Just because my usage stats show that I have never gone into the Drum Map Manager for the last 12 months, does not mean that I don't care about it.
 
 
I've spent a lot of time tweaking and preparing the drum maps I use in my projects. I dread the day I have a corrupt drum map or need to tweak something, or god forbid, build one from scratch.
 

That was an issue I mentioned when they announced the idea. You may not use a feature, because although you want to use it, you feel it's not working properly or you simply don't understand how to use the feature. Something that gets used a lot may only mean that it's easy to use and simple, not because everyone loves it.
 
I don't know where Cake gets their ideas about users. The last big announcement said that ripple editing was a planned feature that many people have been asking for. I don't think the idea came from the forums or I would have seen something about it.

Ditto for ACT

ampfixer
The last big announcement said that ripple editing was a planned feature that many people have been asking for. I don't think the idea came from the forums or I would have seen something about it.

Actually you have...anything about "delete hole," removing measures, inserting measures, or arranging involves ripple editing. It's not a term used as much in audio as it is in video.
 
If someone mentioned "delete hole" to a video person, they'd think you were talking about removing all songs by Courtney Love's band from your MP3 player.

stickman393
Just because my usage stats show that I have never gone into the Drum Map Manager for the last 12 months, does not mean that I don't care about it.
 
I've spent a lot of time tweaking and preparing the drum maps I use in my projects. I dread the day I have a corrupt drum map or need to tweak something, or god forbid, build one from scratch.

 
That's not that granular yet. I have access to at least some of the stats to write my "Top Ten" SONAR chart for the eZine. The next two are going to be the Top 10 sample rates and resolutions, and the Top 10 audio interfaces used with SONAR. 
 
Remember that Analytics is only one part of the picture. The others are the upcoming Feedback Portal, the semi-regular formal user surveys, and forum comments. No one element gives the full picture, but I think the combination tells a pretty complete story.
 
BTW Native Instruments has joined the list of companies doing that analytics thang. 
 

scottfa
Ditto for ACT

No one has to worry about Cakewalk forgetting about that. If they ever did, I'd be the first person to remind them 

ampfixer
The last big announcement said that ripple editing was a planned feature that many people have been asking for. I don't think the idea came from the forums or I would have seen something about it.

I have requests for Ripple editing dating back 10 years! Not all requests come from forum users.

Hmm, interesting topic. How I'm using the tools now might not be how (or completely how) I want to be using them. For example, I've only recently begun tackling Audio Snap. It's very useful, but there are a few things I haven't quite figured out and which present some stumbling blocks. Therefore, I'm not using it on every track or every project, even if there are some timing issues which might be fixed with it. Doesn't mean I don't want to fix the timing issues, just means that Audio Snap is still presenting some difficulties, which could potentially be addressed and improved by Cakewalk. Also, ditto drum maps, ditto ACT.

And yeah, I just got an email from NI a couple of days ago alerting me to an update for Guitar Rig that's major feature was the addition of analytics. If anyone from NI is reading, the new vintage reverb module rocks!
 
BTW, Craig, when I was a teen learning to play guitar, long before the internet of course, Guitar Player magazine was like my bible. I had a subscription and each month when it was delivered to our mailbox in my podunk little southern town, it was like a dispatch from another world. I'd pore over every issue like it was the grail, reading every interview, every article and every column from cover to cover, just wanting to immerse myself in all things guitar. I read Howard Roberts column even though I didn't know a thing about jazz ("Don't worry if you don't understand the theory," he once wrote, "you might already know what it sounds like," some of the best advice I've ever gotten). I read a cover story about Tommy Tedesco, and I had no idea that there was such a thing as a session player! And I read your column, although I didn't know a thing about electronics or circuits or anything, but I thought, "Awesome, you can do so much cool crazy stuff with a guitar, no limits!" So I've been using Cakewalk products back since Pro Audio 6 or so, but I've only been an intermittent user of the forums. I don't know exactly when I noticed you were a contributor here, but I do know I totally had this fanboy geek moment, "OMG, Craig Anderton wrote for Guitar Player when I was a kid!" Apparently I'm having another one now, but I couldn't not tell you that. Sorry for the hijack, OP, carry on now.