I'm trying to run Sonar 8 via Wine. I was advised to run vcrun2005, vcrun2005sp1, and run those after setting Wine to win2k, all to no avail. I started a thread here: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-5906267.html#5906267 I'd appreciate any tips. I'm SERIOUSLY trying to leave Windows for good, but I need this program until I've got something equivalent set up under Linux. I will also need to keep running this program because of all the projects I've created with Sonar and it will take a long time to convert them to something else. But if I can get Sonar running under Wine, I can at least get rid of Windows that much sooner.
Can't edit my own posts! So, adding what I forgot: At this point, I'm trying to install Sonar under Wine, not run the program. I'll deal with any problems actually running it when we blow up that bridge.
Let me know how your experience goes, in the end. I'm trying to get sonar working as well, albeit an older version (4 I think, not at my machine right now). For what it's worth, I believe sonar 2 probably still works (though I don't have it to test anymore). That's the version I used to use. There used to be a pretty comprehensive tutorial on how to get sonar working on the sonar 2 appdb, but it was deleted due to age. I'm hoping to get it working again at some point as well. Finally, not completely related, but you could always test out programs like qtractor and ardour (ardour will have midi support soon, if you use it as much as I do). I don't like their interfaces as much, but you might have some luck with them. Good luck either way!