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Anyone using Sonar 4 yet ?

DaveHall	Date: November 29, 2004 @ 12:45 PM I was wondering if anyone has upgraded to Sonar 4 , I was curious about the new track folders and if anyone has tried mixing in surround sound. Thanks
JennyK	Date: December 28, 2004 @ 8:46 PM Noone?? Aww, shit.. I will be able to try it out in the next couple of weeks or so, so I'll be back
TekoBand	Date: January 2, 2005 @ 11:45 AM Dave.....Have been using it for about two-weeks now. The "Tracks Folder" is a great idea since it allows you to store tracks off screen. It is a great organizational tool if you deal with lots of various types of tracks. Haven't gotten in to the audio yet. Use mine primarilly for midi.
Soundrays	Date: March 14, 2005 @ 12:34 AM I've been using Sonar 3 for awhile and recently downloaded the Sonar 4 demo. I noticed my cpu usage was much lower while playing one of songs back in S4... I'll be upgrading for sure next month
shadowself	Date: April 1, 2005 @ 7:10 PM MmmMmMMmmMmmmm track freezing. drool I have been waiting so long for this. The nav pane is a nice touch as well.
Evenspeak	Date: July 4, 2005 @ 10:40 PM Track folders is the best. I think many audio apps could benefit by using some of the organizational tools that graphics programs use. Track folders is one such thing. Once tracks are there, you can Archive and mute them all at once...fold them up and even control their overall level. Almost like a buss. I never got Sonar 3. Went right from Pro Audio to Sonar 4. I was jacked to see busses in use, as well as rewire and soft synths. Didn't really have that functionality in Pro Audio as far as I knew. I have only Standard version, so I haven't messed with Surround, but everything else about Sonar has exceeded my expectations.
Elu	Date: July 15, 2005 @ 10:52 AM I've been on it for almost a year. It is the coolest, smoothest program, however the learning curve is steep. It took me three months to figure out the hardware and software....and then BAM! it all just worked. I love it so much....and not the way your thinking, I want to have sex with it!
Elu	Date: July 15, 2005 @ 10:53 AM I've been on it for almost a year. It is the coolest, smoothest program, however the learning curve is steep. It took me three months to figure out the hardware and software....and then BAM! it all just worked. I love it so much....and not the way your thinking, I want to have sex with it!
imemine	Date: July 15, 2005 @ 11:11 AM ----curious, what were you using before?
Elu	Date: July 15, 2005 @ 11:16 AM before Sonar 4 I used a Roland hard disc recorder...it was cool too, still got it...but I didn't want to have sex with it.
imemine	Date: July 15, 2005 @ 11:21 AM I'm still using Sonar 2.2---Upgraded from Pro Audio 9 a long time ago and that was a HUGE improvement. What is the advantage in V4 (if you know)? I didn't see a huge difference between 2.2 and 3.
Elu	Date: July 15, 2005 @ 11:34 AM You know, I'm not sure. I use Producer Edition and I know that the surround sound modeling is fairly new, I don't use it. Some of the effects processors are new, compressors and whatnot...I had checked out Sonar 3 and decided to wait for version 4 for the updated modules. I don't know that it would be any better than 3 however.
imemine	Date: July 15, 2005 @ 11:40 AM Thanks! Got all the plugs I need right now. I heard something about an improved audio engine. The workflow is supposed to be improved too with track had and stuff but that feature alone isn’t enough for me to fork out more dough. If the fidelity was considerably better, I’d consider it however I believe that most of that depends on the sound card. I guess I don’t understand enough about the audio engine process to make a logical decision. I was hoping that someone here did.
Elu	Date: July 15, 2005 @ 11:49 AM These other guys might. I use a Roland PC1 card and a Roland controller. The system works great, however I get some serious latency issues..crackles pops and dropouts unless I put a huge gap in the latency. I can't record vocals with effects and listen in real time because there is just not enough ram in my machine to get rid of the slap back. I've tried every setting imaginable. I have a gig of ram. go figure....so and improved audio engine???...not so much.
Elu	Date: July 15, 2005 @ 11:50 AM I still love it..
Durf	Date: July 23, 2005 @ 8:54 PM HELL YEAH SONAR 4 ROCKS
Elu	Date: July 25, 2005 @ 5:23 PM Does anyone know if latency issues are solved with more ram? I have a gig but am considering adding another gig. Will this help?..The processor usage never goes over 30%. I only want people to let me know if they really know the answer on this one. If not and you are not having a latency issue, tell me how your machine is set up. Thanks.
rookie0ne	Date: October 5, 2005 @ 5:12 PM I've been using Pro Audio 9 until two weeks ago when I got Sonar 4. It does work a treat. I've had no latency issues whatsoever so far (working on 9-10 tracks simultanously - recording and playing back), I set the delay to maximum. My PC is a P4 3GHz with 512MB of RAM.
sween	Date: November 3, 2005 @ 2:18 PM Im using Somar 5 now, Ive gone straight from Home studio to this and its great, producer Edition, so its got loads of stuff for me to fiddle about with