Cakewalk Music Creator vs. Sonar
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- KVRian
- 1395 posts since 16 Jan, 2004
Sorry, I can't seem to find on Cakewalk's site any side-by-side feature checklist for Music Creator vs Home Studio vs Sonar. I can't easily tell what's missing from Creator that I might need...
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- KVRAF
- 12977 posts since 29 Sep, 2003 from Ottawa, Canada
Need, or want? 
All most of us needed in the past was a 4-track Portastudio. Now, of course, we surely want and expect much more. I couldn't go back to 4-track, but on the other hand, we're spoiled for features.
Cakewalk Music Creator looks great. I'll probably demo it because I can imagine it becoming one of my 2 sub-$50 recommendations (eXT being the other one!).
Greg
All most of us needed in the past was a 4-track Portastudio. Now, of course, we surely want and expect much more. I couldn't go back to 4-track, but on the other hand, we're spoiled for features.Cakewalk Music Creator looks great. I'll probably demo it because I can imagine it becoming one of my 2 sub-$50 recommendations (eXT being the other one!).
Greg
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- Skunk Mod
- 21249 posts since 10 Jun, 2004 from Pony Pasture
Hm, don't know if there is such a chart. If so I couldn't find it. Best approach to finding people familiar with both products might be to ask in the Cakewalk forums.
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- KVRAF
- 2401 posts since 29 Dec, 2002 from In the dark
I am a SOnar user. Just looking at the MC features, it seems like the main difference is that MC is limited in the number of tracks and Sonar PE has tons of goodies included, (like the Sonitus suite, Lexicon, etc) and the synths (V-vocal, Psyn, Pentagon, etc).
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- KVRAF
- 4345 posts since 8 Mar, 2005
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1395 posts since 16 Jan, 2004
I have some old tunes, all MIDI, that need to be cleaned up so I can mix them properly. In order to do that cleanup, I need the Event viewer, for one. Not sure if Creator includes that or not.
Anyway, for that price, that's amazing for what it does include...
Anyway, for that price, that's amazing for what it does include...
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- Beware the Quoth
- 35517 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
Why? The Sonar engine has had PDC since version 1. It'd actually be more development work to remove it from the audio engine.MattmaN wrote:I'm not for sure,but I'm willing to bet it lacks PDC.
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- KVRAF
- 3158 posts since 2 Jul, 2005 from Stuck in the closet
I've used Home Studio and Sonar, and I own Music Creator 2003, but I'm not as familiar with it. Music Creator DOES have an event viewer, so you should be okay.
Sonar is the mothership and does everything. Home Studio is a stripped down version of Sonar. Home Studio is missing Sonar's retrograde function and many of Sonar's synths/effects VSTs. Music Creator is like a stripped down version of Home Studio. You can only record up to 24/48, and you're limited in the amount of tracks you can use.
Sonar is the mothership and does everything. Home Studio is a stripped down version of Sonar. Home Studio is missing Sonar's retrograde function and many of Sonar's synths/effects VSTs. Music Creator is like a stripped down version of Home Studio. You can only record up to 24/48, and you're limited in the amount of tracks you can use.
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- KVRAF
- 3476 posts since 9 Apr, 2003 from NE Ohio, USA
Based on my observation, I'd rank them this way:
Music Creator (32 audio, 128 MIDI) < Sonar Home Studio (64 audio, unlimited MIDI) < Sonar 5P and 5S
Besides the track limits, there are different bundled instruments/effects, features, etc. No idea how much code they share, if any.
Music Creator and Kinetic are making their way into other markets - for example, I've seen both at Comp-USA, and I think Best Buy as well.
Doug
Music Creator (32 audio, 128 MIDI) < Sonar Home Studio (64 audio, unlimited MIDI) < Sonar 5P and 5S
Besides the track limits, there are different bundled instruments/effects, features, etc. No idea how much code they share, if any.
Music Creator and Kinetic are making their way into other markets - for example, I've seen both at Comp-USA, and I think Best Buy as well.
Doug
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- KVRAF
- 7489 posts since 6 Jul, 2004
But I think the "wild card" now is Sonar LE, which is "free"/bundled with many Edirol interfaces, including I believe the UA-20 (which costs less than £100).
I bought a UA-25 for a relative at Christmas and set him up with LE. As a PE owner I was pretty amazed at just how much of Sonar you get in LE version. Essentially its the full programme except for
* A lower track count (but that's ared herring in this instance - few people really need enormous track counts or have hardware to support that anyway, and they wouldn't be using a UA-25 ).
* Fewer plugs (but it does include Dreamstation and Cyclone synths and the full range of earlier Sonar effects, pre-Sonitus).
Being able to buy a hardware/software bundle of that quality for that price seems to me likely to blow a big hole in "Sonar Home Studio"'s market.
I bought a UA-25 for a relative at Christmas and set him up with LE. As a PE owner I was pretty amazed at just how much of Sonar you get in LE version. Essentially its the full programme except for
* A lower track count (but that's ared herring in this instance - few people really need enormous track counts or have hardware to support that anyway, and they wouldn't be using a UA-25
).* Fewer plugs (but it does include Dreamstation and Cyclone synths and the full range of earlier Sonar effects, pre-Sonitus).
Being able to buy a hardware/software bundle of that quality for that price seems to me likely to blow a big hole in "Sonar Home Studio"'s market.