Is that it??

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So that's four updates you've paid for and don't like? Why do you keep doing this?

Same reason you keep responding to posts that obviously irritate you... in the hope that the next one will be more to your liking. 

brundlefly

So that's four updates you've paid for and don't like? Why do you keep doing this?

Same reason you keep responding to posts that obviously irritate you... in the hope that the next one will be more to your liking. 

I'm not irritated at all; I'm perplexed.

Mod Bod

I'd really like some sort of update from CW brass indicating what the plan is. Does that sound unreasonable?

Doesn't sound unreasonable to me.  I'd like to know the same thing.

Something is currently in the oven, but I don't think I can say much more than that.

Lemonboy

Brandon Ryan [Cakewalk
]

Mod Bod

I'd really like some sort of update from CW brass indicating what the plan is. Does that sound unreasonable?

Doesn't sound unreasonable to me.  I'd like to know the same thing.

Something is currently in the oven, but I don't think I can say much more than that.

Sorry Brandon, but it really looks like your career as a celebrity chef is NOT going to happen for you !!

Sadly I've also been considering this strong possibility

Karyn

Brandon Ryan [Cakewalk
]

Mod Bod

I'd really like some sort of update from CW brass indicating what the plan is. Does that sound unreasonable?

Doesn't sound unreasonable to me.  I'd like to know the same thing.

Something is currently in the oven, but I don't think I can say much more than that.

Can you tell us what sex it is or haven't you seen the scans yet?

Hoping it will be a surprise.

"I've been a long time eater of Brandon's chicken satay, but this new batch he's just made is terrible. Dumbed down, clearly aimed at people who can't use chopsticks, weird colours, just awful."

Thanks for the tease Brandon.  It's nice to know something is on the way.  Do you have a general time-line you can share?

amiller


Thanks for the tease Brandon.  It's nice to know something is on the way.  Do you have a general time-line you can share?

Prolly nothing more than "sometime in the possibly near future".

I can't really tell you what the product plan is and FWIW I don't think most companies would respond with this information if asked. (Ask Apple when they're going to put out a new iPad and see what kind of response you get. )

But I did want to help though. I was trying to say more than "wait and see". I was trying to say to you "No, that's not it."

Thanks Brandon, I appreciate your situation and candor.

Brandon Ryan [Cakewalk
]

I can't really tell you what the product plan is and FWIW I don't think most companies would respond with this information if asked. (Ask Apple when they're going to put out a new iPad and see what kind of response you get. )

But I did want to help though. I was trying to say more than "wait and see". I was trying to say to you "No, that's not it."

Brandon, I appreciate how active you guys have been with these threads. I do have a question though. Why is all this stuff so hush hush all the time? Like for example, you made a mention about asking Apple about an iPad. You guys ain't Apple and I'm happy you're not! How often do customers get to talk to Apple guys on a forum every day? LOL! The one thing that I love about you and Seth and Willy etc, is you don't pull the big wig card like Apple and some of these other DAW companies that think their poo don't stink.
 
You make yourselves accessible to us which really means the world to us. Trust me, I would be willing to bet that the majority of users on this board believe that a few of you Baker guys really care about us as well as the product. Sure you need to make money to pay your bills, but it is my belief that you also put yourselves in our positions at times. That said, don't you ever feel in the position to just cry out to the suits:
 
"look, we're the creators of this...most times it works for us but we are having quite a few with some issues, legit options possibly brought back, bugs fixed that have been missed....we need to tell them it's being fixed and we need to tell them it will be fixed in this version so they don't have to pay for another with these fixes!"
 
I'd probably be fired if the above was true and I wasn't allowed to make a mention of it because I'd let it slip out. I could never be a sales man in real life because often times, you are forced to sell something in secrecy that you wouldn't buy yourself to some poor baystid and I'd be the one to say "dude, don't buy this...go down the street and get this instead." I'm not saying that's what Sonar is..lol...just an analogy of my honesty. :) 
 
But I really don't even see the need for secrecy for something like fixes or options possibly brought back and bugs/things fixed. Can't you make a phony name and spill the beans? LOL! See that's the thing I can't get around...the secrecy of updates. Is it because you truly don't know what the outcome is going to be or is it because you are sworn to secrecy? I mean granted, it's not like we are going to see anything groundbreaking in an update that would be detrimental to the company if it got out. The above said, I think you guys have improved in keeping us informed ten-fold with this release, but I just don't understand the secrecy of updates. Anything you can share about that?
 
Is it that misleading to say "we have 3 possible updates in the works. It looks like we may be going to X1e when all is said and done. We don't know for sure as this can change at any given time, but this is our worst case scenario and it is our plan to have this, this, that, this and this in tip top shape by the time we're through."
 
I'm not in the business you are, but I just can't seem to see where that could be harmful to your customers. No matter if you totally fail with X1 or make it the greatest DAW of all time, people still have choices in what they can purchase and the other guys that run the other DAW companies are still going to get access to your programs sooner or later to borrow from them. In a sense it's a bit like buying a car. Get a good Chevy, you buy another...if that's good, you buy another. When you get a bad one, you take a look at Ford and pretty much go on until you get screwed on something, ya know? :)

Apple informed us that iOS 5 will be released later this year.

John T


Come on, you're deliberately missing his point here. Which was: businesses announce things when they are ready to announce them. Which is indeed often ahead of actual release - which was also the case with X1, and every other Sonar release I can remember - but not simply when people start demanding that they announce stuff.

In fairness, the orriginal question was "Is that it? or will there be another maintanence update?" and Brandon replied with "There is something on the horizon but I'm not saying what it is..."
 
So we still don't know if we're getting X1c soon or if we have to wait (and pay) for X2