Re: Kudos to Cakewalk, and others
2015/01/25 13:04:04
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Agreed, so far - I haven't dug deep yet but the first impressions are of a very solid, stable, mature platform, building on the already excellent base of X3. I also think the new model (whatever you want to call it) is really well thought out, and despite the initial rash of adverse reactions to it, mostly baseless from what I can tell, I think it will play out well for them - and for us - in the long term. I'm sure they were expecting some turbulence over it, but hopefully we'll get through that phase soon. For me it was also the cheapest upgrade in a while (I got the JRR group discount before it disappeared) and that without waiting until the late-cycle sales, so I'm basically pretty pleased. Not to mention excited about upcoming additions...
I also think AD2 looks pretty robust and sounds great - I got the Indie kit, plus Funk and Session Percussion. Tough choice but those were the ones that jumped out at me from the audio demos, as being likely the most use to me in terms of what I do. Nice to have some choice in the matter, rather than one-size-fits-all as in AD1 and most such products. Quality over quantity, what?
So yeah, nice work bakers! Looking forward to getting deeper into it over the coming weeks!