Improvements

I can finally hide the SONAR X forum using the forum filter.

It's not visible to me if there is, and I don't see a way of revealing it in the forum filter.

They've apparently killed the SONAR Home Studio forum, alas.

Ah, I see. All the forums are visible then.

Karyn
All Sonar general discussion goes in the Sonar forum, regardless of version. Many, if not most, of the features in 7.0 or 8.5 are still there in X3e.  Most X3e users are still knowledgeable about the previous versions.  Discussion of most features is relevant to most versions.

True enough.
Recently, the vast majority of posts in the old Sonar Producer and Studio forum were actually questions about Xx. The header was confusing for new users, and we were constantly redirecting them to the proper forum.
Most people still using 8.5 or earlier have worked through any questions they might have had.
Same goes for Home Studio. I love Home Studio 6, and still have it installed on my laptop, but the forum itself had grown fairly quiet. 
It was clear that there was not enough traffic, and it was just a matter of time before the HS specific forum was eliminated.
As Karyn noted, there are plenty of us familiar with the older products here.
For a long time, we have encouraged users to put system information, including Sonar version, in their signatures. In a consolidated forum, this information becomes increasingly important, as there are version specific details to be aware of.
All in all, I like the new format, and I have to commend the bakers for recognizing that the forums are, and always have been, a huge asset to the Cakewalk package.
 

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I like the idea that the SONAR forum has been desegregated. It think this improvement will encourage users of various versions of SONAR to swap ideas more freely with each other.
 
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