I think I'm most excited to see what Editor enhancements are on the table. Please don't monkey with it too much, but just fix some of the idiosyncrasies we already deal with, and tweak a little if it warrants. But don't re-invent the wheel. Don't fix what isn't broken (PWEEEZE!!)
 
And yes, the UI enhancements! I've been more pleased with the latest Skylight color schemes and such, but this could be interesting, and less and less requiring DuckBar, which I could never get working.
 
Exciting!! Oh, and PLEASE review the collapse-able console strips. There's so much potential there!!
 
Thanks so much for the efforts!!

Most Excellent !  This is going to be a great year and I am looking forward to the new features. Cakewalk has risen to the top so thanks to everyone at Cakewalk for you inspiring work.
 
All the best,
Blackie

Just renewed this morning! 2015 has been an amazing year for Cakewalk and the Cakewalk community!

jih64
I for one eagerly await seeing this.
 
'Next Fridays Tip of the Week' is that tomorrow, or the 22nd ? I guess there is no chance of combining the 2 ?
 
2 weeks (if it's 22nd), that's a long time to be hanging

The one on arranging is already written, and will appear tomorrow. The scratchpad one hasn't been written up yet, but I've tested it and it works.

Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk]
 
 
 
Obviously once we deliver these features there will be others. We don't believe in vaporware so we're only announcing features that are actually in development currently. There are some other deep features that will be announced later on.
Also this hardly qualifies as "basically a UI update". It may not be that obvious from the feature descriptions, but the browser will be a humongous update in itself - its a brand new predictive way of working with content, plugins and instruments which will be a huge workflow upgrade in itself, for both experienced users as well as novices.
The add track feature might seem small, but once you use it you won't want to go back to the old way since its way faster.
These are all solid workflow enhancement features that will benefit all users.
 

Good to hear other things are in the works.  
 
I'd say it isn't obvious from the feature descriptions.  The Track Fly Out sounds useful (the add tracks and the hidden by default routing) is cumbersome.  Though I didn't see anything that suggested anything new, just a less step process due to a new user interface (i.e. UI)
 
Help Module - no comment
 
Mastering Effects Update - Pretty much says it is a UI update other than the Analyser (which will be appreciated, for sure)
 
UI themes - yep UI update
 
New Library - sounds like a new interface to access the same content that already exists.  
 
Feedback Portal - Many of us don't want to connect our DAW to the internet.
 
I have no doubt it takes work to make these updates happen, I'm just suggesting most of them seem to be related to updates in the User Interface, the interaction and steps it takes to do pre-existing functions.  These are in some cases certainly needed.  Again, just curious what else is in store over the 6 month promise period.  

IainThompson
Can someone confirm how much it is for UK subscribers ( i.e what does $99 translate to in good old GBP )

I got from Jrr shop with code GROUP was $83 which paypal got to £59. So saves a bit over the cw store price.

To be honest, I made up my mind about renewing last fall when they incorporated Patch Points/Aux tracks.  Granted, I personally benefited from that upgrade because I was involved in conversations about adding that functionality to Sonar, but to me, why that feature was implemented was even more impressive than the fact that it was implemented.
 
Although I have no inside info, I'm quite confident that Cakewalk had absolutely no plans to implement track-to-track routing or aux tracks when they rolled out the new version last year.  In fact, a few forum users were discussing how nice that functionality would be, and Cakewalk (I believe it was Noel) chimed into the conversation and pointed out that the functionality we were looking for already existed with busses.  We explained use-case scenarios for how track-to-track routing could improve workflows, and a few weeks later, track-to-track routing was announced as in development, and not long after, implemented.
 
It's obvious that while Cakewalk has their own vision for the future of their software and will do what they feel is best, they are also paying close attention to what users would like to see.  I'm lucky that my request saw the light of the day, and maybe this year I won't be so lucky.  But the fact that Cakewalk is taking an interactive approach to the evolution of their software is pretty freakin' awesome, as far as I'm concerned.
 
That being said, I sure wish they'd allow an aux track to solo all tracks feeding it, just like a bus does. :)
 
Great work, Cakewalk.  Love the direction this is going, and hopefully a lot of other users get to experience the same thing I did last year when my wish list ended up under the Christmas tree. :) 

any sneak peek of the UI themes in action?? :P

dorism
I wish Cakewalk would update the sonitus plugins to be VST 3 64bit - they were great plug ins!

+1 , still use them with joy

orhanproject

dorism
I wish Cakewalk would update the sonitus plugins to be VST 3 64bit - they were great plug ins!

+1 , still use them with joy

Yeah, great group of plugins there.