All I can say is yes upgrade, because you will always be learning, no matter what stage you are in newbie or veteran, software keeps advancing and so does the hardware .
 However with the newer software you will learn and progress to the newer tech versions and updates, within a year your version will be pretty outdated and it will cost you more in the long run to catch up.
I try and stay current and I must say this product just keeps getting better and better and worth every cent.
I am always learning the newer version but they have so many tutorials and smart users on this forum that can help you just need to ask the question.
Stay up to date is my mantra some of the current updates make workflow so much easier and it is getting better all the time.
Cheers
 
 

Nevermind I got 40$ off m50x and I instantly pulled the trigger. No hesitation lol. Love these headphones as I steal my brothers whenever he isnt looking.
 
Now... I should be getting a replacement scarlett 2i2 in the next month or so.

Afrodrum

sycle1
All I can say is yes upgrade, because you will always be learning, no matter what stage you are in newbie or veteran, software keeps advancing and so does the hardware .
 However with the newer software you will learn and progress to the newer tech versions and updates, within a year your version will be pretty outdated and it will cost you more in the long run to catch up.
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Let me disagree. Imagine it is 2012 and you know Sonar X2 well. Now it would take you about a day to learn new features of Sonar 2015 plus whatever you need to learn new plugins like Melodyne, Addictive Drums, etc. Also upgrading from X2 to 2015 perhaps would cost you less than through X3. Anyway Sonar 2015 is a great value and I decided to upgrade instantly.

I don't see any real disagreement here. I see an emphasis on one aspect over another but no true disagreement. One my value one aspect over another without discounting the value of the other. Its all in ones perspective.   

If you INSIST on treating your room, look into Roxul Safe N Sound rock wool soundproofing.  Build frames, cover with cloth. 
 

"Soundproofing" in a "real studio" requires things like cutting the concrete slab, and laying 10 layers of drywall over the studs for mass.  And while you are at, tearing the walls and ceiling down and rebuilding so none of the walls are parallel, including the ceiling to the floor, and that room-symmetry is maintained. Or simply bulldozing your house down and starting over.  Not suggesting that. 
 
Roxul absorbs sound.  That is what those numbers mean below the frequency.  A "1.0" means most of the incident energy that struck the batten did not bounce back into the room.  A "0.5" means about half the energy was absorbed.  Bottom Line --> Roxul has excellent acoustical performance.  If you download REW5.0, you can load up the REW Frequency Generator and excite the room with low frequency tones (40 Hz seems to work good).  Then walk around your room and listen.  You will be amazed.  You can use this method to find the spots where the bass frequencies are piling up in your control room.  Double or triple layers of Roxul (6 inch or 9 inch thick) make good (and cheap) bass traps.  Build frames and cover with cloth from the fabric store and put them where the bass piled up.
 
You can also use Roxul to control early reflections.  It works WAY BETTER than that "acoustic" foam triangley-looking stuff you so often see people using (looks cool, costs a lot of money, and works like crap - and why they rarely publish their  ASTM C 423 Absorption COEFFICIENTS).  Mount panels on wall behind monitors, and to right and left, and on ceiling above listening position.  Places where early reflections are going to interfere with critical listening.
 
And, no, I don't work for Roxul. 

Sound PROOFING keeps all the noise you make inside your room. Nothing escapes
Sound TREATMENT is taming all those frequencies that are now bouncing around uncontrollably in your room.

BassDaddy
This should be the last version you have to learn.

Interesting comment.  In the past, Cakewalk could do some major changes to GUI, workflow, etc. and introduce them with the next version.  People kind of expected they'd have to learn new stuff, sometimes major new stuff.
 
I seems to me that it'll be harder now to introduce a big change right in the middle of a continuously existing version.  Before you could hold back until you were ready to jump.  Now you'll be forced to jump along with everyone else, ready or not.