One persons small bug is a Goliath beetle to another. And negative is a frame of mind, unless someone said all of you go and buy the competition. As far as the monthly subscription goes, I went all out and bought it... all your monthly gripes are mine for a year lol In reality no bug has befell me and any problem I had was of my own accord ( software, drivers, etc. ). So like Mr Anderton stated in a previous post here, luck of the draw.
For that matter, my hard drive just died on my laptop and Sonar, Reaper and Samplitude along with it, til I receive the new hard drive. No concern to no one, because your pc works fine...
Well that's the OP's point. If you never use drum maps, not really your problem per se. But in my opinion, it's all our problem, because we all use this DAW. Whatever hurts you, ow goes to me too. Who knows if one day I may need a feature that is currently not working for you? With or without a rollback or workaround?
The Bakers are doing an exceptional job, and we all need a bit of patience on both sides of the table. The bottomline is the production of good music, and since our choice of software is this one; making it the industry standard, or at least as it pertains to our workflow to make/produce good music. That's the common denominator.
Six months. That's how long this product has been out for us users in it's current form. Frustrating as it can be, it will take time to be the " that's no biggie, I just need to do this.."; if you even have to do anything to the product. Even if it was formatted like it was back in the days, month to month is month to month (seems shorter when you have to wait longer for updates ). Is it time consuming to rollback or have a workaround? Perhaps. But this and any other forum is full of them... well at least workarounds.
And at least the Bakers aren't saying, " if the antenna doesn't work, use the phone in your other hand..." ( said in my best Steve Jobs impersonation ); they are meeting the bugs head on.
Finally features are just as important as bug fixes. The difference in importance is up to the user. My walkaround for not having Drum Replacer is Drum Leveler or Alloy 2. And yes, I have Sonar Pro.
My upgrade to Splat comes with the patience of realizing the stability of the software with all it's goodies, fixes and workarounds. Even if that problem of the lack thereof is someone else's.
Everyone keep up the good work and stay on each other's butts ( with facts not conjecture ) and this product stays as the one we go to. Have patience all of us... that's what makes the world go round. When it stops it gets cracks in it, that no one wants to be around. As long as this particular topic is, I'd say we all want to be here. Sonar rocks.
I've said my five cents about it. May all have a blessed day.