the good?  the not so good? 

I'm eyeing this board but would like some thoughts from users.

no one?  The price seems great for what it is.  I've read a lot of mostly good stuff about it on forums like Gearslutz. 

I'm interested to hear what someone says???????

I don't use one but I have read the complaints over the years of Sonar users who just can't get full functionality out of the potential control surface features of the 3200 and 4800 boards with Sonar.

I use a dm24. I use it for tracking then mix in the box. I do not use the dm for the control surface functionality and never have. Had mine now for 12 years with minimal issues. Great way to have a ton of input flexibility by using the tdif connectors and a motu interface. I use a motu 2408 mkIII along with my dm24.

Sonar really has severe limitations on control surface integration.   Faders, Pan , Solo and Mute are all good but once you start i getting into prochannel its appears to be a lost cause.   I use FW1884 just for the basic 4 control surface functions and faders mentioned above. I use a much better RME UFX as the actual interface.   I got the Tascam for like 300 bucks which is a fraction of most other control surfaces like Mackie or upperlevel Tascam that do not support the things we all would really want.

I'm interested in the DM 3200 and the RME UFX.
 
I'm leaning to the DM 3200 for these reasons:
 
I currently use a Roland VS700 (says Cakewalk on the front panel- but built by Roland).  However, I'm doing the A/D conversion from my external mic pres (Pacifica and UA LA610) with a Mytek and RME MultifaceII.  That wouldn't change with either the Tascam or the UFX.  Now if someone could convince me the UFX convertors are FAR superior to the other two (Mytek and MultiFaceII), that could sway my decision.  Frankly, I'm looking more seriously at the Tascam for these reasons:
 
...eye candy for clients... yeah, it's vain but speaks a lot when you first walk into a studio.
...extra mic pre's to cut larger ensembles
...talkback mic built in
... control surface (yes, I've read it's pretty limited to faders, pan, solo, mute, and transport- but I'd be cool with that- no need, in my world, to have plugin edit functions.
...effect sends to performers with the built in effects.  ...and yes, the UFX can do it to.
 
I haven't read any total hate for the Tascam.  Like everything on the Internet you need to wade through the noise.  Lots of users love everything about it!  Some feel the convertors and mic pre's aren't "high-end" enough.  That's possible but it's why I'm doing this research.
 

I had a DM4800.
 
What I can tell you is that my experience with that board is why I will never touch another TASCAM product ever again. The board itself would be fine for a live setting. Controlling a DAW? Not so much. I tried for months to get the firewire card working so that the board would respond inside Sonar. The issue is that TASCAM had absolutely no idea how to make a proper driver for it. I was back and fourth with them for about 3 months before I threw my hands in the air and sold it to buy my VS-700.
 
Let me try to save you some money on an oversized paperweight:
 
...yes, it's big. That's about all it has going for it. I don't believe clients care about mid-sized consoles. It honestly won't look impressive unless you spend the extra 4k on a custom desk that will only ever work with that one console.
...the mic pres aren't that impressive. You can get multiple interfaces with much better options.
...unless you're in a studio with soundproof live rooms, you have no need for a talkback mic.
...there are much better control surface options out there. The VS-700c for instance still works brilliantly in Sonar.
...can't speak for the effects sends because I couldn't get the bloody thing to work long enough to try them.
 
Depending on what Roland does with the VS drivers for Windows 10 (I have no doubt they will be updated), I have been looking at other options as well. I may keep the 700c for a surface control though I'd like to start looking at touchscreens in the near future. I am however considering going with a Universal Audio Apollo 16 to replace my VS-700r.

Thanks TerraSin.  I appreciate you being candid.  My experience with RME (the MulitFaceII) leads me in that direction.  I've listened to some projects I cut when I first got it and they sound great today.  Drivers are rock solid too.
 
Yeah man, I've done without "the console" all these years and unless something cool falls into my lap I'm probably gonna move to the UFX.  ...maybe the Apollo....