Rich, I use SONAR for MIDI editing (although I also use BIAB a lot, too). I'm not sure what MIDI editing features come with the less expensive versions of SONAR, though.

Something to consider is that you can edit MIDI several ways: musical staff view (traditional notation), piano roll view, or step-by-step editing of events in a text presentation. While SONAR's staff view has some shortcomings, some other DAWs have no staff view editing at all. Check that before purchasing.


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