Well Sonar 2015 has more color customization then the older X series did. 

kine321
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?

For me it is budget. I have a limited amount of money to spend on my musical endeavours. To upgrade is about $100 - which is not a bad deal - but instead I decided to purchase a Irish D Low Whistle (about the same price). Thought that this would make a nice compliment to my dulcimer. Which is the other thing about Sonar - it has a lot of stuff for the electronic musician that probably makes it worthwhile to upgrade. For me, I do acoustic recording, so staying with X3 makes sense - there really isn't much in the new Sonar for someone like me.

With as much Love and respect I can possibly muster ,
John Please quit trying to micro manage the OP's thread . This is a valid topic and it deserves it's own thread …
 
To the OP , I haven't upgraded from X3 to the current version of SONAR for the simple reason that to do so would involve me having to upgrade my hardware / computer at this point ….
I'm a little miffed that of a sudden an i 3 is considered under spec to run SONAR ……
 
Kenny
 
 

MandolinPicker

kine321
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?

For me it is budget. I have a limited amount of money to spend on my musical endeavours. To upgrade is about $100 - which is not a bad deal - but instead I decided to purchase a Irish D Low Whistle (about the same price). Thought that this would make a nice compliment to my dulcimer. Which is the other thing about Sonar - it has a lot of stuff for the electronic musician that probably makes it worthwhile to upgrade. For me, I do acoustic recording, so staying with X3 makes sense - there really isn't much in the new Sonar for someone like me.

 
You made a good point about budget and UN-needed features you're not likely to use, because you mainly record audio. Maybe, Music Creator7, would've been a good choice since it seems to be a measly $20 and still packs a punch without the bloat. Thanks for your comment!

kine321

MandolinPicker

kine321
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?

For me it is budget. I have a limited amount of money to spend on my musical endeavours. To upgrade is about $100 - which is not a bad deal - but instead I decided to purchase a Irish D Low Whistle (about the same price). Thought that this would make a nice compliment to my dulcimer. Which is the other thing about Sonar - it has a lot of stuff for the electronic musician that probably makes it worthwhile to upgrade. For me, I do acoustic recording, so staying with X3 makes sense - there really isn't much in the new Sonar for someone like me.

 
You made a good point about budget and UN-needed features you're not likely to use, because you mainly record audio. Maybe, Music Creator7, would've been a good choice since it seems to be a measly $20 and still packs a punch without the bloat. Thanks for your comment!

Or SONAR Artist?

kennywtelejazz
With as much Love and respect I can possibly muster ,
John Please quit trying to micro manage the OP's thread . This is a valid topic and it deserves it's own thread …
 
To the OP , I haven't upgraded from X3 to the current version of SONAR for the simple reason that to do so would involve me having to upgrade my hardware / computer at this point ….
I'm a little miffed that of a sudden an i 3 is considered under spec to run SONAR ……
 
Kenny

Thanks Kenny for the backup!
 
Wow... I hadn't checked the minimal specs, so that's news to me. Seems an i7 is the standard nowadays, while the i5 and equivalents are minimal. These are the minimal specs listed for X3: **Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 2.67 GHz / AMD Phenom Quad Core 9750 2.4 Ghz or higher** It's interesting how developers make programs more CPU intensive and resource hungry the more powerful CPU's become. Also shows that these updates come at a cost.
 
Won't be long before the i7 becomes minimal.
 

kennywtelejazz
To the OP , I haven't upgraded from X3 to the current version of SONAR for the simple reason that to do so would involve me having to upgrade my hardware / computer at this point ….
I'm a little miffed that of a sudden an i 3 is considered under spec to run SONAR ……
 

If you are running X3 successfully on your PC there is no reason why the new version won't run better. It uses less CPU resources and memory than X3 did.

kine321
It's interesting how developers make programs more CPU intensive and resource hungry the more powerful CPU's become. Also shows that these updates come at a cost.

 
That isn't true in this case. There are tons of optimizations in Platinum that do not exist in X3. 
And there are even more coming in the next update.

kine321

kennywtelejazz
With as much Love and respect I can possibly muster ,
John Please quit trying to micro manage the OP's thread . This is a valid topic and it deserves it's own thread …
 
To the OP , I haven't upgraded from X3 to the current version of SONAR for the simple reason that to do so would involve me having to upgrade my hardware / computer at this point ….
I'm a little miffed that of a sudden an i 3 is considered under spec to run SONAR ……
 
Kenny

Thanks Kenny for the backup!
 
Wow... I hadn't checked the minimal specs, so that's news to me. Seems an i7 is the standard nowadays, while the i5 and equivalents are minimal. These are the minimal specs listed for X3: **Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 2.67 GHz / AMD Phenom Quad Core 9750 2.4 Ghz or higher** It's interesting how developers make programs more CPU intensive and resource hungry the more powerful CPU's become. Also shows that these updates come at a cost.
 
Won't be long before the i7 becomes minimal.
 

kline321 ,
 
Yes , I was a little surprised that Cakewalk bumped up the min spec to an i5  for SONAR & Music Creator …
 
Kenny

Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk]

kennywtelejazz
To the OP , I haven't upgraded from X3 to the current version of SONAR for the simple reason that to do so would involve me having to upgrade my hardware / computer at this point ….
I'm a little miffed that of a sudden an i 3 is considered under spec to run SONAR ……
 

If you are running X3 successfully on your PC there is no reason why the new version won't run better. It uses less CPU resources and memory than X3 did.

Hello Noel , I'm very pleased you decided to come here and set the record straight ….
X3 runs fantastic on my system and I'm more than happy with the results I get using it    …
After hearing this news , it is highly likely that I will upgrade to Plat in the next few weeks .
 
thank you , 
 
Kenny