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Cakewalk Sonar 2, 3 and 5
 Midi sequencer and audio recording suite developed only for the windows platform. Sonar 2 was a major improvement on Sonar 1 and the forerunner Cakewalk Pro Audio series. It has a fully specified sequencer for driving your midi compatible kit, and is a fully specced multi-track recorder as well. In terms of the major packages like Logic, Cubase SX, Nuendo, Samplitude etc this is a contender. Sonar 3 delivered better and more flexible audio bussing, with improved core effects and lots of bundled instruments. Version 5 went further, bundling in a convolution reverb and even more plug-ins.
The ASIO implementation within Sonar is now up to the same sort of standard as the other major sequencers, but still Cakewalk refuse to embody native support for VST instruments and effects. They claimed that it was in 5, but it isn't, all they did was make the wrapper invisible, it is still as clunky as it ever was.
So, for me, I have been a small time user of Cubase SX2 and I decided to switch to using that. I purchased the upgrade to SX3, which addressed many of the problems I had with using SX2 and that is now my sequencer of choice. Is it better? Well, it's different. But you don't get all the stupidity of not being able to handle a VST properly..
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