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Originally Posted by kennyc
and hey as far as music, what the heck's wrong with Sonar?  |
Are you talking about Cakewalk -- a/k/a Sonar -- which my PC collaborators and competitors used to use back in the day? Nothing's wrong with it, nor was there anything wrong with Acid or even Logic back when it was cross-platform. Even today, a number of pro music applications are also available for the PC. I also remember Fruity Loops, which has since morphed into a formidable workstation as well. It was never through-composed enough for me, but I still like the piano roll window that contains actual notes.
Given the fact Cakewalk was bought by Roland, I'd expect it to have some excellent sounding modules and keyboard integration options. I've probably played every Roland keyboard in existence.
If I myself were producing and arranging on a PC, I'd probably prefer a combination of Protools, Cubase and Reason (which engineer friends actually love). For experimental dance music, there's still Reaktor and Ableton Live (I love the fact it was created by the duo from Monolake).
The problem is, I'm talking about tablet use. I still haven't seen anything as good for Android as the Korg DS-10 was for that little Nintendo DS. That's how far from useful Android has been for music so far.
As far as music notation, there's still Finale and Sibelius. Finale currently has Songbook for the iPad, which is a huge step up from anything I've found on Android. If it weren't for music and graphic design (have to use InDesign for our magazine), I'd probably never consider an iDevice.