Hi I was originally a cubase guy on pc but I lost a lot of my eye sight so had to get another option, I then got in to sonar for a while but must say never liked it and recently started using pro tools. Sonar was very frustrating coming from cubase and I never even bothered learning to do everything on it. My opinion is that sonar is more a program for musicians as where pro tools and cubase is for more professional sound engineers. Not that I'm saying it doesn't have all the funktions and I'm not saying musicians arn't pro, as far as I'm concerned pro tools, sonar, cubase, neuendo etc. all have mostly the same funktions or at least most stuff you'll need but sonar is simpler to use in a way if you don't have any previous experience with a DAW. So what I'm actually saying is if you don't have any DAW or sound knoledge it would be easyer to learn to use sonar than to learn cubase or pro tools from scratch. It's a lot easyer to go from cubase to pro tools in terms of the ways to do certain stuff but as I said all DAWs has the same funktions just different ways of getting there. Pro tools will take you some time to figure out coming from your knoledge with sonar but put some time in to it it's definatly worth it.
Jean-Philippe Rykiel wrote: > Dear Kevin, > these podcasts are really worth listening. They told me everything I wanted > to know about the subject and more. > Thanks for your commitment. > JPR > http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel > http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kevin Reeves > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 2:22 AM > Subject: Re: Pro Tools VS Sonar > > > Hey Gean. Take a listen to my Pro Tools Random thoughts podcast. I detail > as much as I can the differences, in myu mind, between sonar and PT. Go to > www.kevinreeves.net. The top most blog post had both the random podcast and > part 1 of the tutorial. Hope this helps. > > Kevin > On May 2, 2011, at 8:19 PM, Jean-Philippe Rykiel wrote: > > > Hi Jesse and all, > > here is another Mac Newby. Like Jesse, I have been using sonar for > > years, and I'm interested in the differences between both daws. > > I don't think I will be giving up sonar soon, because it took me years > > to feel comfortable with it, but my goal is slightly different. I just > > bought a six-month-old MacBook Pro, and I want to use it as a portable > > studio with ProTools, and a decent soundcard of course. > > So in fact, I will be using both daws for different types of projects, > > and probably transfer things from one to another. > > Hope someone else on this list has been using both and can give us > > some advice. > > Best regards > > Jean-Philippe Rykiel > > http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel > > http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel > > > > On 11 mar, 23:51, Jesse <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Well, Sound Forge is a totally different beast, as PT is a multitrack > >> DAW, and Forge was more of a 2-track recording and mastering suite. I > >> only use that for 2-track mixdowns, although I'd like to start doing > > Well> those by sending out stems from PT to a mixer, and then back > > into the > >> system. More control that way. I just want some tips on switching from > >> one multitrack system to the other. Pros, cons, etc. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> J. R. Westmoreland wrote: > >>> Oh yes. They are different in approach. I'm coming from a Soundforge > >>> background and while I've found that there are the same functions, the > way > >>> you accomplish them is quite a bit different. You will have to know > what you > >>> want to do then rebuild a new set of mental tasks to do it. > >> > >>> I've found the teleconferences a good way to help you with this task. > There > >>> are a number of people who are on that road ahead of you that can give > you > >>> good ideas and suggestions. > >> > >>> Best, > >>> J. R. > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf > >>> Of Jesse > >>> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 10:21 AM > >>> To: Pro Tools Accessibility > >>> Subject: Pro Tools VSSonar > >> > >>> Hello list. I am a newby when it comes to Pro Tools, but have had a > studio > >>> usingSonarfor years. In fact, my Mac is still set up with Boot Camp so I > >>> can runSonar, but I am ready to make the plunge into Mac stability in > the > >>> studio. Is it possible for anybody to highlight the main differences in > >>> approach with these two programs? I have read the PT manual, and they > seem > >>> similar in functionality, but difrerent in approach. Your thoughts? > >>> Jesse
