That would make for an excellent topic Jon. I've worked quite a bit with Sonar and a few other apps, and several other members here have likely worked with other ones that I haven't. All of the mid to high level ones seem to be very good to me, with a few differences in the interface between them. I'm just used to Cakewalk stuff. I started out with their low end sequencer called Metro, as it came bundled with my soundcard. Metro, like some of the other low to mid end apps, is pretty good as well.

BTW, Having an app like Sonar isn't an absolute must either, because you could also do all of your midi editing in XG works and then export to a program like Power Tracks or N Track, for work on the audio. Both of these are literally a fraction of the cost. I used to work like this myself, and it was quite ok.

Where an App like Sonar ( substitute Cubase, Nuendo, Logic etc ) becomes most useful to me is when I want to incorporate detailed midi editing, good audio facilties, and the use of DXi - Vst effects and / or Vst instruments all under one "roof".

AJ

[This message has been edited by Bluezplayer (edited 01-17-2005).]