I get both points of view re features v's bug fixes. It gets pretty frustrating when you have a beautifully stable program and an update introduces issues, which from my recent experience, took 2 more updates for the introduced bug - and a further one - to be fixed. Rolling back allowed me to continue to have a stable system to produce music, so that's a god-send. However, during this time, I certainly wasn't pleased at not being able to use paid-for 'enhancements' for 2 months and having to repeatedly install and un-install updates to test possible fixes. I must mention though that staff response was pretty good on the forum, but not real good for tech support response time - around 3 weeks. It was good though to see CW working on it actively and fixing it relatively pretty quickly.
 
Having said that, once fixed, some of the new features/enhancements made for a better overall system...not that I have used all of the features but it's a pretty cool DAW currently and I look forward to it hopefully getting even better. If I could avoid those introduced bugs then I'd be a pretty excited camper...but unfortunately, that's not the nature of software and hardware mixes...it's part n parcel. 

I want it ALL.

To be clear - it is a GREAT product.
The is not meant to be a criticism thread.
I am loyal to these people that have served me well for 20 years (Or more?)

I think people who use Sonar intensively (beyond as a digital multitrack - like I did for years) want bugfixes.
 
Nearly every time I use a feature I have never tried before, I hit bugs.
I tried two of Craig Anderton's Tips of the Week recently. Both revealed bugs in Sonar.
 
New features result in yet more bugs. I have given up on the Start Screen, despite liking it a lot.
Comparing Sonar to Studio One (which I also use) I can reassure everyone Sonar is ahead in the Features race.

@jpetersen - please provide more detail on the bugs you were experiencing with 2-3 of your issues, and maybe some of us can help you figure out what is happening and either find a fix or a work-around.
 
Thanks, 
 
Bob Bone

I probably shouldn't be chiming in here, but... I think sharke's last post is one of the sanest things I've read on these forums (and, for the record, I am that kid watching youtube videos and making ****ty EDM loops.) 

John Joseph [Cakewalk]
I probably shouldn't be chiming in here, but... 

 
I'd definitely encourage you to chime. The appearance of Cakewalk staff here is a big plus compared to many other forums. 
 

Good that you posted.  The truth is usually somewhere in the middle.  It may be an "optics"  issue as to whether a certain bug fix moratorium may be of help.   The responses to my initial post are all over the place.  
Whether everyone's post is accurate or not, this hopefully provides useful information to the good people at Cakewalk about what people think.
 
Any thought to posting some of the hardware systems used for testing on a future update release?  Or is that just not really beneficial or practical?

THANKS !!!
 

John Joseph [Cakewalk]
I probably shouldn't be chiming in here, but... I think sharke's last post is one of the sanest things I've read on these forums (and, for the record, I am that kid watching youtube videos and making ****ty EDM loops.) 

Eh, that's more for someone in QA to say. They definitely test things on a wide array of platforms and hardware configurations, but it's tough to stay on top of everything. The matrix of things they have to go through (on several OSes in several languages) is vast, and as we add new features that matrix continues to grow. 

robert_e_bone
@jpetersen - please provide more detail on the bugs you were experiencing with 2-3 of your issues, and maybe some of us can help you figure out what is happening and either find a fix or a work-around.

 
My daily work with Sonar is workarounds.
When I hit an issue, I post a thread and if the more erudite members of this forum agree it's a bug, I report it.
 
I won't bore you with a list of report numbers, but if you're interested in the ones related to Craig's Tip of the Week, here's the links. If you intend to respond, it's probably best to do it there.
 
http://forum.cakewalk.com...ehaviors-m3369759.aspx
 
Edit: This one does not exist in X3e so it was caused by a new feature.
 
http://forum.cakewalk.com...projects-m3361124.aspx