Survey completed

The survey is targeted towards targets that weren't previously targeted but may be potential targets in future in addition to targets that were previously targeted and there may be other targets that need targeting.

charlyg
THERE WILL BE NO MORE COMPLAINING ABOUT NOT RECEIVING THE SURVEY

 
FYI, there is a long standing issue with quite a few of us that have subscribed to Cakewalk's mailing list, or news letter, and we get nothing, ever. That's why some of us are mentioning that here.
 

kevo
Surveys are usually sent out to a targeted demographic. That is why not everyone receives a request to take part in the survey.
 
Since a link is now posted for the survey anyone can take the survey including those who do not even own a CW product let alone the latest version of Sonar.
 
Not sure how happy CW will be over the posting of the link unless it was done with their blessing. Which if that were the case CW themselves would have posted a link to the survey at the top of the forum.

I was thinking the same. The survey links appear to have identifier strings which probably helps cakewalk identify who responded or not - which would give them an option to send a follow up email etc. If that's the case then multiple different responses tied to one ID, and the inability to validate that they are coming from actual Cakewalk customers, would probably nullify that IDs responses?
 
I found the questions to be a clear indication that Cakewalk is listening to it's user base which is certainly a great thing!
 
 
 
 
 
 

Since i received the survey Splat has been 20 - 40% better..  (and I put that in the survey)

That is sort of shooting yourself in the foot to have a "targeted demographic" that doesn't include your entire customer base (there is even a question as to which version you use in the survey, so is not even Platinum-specific).
 
On the flip side... the wise man would trim down specifics and survey every DAW user they could find. Knowing your "enemy" better than they know themselves is always an advantage.

Karyn
Since i received the survey Splat has been 20 - 40% better..  (and I put that in the survey)

I appear to be responding 20-40% quicker to the surveys as well. 😄. Several of the questions were about iOS compatibility I noticed. I was taking the survey on my iPad and it worked fine. 😊

Karyn

arachnaut
What survey?

This survey

 

Karyn

kevo
Surveys are usually sent out to a targeted demographic. That is why not everyone receives a request to take part in the survey.

You only have to look at the first question to know it was not targeted at anyone.  Any company that targets a particular demographic for a survey (other than simply their customers) is biasing the result towards the answers they want before a single question is asked, which makes the survey pointless anyway.

 
Kevo is right.
 
There was a previous survey that some misguided forum member posted a link to - it skewed the results.  It was targeted at the people to whom it was sent - Cakewalk chose them.  It must have been a waste of money for Cakewalk.
 
Posting a link to it could ruin the whole survey.  Even people who don't own Sonar could now respond - "godparticle", anyone?
 
As a forum host, Karen is probably privy to more information than the rest of us, I don't know.
 
Surely if Cakewalk wanted everyone to respond, they would have posted a link themselves, rather than email it?
 
Anyhow, Karen may be party to insider knowledge that we are not - I merely point out that Kevo has a point.
 
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I found some of the questions awkward to answer since no answer fit neatly

I did not receive the survey but......Thanks for the link Karyn......survey completed!

I put down that I really hope there's some improvements to MIDI editing. Sonar is behind DAWs like Cubase and Studio One in that regard, and I'd even go as far as to say it's behind even REAPER. There are CAL scripts but they often don't function correctly.

Yup that was the survey about whether people had received the survey about whether they had recieved the survey about the survey.

Thanks for the link!
 
I agree mudgel, based on the questions Cakewalk asked in the survey they are really listening to their user-base.
 
I couldn't be happier with Cakewalk's vibe =)

Karyn

jb101
As a forum host, Karen is probably privy to more information than the rest of us, I don't know.

I do know, and I can assure you we're not
 

jb101
Surely if Cakewalk wanted everyone to respond, they would have posted a link themselves, rather than email it?

If they were that bothered they could have deleted my post...   I know they've seen it.

So, you know that you are  not privy to more information than the rest of us, but you "know" Cakewalk have seen this thread..
 
My apologies - I stand/cower corrected. 

Susan G
If CW didn't want anyone who received the email to publish the link, they probably would have said something in the email to that effect. AFAIK, they didn't, so I would be very surprised if they didn't anticipate that the link might be published here.
 
-Susan

I don't want to go on about this - but this has not always been the case.
 
Sometime (around X1 or X2) a survey was sent out by email, wanting feedback from EXISTING Sonar X(x) users, asking for their feedback, etc.
 
Someone posted a link to the survey on here, and Cakewalk were anything but happy about it - and said so in these forums.
 
I am sure that is not the case here, but you can see the reason for my initial post.
 
I am sure that others remember this, too.