Praise to the Germans

[TomWaitsFoot]

Just wanted to say that I made "the switch" over to Samplitude Pro 7. Been using it for about a week now - am never going back to Sonar. Nor Pro-tools. Nor Nuendo.

If you guys haven't checked it out - download the demo and have a go at it. Very nicely designed and very powerful. It's running great on my AMD XP2600...

Cool.

t

[dawboxpro]

Thanks Tom,

You really like it better than Sonar and could I get the specifics on why?

So what do you think of the $900 price tag on it VS $299 for Sonar? Is it worth it to you?

I am going to download that and try it out.

Thanks!

Justin

[the_lost]

Hey tom...
I have both apps... I guess you have no use for MIDI, huh?

[bubba freaktree]

i think sonar sucks.

there, i've said it!

[Alan]

Originally posted by the_lost:
I guess you have no use for MIDI, huh?Or solid integrated virtual instrument support,or Acid loop import.Samplitude is a nice post app though,but definitely not for me(composer/player),niether is Nuendo which has been gathering dust for over a year now,or at least until I get a surround set up to play with.Anyway,all these apps are great and all have their strenghts and minuses depending on how you work.Remember,any preference over a particular app is personal,and bears no resemblence to better or lack of performance,especially these day's.There are endless debates in every corner.

[trock]

Samp 7.2 coming out next month has a big list of new MIDI features to bring it's MIDI capability up to its already stellar audio capability (its current MIDI is similar to Pro Tools or Nuendo 1.6).

Version 7.12 already has great VSTi and VSTi automation support and it does import Acid loops (but it has it's own very high quality time-stretching algorithms, including formant stretching).

Having used Sonar and many others, the major advantages of Samp for me are it's unique and incredibly powerful Object Editor (which gives you a complete separate mixer for every part of an audio track), its mixer(s) and skins, its huge list of inbuilt effects and their quality, its effects routing capabilities, realtime 32-bit reverb impulse convolution, freeze, full plug-in auto delay-compensation in channels, auxes and busses, POW-r dithering, the beautiful quality of its audio summing mixer, its world class mastering tools, CD burning, its speed and power of editing and so much more.

Oh, did I mention that I rather like Samplitude? http://www.audioforums.com/forums/smile.gif

trock

[This message has been edited by trock (edited 09-04-2003).]

[trock]

Oh, btw, it didn't cost $900. I got it (Samp 6) for $299 on a cross-grade deal. When Samp 7 came out I opted for the $25 a month Samp-for-rent deal that includes 2 full free upgrades (Samp 8 and 9).

Another thing I love about Samp is being able to ask the developers questions and request features and have them be so responsive to user's needs.

trock