I am installing Sonar 5 on a windows machine, and am new to it.

I've been using Logic on a Mac for some years now, and wondering if there's anyone else out there in this community using this program....

Do you like its features?

Hey there gearhed, I'm much more of a Cubase guy myself, having started out on Cakewalk several years ago from a demo a friend gave me. Probably all the way back in '96 or so...yikes.

Anyway, have you ever looked through EQ magazine yet? They always have articles on a different program each month, and they've featured Sonar several times. They always have cool little tidbits about how it works and neat little tricks to get things working even better. Sometimes even though they feature another program, they'll still talk about how to get the same effect in others.

I'm just throwing it out there, although if you're as deep into this as you sound, I'm sure you've already got a subscription. If not, I highly recommend it. I've never been let down yet by anything I've gotten from the Guitar Player archive. I get Bass Player, Keyboard, and EQ.

Thanks ShackMan, I will most definitely check out EQ more thoroughly. I didn't know it had articles on different programs each month. I like the British magazine Sound on Sound for that reason- they have a column each month on major recording programs and new products, but it is a pricey mag because of the import.
EQ is very reasonably priced and I like the articles I've read in it.

I don't know Cubase that well, so I can't contribute much there, sorry.

Thanks for the recommendation!