I'm man enough - X3(b)

Ive been using Cakewalk products since PA9.. When Sonar X series came out.. I was very critical..and in my mind..justifiably so.. It was a shock to the system and very unstable. I was highly disappointed as I felt they had taken a very robust and strong DAW and weakened it.. But I always wanted to see and said so on this forum that I wished the bakers all the best and hoped it would get better...
 
I still have some small criticisms - Still not crazy about only being able to view two sends at a time in the CV..seems like a waste of screen real estate to me and the Waves shell is problematic (i get lots of License not found errors and I cant seem to rescan inside the program).. along with UAD issues. I also cant use automap for some reason.
 
 I believe all of those issues will be fixed in time as I think some if not most of that is on others to correct.
 
But man...I got to give it up -THIS THING IS BEAST MODE!!!.. I love,love,love the stability - You guys have really put your nose to the grindstone with this one. I can tell and feel the amount of work that went in under the hood of this version. The color customization is great for an old guy like me .. The automation and take lanes are much,much better. The program is snappy.. vst scanning is a breeze (sans Waveshell and automap) and I am learning to really, really like screensets..although.. a global option would be cool :)
 
I loaded a cut this morning with 62 tracks, 14 busses, 8 External inserts, gobs of plugs and laid in tons of automation,, I have loaded this same cut in three different programs and they all "coughed up a lung"... X3(b) "looked at me like" .. that all you got??..
 
X3 didn't even breath hard!!
 
You guys deserve big kudos for this one.. started rough with "X".. but you bakers are cookin the good stuff again from what I can tell so far....
 
Well done guys, Well done!
 
 
 

Is it really true that at one time you could only see 2 busses at a time?   I have owned every version since pa8 and I do not recall this.

I think you may have thought that the output channels were it, but underneath there were unlimited busses if you put your mouse over the edge of the output channel strip.  Anybody know what I'm talking about?  It was an annoying default setup because they were hidden, but it wasn't a big deal.
 

X3 is solid so far! I also had an issue with Waves license not found errors, but that went away on its own. I wish I could have found out the actual cause, though.
 
Yep, X3 is chugging right along. I'm thrilled to get another session. I like when I can work and actually enjoy it!
 
EDIT: I haven't had much time to sit and try to break X3 yet but from what I have done over the course of the past week hasn't produced any real issues.

@Brian... LOL... I must admit... due to my personal experience with X2, I have been "trying" to break X3 as well! Not happened yet, but the folks who can title a message "X3b crashed again" are getting a "badge of honor." As for me, I have none yet :( but, and thrilled that I do not as well.

Yea, i still cannot believe you can still see only 2 sends at a time in the CV. There has been much dislike them going from 4 to 2 and i would of thought they would have addressed it. But sadly, they have not. how much code does it take to make you 2 more sends? You have plenty of room in the Console view. It seems like the people who make this program, do not mix or have no experience mixing music. They must be just computer programmers in my opinion.
 
 

No you should do the install and then do the X3 b install.