Dave000
People are getting complacent in the world of software and expect it to not work when you get it. BUT that was not always the case... Corel 4 worked perfect until XP well it still worked but would not save, Photoshop 5.5 still works perfectly in all versions of windows. But there's NO money in perfectly working software.... I can only think of maybe one game not working in Windows. Never had an issues with ANY word processor until windows messed with spell checker. Software like 3D4 studio and then 3D Max 1 - 3 worked perfectly, even in XP.
Yea the good old days... When they came out with a new version it was NOT to fix bug! It was to give you new features... It's all about making money now.
peace!
I have been a software developer for almost 40 years and I have to say, you are factually incorrect on many of your points. Every commercial software product has defects, each and every one. If in your experience a particular product "worked perfectly", that is only because your particular workflow never exposed you to a defect, or you just didn't notice when one happened.
There is a great deal of money in perfectly working software, but not enough to pay the cost of producing perfectly working software unless you're the government.
Every update has bug fixes. Security fixes, UI glitch fixes, crash fixes, etc. That's largely why updates exist.
Producing software is a deeply personal undertaking. It's about living your passion and sharing it with the toughest crowd in the world. Unfortunately money makes doing that possible. Every known defect is agonized over by a product team with oftentimes heated debates on priorities. In the end, the product must ship before the money runs out, so defects will go with it till the next time. It's embarrassing and depressing, but in the end the product does what it was intended for so you hope your customers find value.
OP, if you have a functioning version of Melodyne on your system, and it works in all the versions of Sonar that you expect it to, then you have no complaint, imho.