Every time I see a new %off email from CW about Sonar, I often wonder- (considering the frequency at which they do this) are they failing to get a sizable amount of customers to take that step? CW has done several surveys, so they obviously tried to get a feel for what hold customers back. The coupon campaign has been effective in getting me to eventually make a move, because the price got so low that I couldn't ignore it. Those days however, are gone for me. I've stopped at X3, and have absolutely no intentions to go any further with the program, unless the much requested midi merge is added. I have at least 5 versions of Sonar I don't use, because such a basic core feature is omitted. I bought them because got caught up in the hype of the plugin packages.
CW, has added some interesting features that are more useful for some, while others may not use them at all. These updates can easily become bloated features if you only use them once a purple moon if at all. Reaper is only 8mb for the 32bit version, while the 64bit is 10mb by comparison. It has a lot of features in a small blueprint. What size is Sonar now? I'm not interested in bashing CW, because I think they're doing a good job. I can't take that away from them just because I'm displeased with an aspect of the program, so I'll get back to the point of this thread.
CW continues to add some great monthly features, but are there any long standing-desired ones that prevent you from upgrading from earlier versions, including (pre-X) versions? I'm interested in all feedback about the subject, but more specifically want to know if the lack of
midi merge recording, is a significant deal breaker that would or has prevented you from upgrading? If not, what is?