Black Friday best deals. Windows Windows. Most Popular. New Releases. Desktop Enhancements. Networking Software. Trending from CNET. Download Now. Developer's Description By Matterform Media. Sonar can be useful for several purposes: Run Sonar before installing a new program so you can see exactly what gets installed. Then you can remove it later if necessary. Use Sonar to troubleshoot Spotlight-related slowdowns on your computer.
Sonar will show you highly active files that you might want to consider adding to the Spotlight exclusion list to avoid frequent re-indexing.
Developers can use Sonar to monitor how frequently their software writes to the hard drive. Developers can use this information to optimize their program's hard drive usage. Full Specifications. What's new in version 2. Sonar 2. It is expected to remain compatible with the soon-to-be-released Snow Leopard, Apple's new OS scheduled to be released later this year.
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Related Software. Surf the Web securely via VPN service. Hands Off! Free to try. Monitor your computer and protect your privacy. I recently made the switch to Mac after nearly two decades of using windows PC. I definitely appreciate apples attention to quality and design. They support firewire which is a must have for audio interfaces. In general I think OSX is a better environment for creating music. I can not give up windows because I am a windows software developer.
The good news is you can run both on a mac! So even i soanr mac will exists and even if i own a mac , i will use it under windows like all other software You've either: a got a crystal ball b have hard data to prove such a statement. And in spite of it all, I've never been happier making music on a computer than since I've made the switch. In fact, I've never cared less about benchmarks, statistics, graphics and curves.
All the computer talk is a thing of the past - I'm a musician again. As far as I'm concerned, the proof is in the pudding - I, as a Mac user, am thinking music. You are thinking statistics. Now, as a musician, if I end up thinking statistics, something's not working as it should.
No matter how much better that system is in theory - it has failed in it's primary goal - to be transparent, not a source of preoccupation but a simple mean. Quite probably it seems. Is it "better"? That's a different story. Though I've said it before and I'll say it again - I don't think it'd be a wise move for Cakewalk to waste efforts and money developing on the Mac platform.
Max Output Level: Meh, in a few years none of this will matter anyway. There'll be abstraction layers that can match native performance or reduce it to be moot. Won't that be great? Scott Lee. Thank you rain, you saved me from typing the same message. I love being just a musician again on my Mac.
Group hug. I'm testing it since this afternoon!!! UA1G , so a real situation Will post results and conclusions if you guyz want All i can say is that i want the mbp bad , but for now I just got a new pc from Jim Roseberry this past week.
Press record, play live all at once room was full of friends. At 32 samples, it doesn't break a sweat, let alone make me think about anything other than music.
You don't need a Mac to be able to 'be a musician'. Just a smart builder using the right parts. Thanks Jim!! And yours looks like a killer machine indeed. On the other hand, ordering a custom made dedicated PC from a specialist is a whole different thing than buying a PC and hot-roding it yourself, or putting one together from scratch.
You're having someone taking care of everything for you. It's much closer to the "Mac user experience" philosophy. That's where all the line between the arguments begin to blur. A PC like that, though certainly not overpriced, is more expensive than just a PC. There's no magic - you either spend the money or the energy. One could argue that they're still way less expensive than a Mac, but that's omitting as is always the case in this type of discussion that Macs have an astonishing resale value.
So, no doubt you can "be a musician" on a PC, but there's a lot of fine prints that many tend to overlook when the age old debate starts. Zo I'm testing it since this afternoon!!!
Hope it works for you, mon ami. My own humble road setup is based around a late MacBook Pro. Projects here usually sit somewhere between 30 and 40 tracks. To be honest, I tend to render most virtual instruments early in the process - not because my machine hits its limits but because that's how I work - so I can't say that I really push it.
Of course, once I switch from tracking mode to mixing mode, I discard low latency as I don't really need it. But I can't say that I had to compromise in the tracking process so far. I use EQ and compressors on almost every track fortunately for me, not only are Logic's own particularly efficient, but that compressor is my absolute favorite all around , as many busses as I need, usually a couple of reverbs, delay, and plenty of automation.
The experience has been so pleasant that the minute we settle down back home, I'm getting a Mac Pro for the studio. No matter if it is not as powerful as the biggest PC out there.
At this point, I can't imagine how that could prevent me from bringing any full scale project to completion. It reaches a point where its all theoretical. I use to spend my time fixing, tweaking, updating and all the other thrills that come with the world of windows. Now I dabble in photography, film as well as my music of course.
If that is what you enjoy, hats off to you!! Im enjoying spending more time creating content and being a full time musician. Thanks for the specs and data sheets, I have 3 pcs and 1 mac pro to tell my own conclusions. Stick with that works, Im not out to sell you anything.
Just sharing my amazing experience thus far. Would it be cool to have Sonar on Mac? I guess. Would it be as stable as Sonar on Windows? Probably not. Sonar was made with the Windows platform in mind. Their programmers work closely with MS to stay in spec. Other DAWs are just ports and don't work as well. It's pretty good, though not quite as good as Sonar.
For instance, it lacks instrument definitions for hardware synths. Studio One is cross-platform, but nothing can beat Sonar on the Windows platform! Scott Lee jshep I just got a new pc from Jim Roseberry this past week. Man, you're up early. What time is it down there in California, 5 am? I became knowledgable enough to be the IT guys' best friend where I used to work because I spared them a lot of job, troubleshooting and fixing things for the staff.
So I guess it was valuable. For as long as we had to squeeze everything out of our machines to get where we wanted, I think the PC was the better option. At this point in the game however, with all the overhead, it's theoretical. Most of my buddies who operate studios back home aren't even using hardware-based Pro Tools rigs. In fact, the majority are using Logic. And they're pouring out records. So I guess it works, at least as good as anything else.
They're all Mac based, and native. May I ask what version it is that you tried?
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