Good deal on Cakewalk Sonar Home Studio 7 ($49)

[thefyn]

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/navigation?q=Cakewalk+SONAR+Home+Studio+7+

At Musicians Freind if the link does not work.

Half off.

Between this and the $20 SS drums it is a pretty good time to buy.

 

[Jind]

That's not a bad deal, just be aware that the Home 7 version is a good entry level product, but still far short of say Sonar Producer 8.5. However, it would be a good entry point as it will get you discounted upgrade options to either Sonar 8.5 Producer or Studio.

I started with Home Studio 6, upgraded to Sonar Studio 7, then upgraded to Sonar 8.5 Producer last year.

The XL version they have listed does have some nice additional features over the standard version - it includes Cakewalk's Studio Instruments (drums, bass, strings, and electric piano), Studio Devil VGA+ Guitar Amp Simulator, Boost 11 Peak Limiter, Dimension LE, and Garritan Pocket Orchestra. That might be worth the additional $50 to someone looking for a few additional items.

Once again however - it's a pretty good entry into recording and will provide a great start into the world of Cakewalk - but if I was to do it all over again, I would have just saved my pennies and gone direct to the Producer edition if Sonar is what you are looking into.

 

[TheWinterSnow]

that's a pretty sweet deal, I remember when I bought home studio 2004 so that I could start recording, cost me $100.

OT: we need more Sonar users around here, I am tired of feeling like a minority!

 

[thefyn]

That's not a bad deal, just be aware that the Home 7 version is a good entry level product, but still far short of say Sonar Producer 8.5. However, it would be a good entry point as it will get you discounted upgrade options to either Sonar 8.5 Producer or Studio.

I started with Home Studio 6, upgraded to Sonar Studio 7, then upgraded to Sonar 8.5 Producer last year.

The XL version they have listed does have some nice additional features over the standard version - it includes Cakewalk's Studio Instruments (drums, bass, strings, and electric piano), Studio Devil VGA+ Guitar Amp Simulator, Boost 11 Peak Limiter, Dimension LE, and Garritan Pocket Orchestra. That might be worth the additional $50 to someone looking for a few additional items.

Once again however - it's a pretty good entry into recording and will provide a great start into the world of Cakewalk - but if I was to do it all over again, I would have just saved my pennies and gone direct to the Producer edition if Sonar is what you are looking into.

I think if people are honest, they probably don't use 5% of Sonar 8's capabilities. I think most people are like me DKFH, sansamp bass, guitar tracking and VST effects.

Which (I hope!) can all be done in Home Studio.

I've had a great week in bargains: Sonar S for $49, Amplitube live 2 for $15, some Breverb rooms/plates for $15 and of course the Steve Slate $20 deal. All for less than $100.

Very fancy. All up in the interwebs...YO NINJA, GO!

 

[Jind]

I think if people are honest, they probably don't use 5% of Sonar 8's capabilities. I think most people are like me DKFH, sansamp bass, guitar tracking and VST effects.

Which (I hope!) can all be done in Home Studio.

I've had a great week in bargains: Sonar S for $49, Amplitube live 2 for $15, some Breverb rooms/plates for $15 and of course the Steve Slate $20 deal. All for less than $100.

Very fancy. All up in the interwebs...YO NINJA, GO!

For sure you will be able to do all that in Sonar Home, and Home has definitely matured into a great product, the areas where it is lacking can mostly be made up for with other VSTs as the selection it comes with is a little limited.

I agree - we need more sonar users around here as it is a great program to work in.

I recommend anyone getting into sonar as a DAW buy the book "Sonar Power 8" by Scott Garrigus (yes, sonar 8 - it covers the features in Home 7/7XL). It's a great resource that many call the missing manual for Sonar.

http://www.garrigus.com/pwrbkinf.asp?BookID=12

 

[thefyn]

For sure you will be able to do all that in Sonar Home, and Home has definitely matured into a great product, the areas where it is lacking can mostly be made up for with other VSTs as the selection it comes with is a little limited.

I agree - we need more sonar users around here as it is a great program to work in.

I recommend anyone getting into sonar as a DAW buy the book "Sonar Power 8" by Scott Garrigus (yes, sonar 8 - it covers the features in Home 7/7XL). It's a great resource that many call the missing manual for Sonar.

http://www.garrigus.com/pwrbkinf.asp?BookID=12

Yep. I actually decided to go the Home Studio route after going to Namm. I used Sonar 7 with my old band, but I didn't want to shell out that kind of dosh with my own bedroom project. I went to the Cakewalk booth, told them what i did/needed, and he told me Home Studio is good for me. Which was good because he didn't try and upsell me.

Really nice bloke helping me out too.

 

[Jind]

I just saw that Cakewalk is offering a really good upgrade price for users of Sonar 8.5 Studio upgrade to Sonar 8.5 Producer for only $99.00 right now. That's a great deal as when I made the jump from Studio to Producer it was like $249.00 back in version 7.

http://www.store.cakewalk.com/b2cus/ProductInfo.aspx?productID=16-CWSP8.50-2RCB