duselton
Hate to say it guys, but I do not have day to read every single item.
This forum states that its mission is: "Discussion focused on the use of SONAR Producer, Studio, Essential and Base." That is not the same thing as support. Granted, people are sometimes spoiled because there is a ton of peer-to-peer support, so they think that's what this forum is about. But its goal is to help people get the most out of SONAR, hence people are encouraged to ask questions so that others may contribute answers.
If you want to search the forums, use the technique I described above. If you need support, contact Cakewalk. Free support is part of your membership. If you don't avail yourself of it, it's not fair to say there's no support. So far you've posted one question, which was answered, and one complaint which is only valid because you don't know how to use search engines, and the people here are more than glad to help. Nor have you mentioned any issues you've experienced, aside from one thread about wanting to be able to mark off a section of an extremely lengthy live recording and save out just that aspect, which you can indeed do in several ways. For example another option is to isolate the clips you want to save, then drag and drop into a folder via the browser.
What I do get from reading is that I am not the only one that feels that this product is WAY less functional then advertised.
Functionality should be judged on whether a product fulfills one's particular needs, not from taking forum posts at face value which may or may not be relevant to what you do. Finally, if you find an Ableton Live forum, let me know. I presume that like Propellerheads, they gave up on having a forum that's open to all because of people who contribute nothing, and therefore drag down the experience of those people who use a forum for its intended and stated purpose.