The flagship X1 Producer costs around £150 less than Cubase 6, and yet the quality and quantity of its bundled effects and instruments are notably superior. Where Sonar wins hands down, however, is value. Long-standing Sonar users may be immune to these issues but they reveal a lack of attention to detail next to Steinberg Cubase or Ableton Live. ![]() The metronome can also only be toggled on and off when playback is stopped, which we found seriously frustrating. Preset management for the supplied virtual instruments is untidy, with various redundant controls that suggest there are no presets available at all. Opening a MIDI piano roll editor usually just revealed blank space, leaving us to scroll around to find the notes. Mix automation is generally well implemented but there’s no way to automate the bypass switches for the bundled Sonitus effects plugins. Despite the raft of interface changes, we still encountered various niggling issues. ![]() In fact, we’d argue there’s a little too much. It’s not easy reinventing a user interface without alienating existing users, but once they’ve re-learned a few tasks there’s still a lot here that should feel familiar.
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