I just wanted to help improve Sonar. You didn't want additional votes for UI customization, VST3 support, etc?

My wish was that the survey would be conducted the way Cakewalk intended. Now, it may just prove to be an expensive mistake.

Oh, I expect they are going to get a lot of help now. Why some won't let a company conduct their own business is beyond me.

jb101
@Spacey - No, I was talking about my store account on the Cakewalk site, not the forum.
 
I don't understand why it works differently for me.  I changed my email address and log in to my account with the new email address. I use the GBP store, so perhaps it is different if you use the USA store.
 
Very odd.

Maybe local does make the difference. I do know, as I previously stated, it has worked the way they have stated for many years.
 
What I find odd is that you are saying you see ;
 

Change Email

Please note: This will not change the email address you use to login. This will only change where you receive order confirmation & registration emails.
 
 

and it doesn't hold true for you.
 
 
Thought I'd add....
No I won't be following somebodies link to the survey- if Cake wants me to fill it out they can do whatever they need to to get my email contact info correct. Just one more bug in their operations IMHO.
 

Yep! I filled it out and was so excited when I saw the listing for mastering. I have so be envious of
the Studio One users who have a great tool in their kit for mastering within the daw. If Sonar could
give us something like that in our tool kits, I would be so grateful. But because I can never be satisfied for long I also asked for true wave editing within the daw as well.

Not sure why exactly but the Survey coupled with a shiney new forum leads me to feel much more optimistic about the future of Sonar. I do wonder though about the timeline of implementation, meaning they are asking for input, but where in the product life cycle while the recommendations be implemented? My hope would go to some general TLC and an X2b product now and then feature enhancements for X3.
 
Mind you I know this is just aimless speculation on my part but as a say with the new forum and all it does make me think the future is looking up.
 
Regards,

Thatsastrat
Yep! I filled it out and was so excited when I saw the listing for mastering. I have so be envious of
the Studio One users who have a great tool in their kit for mastering within the daw. If Sonar could
give us something like that in our tool kits, I would be so grateful. But because I can never be satisfied for long I also asked for true wave editing within the daw as well.

I posted years back that it appeared that SONAR was headed for a complete "soup to nuts" program when I saw that clip effects and clip automation were included.  All they need is few more features for CD indexes and that sort of thing to allow CD burning.  Samplitude is already there and has been for years.  SONAR has a lot of the same features.

Shambler
No email, they have fixed the forum, let's hope they fix the email next!

Maybe PM Andrew for assistance http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/2841398

I was greatly encouraged to see this survey and filled it out as completely and accurately as possible.
 
I posted elsewhere that I was switching to Digital Performer once it is stable on Windows, but the truth is that it has made me take a hard look at both the things I like and don't like about Sonar.  I've been going through the Groove3 vids on DP and think I'll make a feature request for everything that I liked in that program that Sonar does not currently do :-)  Heck, the list isn't even that long and in a couple of instances it's made me go back to look if maybe I just don't know *how* to do a given task more efficiently in Sonar.  Jerry Gerber's post on notation shortcuts certainly was a 'slap the forehead' moment and it hadn't occurred to me that other DAWs won't let you have multiple staff windows.
 
Since DP isn't all there yet, maybe the upside to all this is that I spend the time and dig a little deeper.  11 years of investment, both in time and finances, would be a lot to give up given the meager amount of time I have for these pursuits.
 
Regarding CW staff presence at the forum, I was reminded that this isn't the first time they've been light on posts but then the next release comes out and features show up that were long requested (<ahem> notation excepted ;-) ) 
 
I'll be interested to see what results come of the survey in the long run.
 
Jon

musichoo
I have not been getting any email from cakewalk ever since I upgrade to Sonar 8.5 > X1 >X2.

PM Andrew http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/2841398 he has been very helpful with this issue

SteveStrummerUK

 

Well, I now know I'm getting

 

 

Colours

 

and

 

Track Layers

 

back in X3 

 

 

Have a video:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
A wish I too await...
 
I sure hope you're right... I got the feeling NONE of the things mentioned are forthcoming and that they're first deciding which of these to tackle next... <sigh>...
 
Keni
 

vespesian
I actually thought the survey was a little alarming. Most of those questions should have been explored a while ago..we're already at the 2nd iteration of X2....and now CW asks if users would like work on improving the audio engine...Really? 

I though they were asking about priorities e.g. Would we rather more improvement on audio engine, or on take lanes.
 
There was a major improvement in the audio engine from X1 to X2, wasn't there?
 
I can't say I was alarmed.  Quite the opposite.

stevec

Jlien X

...I couldn't help because I was the one who suggested conducting a user survey when bakers appeared in a recent thread.
Of course, it doesn't mean my post affected their decision. I just wanted to participate to improve Sonar, and couldn't help it.....because I'm a long-time Sonar user, too.

There aren't many cases where I'd personally want to see someone fill out the survey who doesn't own the product, but honestly, I think you'd be one of the exceptions in my book.  You seem to have a well-rounded view of what SONAR is and can be, and you never seem to go off the deep end about everything single thing you don't like.  
 
And knowing that you use multiple DAWs I see a sense of balance in your views.   Same goes for your posts over at the other "S" forum.   
 

 
Thank you for your kind words, Steve. I think users have the right to complain about bugs because they paid for the features that are suppose to work. But for features that are not included in the product, I think users should simply submit feature requests and wait, instead of ranting, or start looking for a new product.

It's really nice bakers chimed in these survey threads and explained how much they care about their customers. Until recently X3 didn't look as promising as the version 3 of the other "S" daw (I don't remember finding you there, do you use a different username? Maybe I just didn't notice you?).
Now, with the new, shiny forum and the well thought out survey, Sonar's future looks brighter.
 
Arigato!

I too got it, and responded with my plea for an X2b with bug/feature fixes before they flat out move on to any X3. We'll see if such a plea has any effect...

Obviously there are optimist and pestimist amongst this great collaboration of users