[Yamaha Man]

Regarding templates in Sonar...yes they are available. Do I want to take the time to set them up ?? No I shouldn't have to. The default mixer in Audition is just what I want, no setting up required. That's the main problem with Sonar, there's sooo many options, so many settings, that you spend all your energy setting up settings that are all over the place, and they all must be set just right or you don't get a usable recording. In Audition it's just click and go.

Regarding algorithms in the AAMS software. In the full version, you have 200 algorithms to choose from. The include basic settings for many genre's of music, such as classical, country, pop, rock, folk, the list goes on and on.

This does give me a fresh set of ears...it adds EQ, Compression and a limiter, that somebody else determined. So is it answer to all my prayers ?? No, some of the mastering tests I did sounded off and I wouldn't use them. But others sounded great. So what I'll say about it is, when it works good, it works great, when it doesn't work right, it doesn't sound good. Some of the time it is helpful, and other times it's not. But it is a very interesting concept to me. A BIG DISCLAIMER, I've only had this software a couple of days, so I haven't learned all the ins and outs about it yet. There's lot's to learn, lots of video's to watch, lots of settings......so it's way too soon for me to give it a thorough review.