio are both important to me. I upgraded Sonar regularly until about the time it became BandLab. I tried the BandLab (free) version about five years ago for a simple vocal track and found it to be buggy. I know Reason has never been considered a "top-tier" DAW but there are things about it l like. I've never actually used it to record audio. What do you recommend here? Two more things: This isn't my main pursuit so speed and minimal roadblocks and gotcha's are important. Also, I recently lost my job so keeping expenses down is desirable. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwallie Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 from what you say (cbb buggy, reason things you like) i'd suggest reason, but once you get back into it, cbb will prolly give you more features/functionality /havefun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Kelley Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 (edited) I would say CbB by a slight margin or the new Sonar if you don't mind only being able to rent it. We're not allowed to discuss the competition on this forum but your other option isn't bad but CbB has come a long way. Try it again with the newest version. Edited October 14 by Terry Kelley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amberwolf Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 (edited) Just curious: If you are already familiar with it, and want to save money, why not just use the Sonar you already have? My ancient version still works just fine (even if it doesn't have a number of features the newer ones do) for the music I make, running on a Windows10 machine (it would probably run on 11 as well if my hardware/interface would). And as well, if you already have Reason, then there's no reason to not use it as well; whatever tasks a program is good at (or that you prefer the process in) is a good tool to keep around and use for. I also use Cooledit (even older than SONAR) and Audacity for editing tasks that SONAR isn't useful for or good at, and various other bits and bobs for conversions, etc. Edited October 14 by Amberwolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pathfinder Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 (edited) CWBL has a come a very long way. That would be my choice. I had a similar choice with "a competitors daw". I chose CW and am very glad I did. Also, I am not familiar with Reason but the support you get on this forum is second to none IMHO! Edited October 16 by Pathfinder 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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