I still haven't taken the plunge for Sonar Platinum yet.  I thought I would have done it sooner, but to me, it just has too many features that I don't think I will use. 
 
What about the rest of you Sonar users, especially the Platinum users.  Do you feel as though SPLAT is overwhelming?

    To me it was more overwhelming to get all of the updates at once in a single annual release.
Now I get 30 days to grasp a few new features. Some of them have become indispensable like.
Drum Re-placer, Vocal Sync and the new track routing. I'm enjoying the new start screen also. 
   I'm almost ready to finish some mixes. I'm anxious to check out the VST up-sampling function. 
  

Too many features? You do know you need only use the ones you want to. However Mix Recall or the new Patch Points or Drum Replacer or Vocal Sync are useful to many here. I also like the improvements to the PRV. Actually the list is quite long but not something that gets in the way. Take what you need and leave the rest for another time. It'l be there when you need it. 
 
Because they come monthly one doesn't feel overwhelmed.   

For an underwhelming experience simply update every six months rather than once a month. Choice is yours.

I think it is a good model. Maintaining current features and being proactive for new ones is essential to the survival of any product. I agree though, for every ten new features I’ll probably use 6, maybe 7. But those used have significant meaning to me.  

I am leaning towards Mixcraft Pro 7 for the future .
Simple to use and it Is flawless up to now.Such an easy program to use without all the fuss.
I am certainly not paying another £100  for things I do not need.
I will stay with Sonar Pro and Christmas Is where It stops.
 I can see the future with Keyboards like Kontact which will use software to It's full.
All the best
John

I don't have the same amount of studio time every month and personally really dislike the multitude of updates. I have to add that I also have a slew of third party software and sometimes it feels like every time I work I have to update a ton of stuff first. I can obviously skip one or two but that only postpones the problem. My main concern is that so far every new release has come with SOME bugs. They're usually not big but it becomes pretty hard to judge whether or not one will be a problem for me and I don't like rolling the dice every month.

I think I'm going to skip updates until my year is up unless there is something I really can't do without.

Sanderxpander
My main concern is that so far every new release has come with SOME bugs. They're usually not big but it becomes pretty hard to judge whether or not one will be a problem for me and I don't like rolling the dice every month.

This is something I don't quite understand. It takes only a few minutes to update, and even less time to roll back. Any bugs usually affect only a limited number of people, so there's really nothing to be lost by updating, then if you encounter a bug that actually affects your work, rolling back to a previous version.
 
As to the general topic of being overwhelmed, I have yet to see a serious DAW that didn't have an overwhelming feature set. But, just because you own a car doesn't mean you have to drive every road...you drive on the roads that take you someplace you need to go. 

Jesse G
 Do you feel as though SPLAT is overwhelming?

No, I feel opposite.

I kind of did at first but that was simply due to my need to "KNOW ALL THE THINGS!!!"
 
Throughout the year though it's become apparent that the Baker's aren't really changing much of anything. The core of the program is X3 (an undoubtably popular and stable incarnation) and all this new stuff is exactly that... new stuff that doesn't screw with the main X3 foundation. You can use the new stuff or not use it but it's there when and if you decide you want/need to.
 
The only exceptions to the "it's just X3" premise would be the new Control Bar (which is super easy to figure out and WAY better) and the new PRV stuff which has seemingly remained the same since it was initially implemented (with necessary fixes). Everything else can be safely ignored unless you go out of your way to use it.
 
I've only updated SPlat I think 2 (maybe 3) times and am about to do so again to get at the track to track stuff. I've mostly been doing things as I have been since X3 but occasionally reach out to the new tools because they were useful for what I'm working on (for example I'm about to use Drum Replacer for the first time).
 
Also I find it BETTER with these monthly releases of new stuff because, due to my personal laid back update method, I get a chance to really let the possibilities sink in and see how everyone is using/liking new stuff. The monthly eZines was a great idea. I read through them (and download/store them with my manuals) to get an idea of what's up and how things apply to my work. This all makes it much easier to use these things once I actually DO something with them.
 
Before when it all got dumped in our laps once a year (AND with massive changes to how the core program worked) it took at least a couple months to catch up. Now once I do get around to installing the updates/using the new stuff I already know what's going on and my work isn't disrupted really at all. I just have some cool extra options.
 
I haven't really been nailed by any of the "bugs" or problems either because if I see a ton of people complaining about stuff here I just write off that version and wait to see what the next one brings. Looks like JP is probably a good version to snag and squat on. The only complaints I've seen were in regards to specific third party plugins that I don't use and over the top routing issues that can be avoided (and the Bakers said they're working on).
 
Much more protection and choice IMO with the new model I think and really no reason to be overwhelmed because nothing new seems to get in the way of old workflows (if you are already used to X3 or Sonar 2015 anyway).
 
There were some stumbles at first but this does all seem to have been thought out rather well and humming along quite nicely now.
 
Cheers.