I still think that April Fools Day is at Play. If it isn't then I'm going to get pissed off too. 

kevinwal
One, it may be said, is always in a pedantic mood.

I see what you did there. Very nice. 

Anderton
I think we should invite all the people who post "Where's the update? We're supposed to have an update!" and all the ones who say "I'd rather not have something every month, it must be too difficult to follow a monthly schedule" to a large hall, have an open bar, and charge admission to anyone who wants to watch what happens when they start arguing with each other. 

Cage match!

It would seem appropriate for something posted by Cakewalk itself as to what the status is.   I am not sure what the benefit of a surprise is.   They are usually very informative on this forum, in fact, more than most manufacturers.

As I type this, PDT is 4:02am.  We still have the entire day before us.

I am going to renew my March for another week, so I'll have more March if I need it :)

The march release is a huge update with several months parallel work rolled into it. With the new help module which is a new skylight view along with the ARA tempo extraction, there were a lot of permutations to test and clean up.
As a result we would like to get more feedback before we release it to end users publicly. However it is available via the early access program. The public release will likely be early next week.
 
Also a reminder - as Craig and others have reiterated, we have never said that we would guarantee a release every month. We generally aim for it and have managed to do so in the past but some releases end up being bigger depending on the feature set and may not fit nicely into that schedule. Its also very possible that you may have a release with no new features but some bug fixes or something else like new fxchains or other content. 

I am very happy that CW is more concerned with quality rather than meeting a deadline that isn't that big a deal anyway. We are the ones that will reap the benefits of this wise way of proceeding. So I give mega kudos to CW for placing us ahead of looking good to a few. 
 
Edit to add:
 
We also have now the Early Access Program that mitigates any loss one might think is there. Again I think we have the best of both worlds here. Its clear that CW has thought deeply about all of the possibilities and has come up with a fantastic solution for us all. We can choose to wait or plow ahead its puts all the power in our hands. How thoughtful of CW.  
 
All I can say is I'm impressed. 

I feel like a little kid waiting for Christmas and presents.

Please continue with the great work Cakewalk..
 
Only one request though... will all minor updates & additions even basic ones such as icons be noted in the release.
 
Carry on bakers!