I have exercised the beHeyZeus out of the CCC update and rollback functions to the point that I have complete confidence in them.
 
I always update within a few days of a new release. 

Jesse G
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?

Just curious,which features?

I think it's a good program getting the updates monthly.  It gives you the chance to explore them without being over whelmed.  I don't use a lot of the updated features in my current work but they are available if I need them.  Some of the new features have been utilized in many of my current projects.  Let's just say my tool box is growing and I can handle any type of project.  Hats off to the Bakers !
 
Blackie

igiwigi
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

mixcraft?>Hmmm

As far as features,I would say it needs more,:)I agree with craig,I dont understand thinking a daw should have less.But there are things that need to happen,but some wont,and others who knows when

For me....... I like it the way it is.  I guess my logic is that it is easier for me to digest the changes in smaller bits than to have to deal with all of them at once. Yes, there are  some features that I don't use even after I have explored them a bit but that's no different than sorting through a larger annual update.  I also feel that the CCC update process has been very solid (knock wood) as I have never had any kind of a problem with any of the updates.  Let the good times roll.......

I'll never complain about too many features/functions.  To me, that's like saying I'll stick with Notepad because LibreOffice is too feature rich.
 
I'm actually as happy about the performance enhancements and bug fixes.  The improvement in my experience today compared to X3e a year ago is well worth the $$ IMO.

Personally I don't think SPLAT nor it's new monthly update model are overwhelming.
I actually am very fond of the notion that I can try new features out monthly without having to buy a whole new DAW.
Although I initially thought the new features would be things I probably wouldn't use, I've found many of them are now included in my workflow and that's encouraged me to look more creatively at how I compose, mix and master.
I used X2 and X3e all without any major blips.  For the most part, my system was pretty stable.
SPLAT is just as stable and the CCC seems to work fine.  The new update to the Smart Screen has really helped.
 
the only drawback that I can see (so far) with monthly updates is that 3rd party tutorial services like Groove 3 can't keep up!
But we do have our resident expert Craig and the added information the Bakers provide with the Ezines to keep us up on ways to best utilize what we have thus far. 

I guess I'm one of the lucky ones. I have installed each update soon after it is available. I have had no glitches that I am aware of. As for being overwhelmed, I delve into the new features that interest me, and ignore the rest until I have the time, need, or interest to learn them.
 
Mixcraft was briefly mentioned. I also own Mixcraft 7pro and it is a fine piece of software from an ease of use standpoint.
However it is nowhere near as deep and sophisticated as Sonar. And I find Mixcraft's console view much less flexible and less pleasant to work with than Sonar's.

I think this is one of those situations where there are no "right" or "wrong" answers, different people have different priorities, different rates of assimilating knowledge, different types of projects, etc. This is why Cakewalk structured the membership program the way they did...people could update whenever they wanted, to whatever version they wanted, return to a previous version, etc.
 
The thinking behind this was a) people might want to delay an update if they're in the middle of a big project, b) some people might want to update when they had free time, which could be weeks or months or lots of months, and c) if there was some kind of compatibility issue, like plug-ins that worked only with older versions of Windows, SONAR could roll back to the version that was current at the time of that OS.
 
So I really don't see how anyone is inconvenienced by the current structure, it gives more choices (and more frequent bug fixes) than the once-a-year-big-update approach.