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Originally Posted by wamus
I don't rememeber saying I needed assistance with anything. Merely a new person here checking out threads and bumping into good 'ol manning and the PG stuff (apparently the love for it here is just as strong as on HR.com

). I certainly don't want to get into that anymore here....I've seen enough at HR.com to last a life time. I did try out Powertracks, but I'm use to my workflow in Sonar and would see no reason to change. Anyway, enough about that.
I'm using Sonar 4 and accomplishing what I need to just fine. Is that constructive enough?
P.S. I guess I came in here kind of a smart ass, but I was just amazed when I saw all the same type "PG" posting going on in here.

I'm like you. You don't need anything else. Sonar's a great program. For somebody just starting out, spending less is a better option. Then they could buy some great outboard gear.
Sorry if we seem too over inthusiastic about Powertracks. I've been using it since 96 when it only had two channels of audio, and absolutely no plugins. Man you talk about limited. But I was so uninformed about this stuff that it didn't matter. I was just trying to learn midi.
The thing is, if you have a great program and you're used to it then there is totally no use in making a change to anything. Unless the program you are using totally sucks to you, or is too complicated to understand, I say you should never change from what you are using.
Sonar and Powertracks are very much alike in operation. When I sat down at my brother in laws computer and started using Sonar for the first time I didn't have much to learn. The menus are a little different and it does do a heck of a lot more stuff than Powertracks as far as onboard bells and whistles. But I just want to produce a good sounding CD of the stuff I like to play. And the software I use will do that nicely.
Neither Manning nor myself work for Pgmusic. We don't sell the product to anybody. And I will not argue with anyone here on the merits of Powertracks versus ... whatever. But I would like to be able to mention the name of the product when I'm talking to someone here without getting my butt scortched off. I figure there are smart people on all these forums who can help me on some tuff stuff the guys on the Pgmusic forum can't. (Rare but it happens every once in a blue moon)
So if a newbie, or an oldie is looking for music software, and either of us mention ... you know who ...

Just don't get sore at us. It's the stuff we use.
Now if we are interfering with a business here on this forum, like on zZounds Tweakheadz, where Richie, the webmaster also has a music business, (and a darned good one too I might add) then I do not bring up anything that is a competitor of his. That would be in bad taste. If this is the case here then please let us know that we're stepping on toes and we'll never bring up the subject again. That'll be hard to do since this is the only software we use. Wellll ... I also use GigaStudio as well. But PTW is my sequencer of choice. Sonar is yours and there is no doublt that Sonar is a great kick butt program.
So, can we all be friends now? thumbsup