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I really like Sonar 8.5 it seems to tick all the boxes I need without being too complex, even though I do have Mixcraft which was cheap and dead easy to use, if your beginning that is a nice cheap bit of kit with lots of help files to guide you through.

Had mine for a few months now, very impressive piece of kit, I tried using the head at a gig with my Schroeder 410L and it sounded just as good as my Markbass head. The reason I chose this was I can use the head for a backup, think Markbass combos missed a trick on this. I think I wouldn't gig with the single speaker, maybe add the extra 10" extension cab to the mix then reckon it should handle a small gig ok.

Ok I now have it, it took a while to get a note out of the headphones with all leads plugged into the relevant ports. My passive bass seems very low output and using the free lead amp (via download) I had to turn the gain and volume up to 9 each, possibly an active bass may suit better. It works as it should now and seems good fun to play with, the tuner and metronome are handy features as with the preset function. I just need to download the next stage which is a hard one as I want the bass amp and chorus but may in future want the other pedals but also I have an ipad and would like to have the same program for that but wish not to pay the full amount twice. But all in all it's good, more of a handy ideas pad but the recording feature is the big thing that is missing.

My iRig should arrive this week, very happy with all the demos I have seen on guitar, hope it works well for bass. Also be nice to hear a record function will be in the pipeline soon, that certainly would make life a lot easier.