I used Cakewalk for a very long time. When things blew up I decided to look around for something else. I got Studio One and have upgraded to version 5.1. It has become my main DAW.

I downloaded Sonar by BandLab yseterday. It has been a while so I do not remember every detail of the last version of Sonar I paid for. It looked more or less the same. Missing most of the old VST's and adding a few new ones.

I also use Reaper and had Audacity on the last hard drive. I might like to try Pro Tools First just to see how it works.

Due to the failure of my old computer system and a virus I just could not get rid of I formatted the drives and started over.

Over the years I have acquired a lot of software for many different reasons...some useful and some a waist of time.

I bought Trilian A year or so ago for a little less than $300. A bit pricey but a good bass VST. Now they want $10 for me to re-download the product. I am not going broke over $10 dollars but I though that was a pretty bad business practices and would negatively influence me buying anything else from Spectrasonics.

Like it or not companies will go belly up and hardware and software will become unusable. Of course it is a question of money but in many cases it is a bigger question of having to learn how to use the new stuff.

Ever hour I spend messing around with music software is one less hour I do not spend with a guitar or piano in my hands.


Cheers.

Billy

“Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig?
“Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”