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...Switched to Sonar 1 as the user interface seemed to make more sense, and stayed with it....

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Just read this back and realised it looks like I never upgraded - actually I bought v1, 2, 3, 5 & 6. Thinking about 8.

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Amiga Bars `n Pipes Pro (still use it for all MIDI and controlling the studio automation, such as it is)

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My god you've flooded back some memories of my childhood - remember when this was given away for free on Amiga Format. Unfortunately I never got used to the interface (hey I was young, and more interested in Amiga MOD software).

I've "upgraded" to Notator on the Atari... brilliant piece of kit for all my midi needs. In fact I now own 2 Atari's... one for midi, and the other has Steinberg Avalon which I use with the Akai S950 (lo-fi goodness).

Aside from the above I mainly use Steinberg Cubase, and Ableton Live. Some people kinda mock Live as a toy, but it's actually pretty cool if you're from a sampling background.

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I paid £50 for a used copy of the last build of Bars b pipes pro and don`t regret a penny of it, even after it was given away free. I have all the manuals etc.
And after zero development since I dont know when by the originalwriters, it still works better for me than anything else I have used.
Oh and this mad, wonderful German guy called Alfred Faust has bee developing a version that works on PC AND re-writing the original app with the original author`s blessing.
Amiganauts are all basically nuts, but we still have the most thriving userbase of any of the old boxes.

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Me? But I`m such a loveable old bugger!

Well I am another UK based Sonar user.

I started with Cadenza way back (I supposed it was a midi sequencer, not really a DAW), then moved to Cakewalk after evaluating the LE versions of Cakewalk and Cubase. I found Cakewalk more intuitive.

Since then various versions of Sonar, all studio edition, until upgrading to Sonar 8 producer edition recently for the bundled add-ons.

Started on an early version of Cakewalk, and stopped at Cakewalk 9. Once they came out with Sonar, I made the jump to Cubase VST v.5 as I was not fond of the way Sonar looked and operated.

I have stuck with Cubase every since, although I did have a failed short-term relationship with Samplitude that never worked out, although I did buy the program, it sits unused at version 9.1 in a box on a shelf. I also dabbled with Acid back at version 3, but really only used it to stretch drum loops. Also had Sound Forge a long time ago...

I am currently on Cubase 4.5.2, but I am also a big Wavelab fan, and have had versions 3,4,5 and 6.

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"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake" ~Napoleon Bonaparte~

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... I did have a failed short-term relationship with Samplitude that never worked out, although I did buy the program, it sits unused at version 9.1 in a box on a shelf.

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Might be worth trying it again DH - I understand the Lynx issue was fixed and Lynx issued firmware upgrades.

I understand it all works fine now.

Samplitude 10 was even better and v11 is due any day now.

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President - Federation Internationale des Chasseurs de Sons

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Might be worth trying it again DH - I understand the Lynx issue was fixed and Lynx issued firmware upgrades.

I understand it all works fine now.

Samplitude 10 was even better and v11 is due any day now.

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I have another friend that keeps telling me that too!

The issue at this point is that I invested the time to learn Samplitude because I was frustrated with Steinberg's policies (still am). But when it didn't work, it left a bad taste in my mouth, and I wasted a lot of time that I didn't have. I am rolling pretty good with Cubase 4.52 right now, and am in the middle of a couple of big projects. Maybe when things calm down, I will consider it again.

Thanks for your encouragement John.

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"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake" ~Napoleon Bonaparte~

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Might be worth trying it again DH - I understand the Lynx issue was fixed and Lynx issued firmware upgrades.

I understand it all works fine now.

Samplitude 10 was even better and v11 is due any day now.

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I have another friend that keeps telling me that too!

The issue at this point is that I invested the time to learn Samplitude because I was frustrated with Steinberg's policies (still am). But when it didn't work, it left a bad taste in my mouth, and I wasted a lot of time that I didn't have. I am rolling pretty good with Cubase 4.52 right now, and am in the middle of a couple of big projects. Maybe when things calm down, I will consider it again.

Thanks for your encouragement John.

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I think the cure ended up being a firmware upgrade for the Lynx.

I must admit, that what made me happy (rather than a sour taste) was that both Samplitude and Lynx together worked hard at the problem until it was fixed.

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John - Sound-Link ProAudio
President - Federation Internationale des Chasseurs de Sons

I'm a Steiny user dating back to way before I care to remember! When I started using Cubase, this was all fields as far as the eye can see!

Started with Cubase ver 1.0 on the ST. Progressed through to ver 3. Then changed to Cubase Audio when the Atari Falcon was released!

Moved to the PC platform when Atari stopped making the Falcon. Progressed through all the PC versions right up to Cubase 5. Even dabbled with Nuendo for a brief spell.

So, this year I've been using cubase for 20 years! On that note I'm going for a cup of tea and a lie down!

TPWUK

good grief... there's a name i've not seen in a while....


pearlworks.... a hero by any other name.....



anyhooo

Logic by preference.... Protools often, when required, (does buying upgrades count as bought? if the original came with the hardware?? ) Nuendo and cubase only when I have to.....

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good grief... there's a name i've not seen in a while....


pearlworks.... a hero by any other name.....

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lol.....it's been a while...how are you doing?

The martine has returned..........

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Samplecraze
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The martine has returned..........

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I had to look that one up Zuk! Good job I have my Brutal Appellatives and Scientific Adjectives handbook close to hand!

Cypseline

Dragged reluctantly kicking and screaming into the non-tape age... started with Cubase SE3 and for the most part liked it, but found it a little limiting, but eventually after RTFM'ing it made sense.

Got a copy of SL3, still RTFM'ing, getting on OK with it for the most part... except when I dont and threaten to use Reaper instead... but despite all its attractions, still dont find it quite as intuitive. Tried Tracktion as well, even bought 2&3, but still... didnt have that immediacy. You'd still end up spending more time RTFM'ing than creating.

What I'd yearn for is something with the intuitiveness (for the most part) of Cubase (particularly where MIDI is concerned), with the added plug-ins of Sonar, the development & support flexibility and the cost model of Reaper... and the plug in and play immediacy of the old days of tape...

...Without the added complications of Microshaft Windozzzzze and registration of vst's particularly with NI!

Not too much to ask, surely....

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The martine has returned..........

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I had to look that one up Zuk! Good job I have my Brutal Appellatives and Scientific Adjectives handbook close to hand!

Cypseline

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Woa, that was a Google affair.

Myrmecophagine

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Samplecraze
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The martine has returned..........

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I had to look that one up Zuk! Good job I have my Brutal Appellatives and Scientific Adjectives handbook close to hand!

Cypseline

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Woa, that was a Google affair.

Myrmecophagine

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Hardcore!

Catarrhine

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Catarrhine

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Upped the stakes huh?

Actinine

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Samplecraze
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Catarrhine

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Upped the stakes huh?

Actinine

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Jeez...things have certainly moved on! I had to google like a pro for that one! Good old Google...I'd be stuffed without it!

Troglodytine

We shall continue this via PMs as it's way OT...............but fun to have you back m8.



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Hi, my name's Shostakovitch and I'm an alcoho......I mean Cakewalk addict.

Been with Cakewalk for over 10 years,can't stop myself upgrading to every latest version, now using Sonar Producer 8. Almost got the hang of it as well.

Cakewalk user forum has to be the most unfriendly, unhelpful forum I've ever visited. But apart from that.....

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Excelling at mediocrity for 58 years.

PC: Arboretum Prism (anyone remember that?!) > Cubase VST3.7 > Cubase VST5 32 > SX1 > SX3 > SX4 > SX5

Mac: Cubase SX3 > Cubase 4 > Cubase 5

Also bought Logic 5.5 and could never get on with it. Later bought Logic Pro 7 and upgraded to 8. Use it occasionally.

Also PT LE6.9 > PTLE 7.4 > PT LE8. Sometimes use, though the lack of ADC and tie in to PT hardware puts me off.

Also Wavelab 2.0 > Wavelab 4.0 > Wavelab 5 > Wavelab 6.

...but mainly for me it's Cubase.

Gee, if we're into history .....

... started with Roland Audio Producer and a RAP 10 ...

... then in 1995 discovered Samplitude v2.52.

Despite going through Cubase VST & SX, Adobe Audition and Pro Tools LE, Samplitude is still my #1 DAW.

started with cubase score on a mac LCII - good

upgraded to cubase VST32 on an imac - middling

last year upgraded to logic 8 on a macbook pro - outstanding

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Jesus, if you wrote Sonar and looked at this thread, you'd be having kittens...

Just the one user then?

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Sonar LE, Sonar 5 and now Sonar 6.


Alex

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quite a few of us seem to have stopped at Sonar 6.
I keep looking at 7 and 8 and thinking "they don`t do anything I really HAVE to have".
Nowadays I seemto be concentrating more on making music than playing with new toys.
Well, apart from the UAD1 (grin)

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Me? But I`m such a loveable old bugger!

Yep I only upgraded to 6 to get sme VST bug fixes. I don't care about all that clever audio quantisation they put in, and never use groove clips.

Although, they seem to have put sidechaining into 8, which I do want {sigh}

If Reaper had been around 10 years ago I would have started with that, it's got everything I need, but I can't be bothered to switch.

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getting better all the time..

my biggest prob with reaper is the flakiness and lack of features I NEED not want in MIDI
And apparenlty i AM NOT ALONE IN FINDING THE LATEST VERSION A RTIFLE BUGGY.

oh poo! One of these days I will either learn to touch type or just rip the capslock key off every PC I own.

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Me? But I`m such a loveable old bugger!

Noone for Fruity Loops?

Oh, DAW that you BOUGHT . . .

Logic and Ableton (which I use as a DAW).

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No longer a forum member.

Started out with Prodigy on the Atari ST - has anyone else even heard of that? (following a brief spell with a Cheetah MIDI interface for the Spectrum..)

Been with Logic since Gold 4, and still blown away by what you get in the box for 300 quid nowadays. (When I were a lad etc etc)

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Started out with Prodigy on the Atari ST - has anyone else even heard of that?

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Sure.

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(following a brief spell with a Cheetah MIDI interface for the Spectrum..)

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Hehe - did you have SpecDrum as well?

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Been with Logic since Gold 4, and still blown away by what you get in the box for 300 quid nowadays. (When I were a lad etc etc)

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Yeah. I started by doing sound on sound between two cassette recorders when I was about 10, then with a crappy 4-track portastudio. Kids today don't know how good... blah blah

Reaper for me these days, does everything we wan't to do perfectly. Holding on V2.58 at the mo until any bugs have been knocked out of 3.x. Might use it then, may not bither though as this does everything i need.

I'm an ex logic pc user, but Apple dumped me so fukem!

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Hehe - did you have SpecDrum as well?

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Ha, did you? No, I've just checked it out and I don't know how it passed me by! The Spectrum music era was pretty short-lived - I quickly realised that a Cheetah interface and a Yamaha PSR32 weren't going to adequately service my vaulting ambitions to be the new Vince Clarke...

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I started by doing sound on sound between two cassette recorders when I was about 10, then with a crappy 4-track portastudio. Kids today don't know how good... blah blah

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Yeah, our first "mixer" was a block of 8 phono sockets wired to each other on the back. It did a surprisingly reasonable job. Anyway, apologies for the thread creep, is there a "Nostalgia's not what it used to be" forum...?

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Ha, did you? No, I've just checked it out and I don't know how it passed me by!

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No - a bug in one the many indie/goth bands at my school did though.

My first actual drum machine was a Boss Dr Rhythm...