Sonar Producer Naming and Updates

I don't get the Sonar Producer Naming and Updates letters. I got and email that says, update to Sonar X3, then I come to the forum and all the posts are for Sonar 8. What gives? Is Sonar X3 actually Sonar 8? And with the updates, it is named X3e, with the e, does that mean there has been five updates to X3, a, b, c, d, e? Thanks for the help! : /

Don't you see the X series at the top? 
 
It's pretty obvious to me, but seems many don't see the drop down or something. 
Sonar X series
Sonar Producer and studio ( should be called 8.5 and older) 
Sonar Home Studio 
Sonar LE 
 
The confusion is they are calling this forum Producer/ studio  which is also used in naming the by X series. Real dumb of them and there are people posting questions about x series all the time.
We have been recommending they change the name, but, why should they care. People posting here are not what make them money.
But anyhow.. You'll still get a good X3 answer as most of the  helpful users look at all the forums ( we have no life) Also 100's of issues are universal to all versions. 
But there are probably 100's of people using the x series forum and only a few visit this one. So you'll get more answers posting on the correct forum. 

Uh...So Sonar Producer is totally different from Sonar X Producer? : /
 
I bought Sonar Producer years ago (I thought that was top of the line). I buy the upgrades every year, but don't pay close attention otherwise. I think the last upgrade I bought was Sonar Producer X2. Did I buy the wrong upgrade, or was that a downgrade version?
 
Would the "Sonar Producer X3e" be the right upgrade for me if I want to stay with the top of the line product?
 
Man, all these number and letters is worse than a algebra course!

The numbers are sort of from the year. Sonar 6 was from around 2006 Sonar 7 2007 and 8 from 2008. 
Then the X was to signify a new decade. They are not perfectly synced but pretty close. 
Calkewalk has always had the different levels starting with LE  free with purchases of hardware. 
Then Home Studio I think is only $50. and on up to Producer. I have Studio which is the second from the top. 
This forum just has a name that served well for the last decade. When they released the new version , X, they should have change the name of this forum. 
 
You can upgrade to X3 Producer or Studio from 8.5. go to the top of the forum page and follow the links. to upgrades

I'm still confused.
 
I'm thinking, it's looks like I had started with Sonar Producer, then upgraded to a cheaper X version in error.

I still don't see your confusion. 
 
Sonar series started way back in the last decade and they worked the way through the numbers 
Sonar, Sonar 1, Sonar 2 Sonar 3 up to Sonar 8. The new decade brought X1, X2 and now X3.
 
And Sonar is also released in 3 different levels and price points 
http://www.cakewalk.com/products/sonar/versions.aspx
 
Sonar    
Sonar  Studio 
Sonar  Producer. 
 
 

BeachBum
And the reason for the forum entitled "SONAR Producer and Studio" is for the old versions, the guys who don't upgrade, right?

"SONAR Producer and Studio" was the main Sonar forum before X1 existed.  When X1 was first released they created a new forum for X1 (which subsequently became the X-series forum) and left the old one to be used for the older versions.  They really should have renamed it to avoid confusion.

BeachBum
So, Sonar X3 is the top of the line product, right?
 
And:
X1 = Sonar 9
X2 = Sonar 10
X3 = Sonar 11
 
And the reason for the forum entitled "SONAR Producer and Studio" is for the old versions, the guys who don't upgrade, right?

Yes. X3 Producer is the top of the line, SONAR X3 Essentials is the third in line.
It can't be that difficult! Why do you make it so complicated?
Although X -series is so much different from <8.5 that it's no use referring to them as SONAR 9 etc.
If you see someone talking about version 9, he propably means Cakewalk Pro Audio from the 90's. 
SONAR 8  is never called Cakewalk Pro Audio 17, is it?
 
You simply use the forum that supports the software you want to ask about.

Ok, great. By golly, I think i got it!
 
Thank you!