I actually prefer Cakewalk's Sonar over Cubase. It's got a bit more features built in. The ability to loop a clip the same way as you would in Acuid, right inside of Sonar, is quite nice. Plus, with the exception of automating VST through using the GUI, I find it more user friendly. You can automate VST effects/instruments through the GUI but, particularly for instruments, it just seems backwards at first. That's my only real complaint but, still, I prefer it over Cubase.