I was dissapointed and depressed once.
 
I wrote a song about three cats walking down the hill and up again in the sunshine. Then I did a forward roll on the bed, tumbled on my girl and felt better.
 
I forgot where my bad feelings came from. But it had nothing to do with DAWs as I recall.

I patently disagree with a rompler being a core DAW function by the way. And it appears I'm not alone, Reaper and ProTools are two of the most popular DAWs.

Sanderxpander
I patently disagree with a rompler being a core DAW function by the way. And it appears I'm not alone, Reaper and ProTools are two of the most popular DAWs.

Agreed. What is the saying: "Jack of all trades, master of none..."
 
Regards,
Dan
 

letyourlightshine
Well I upgraded,I Always do,I have used Sonar since the one before sonar x1,it came with my first interface.I own reason,protools,fl studio,ableton live and now after getting a 2014 macbook pro as a wedding gift from my wife,logic,but I prefer sonar.I write 90 percent of my music on it.But nothing in the new version has me that excited.I would have liked to see new content for dimension pro or maybe some actual drum kits for session drummer pro that were any good.The FX amp rx chains sounded like the usual terrible amp sims and it seems a bit slow.Could be I have a fast powerful mac and no viable way to use my favorite DAW on it,bootcamp-failed,virtual machines fail.So i can now run it on my PC which is much much slower than my mac or use Daws that I have a hard time writing on.Depressing,almost makes me want to quit altogether.

I don't know how old your PC is, but if you're experiencing slowness on an FX chain, I'm guessing old.  In which case my best advice is, sell the mac and buy a new PC, if it's your favorite DAW.  You can run all your other DAWs except Logic, which would be the only reason to own the Mac.
 
This isn't to start a Mac vs PC debate, I would say the same thing to a guy who's favorite DAW was logic and he had a 5 year old mac and his wife bought him a brand new PC that he tried turning into a hackintosh and found it didn't work.

I'm annoyed that it won't run on my hovercar... Disappointing...

I think it is unrealistic for Cakewalk to provide a super DAW and sample library.  I would rather they focus on the DAW.  Buy the sample library somewhere else.  Meanwhile, stability and efficiency of the DAW is most important.
 
If you can't afford a sample library, then it is not fair to expect an expensive one just included in the DAW at these kind of prices.  
 
I would rather Cakewalk stay out of the sample business and focus on a stable DAW with a super audio engine and glitche free.

I've been Mac based (MacBook Pro) for a few years now, and have had no problems (not one) running Windows 7 and various iterations of Sonar under Bootcamp.  In fact, Windows (and thus Sonar) actually perform much better this way than any high spec'd PC laptop I've ever owned and used for mobile recording/performing.

What exactly is the issue?

I too hopeful that Cake upgrade Dimension and Rapture in the same as Z3ta. Then again, its somewhat amazing when folks go for the 'throwback' sounds and technology. Stuff like; tape stop, vinyl noise, old analog synths, vocoders, vintage warmth etc. How much of a creative use of Dimension(as an example)many probably may never explore before looking for the next new thing whilst simultaneously looking back at 30 year olds.
Live in the present, I must say. Sonar Platty is my new 'best friend'   

deswind
I think it is unrealistic for Cakewalk to provide a super DAW and sample library.  I would rather they focus on the DAW.  Buy the sample library somewhere else.  Meanwhile, stability and efficiency of the DAW is most important.
 
If you can't afford a sample library, then it is not fair to expect an expensive one just included in the DAW at these kind of prices.  
 
I would rather Cakewalk stay out of the sample business and focus on a stable DAW with a super audio engine and glitche free.

Good post, Alan. I agree. I own Sonar because I love the DAW. I think it's more important that Cakewalk focus on a powerful, stable, easy to use DAW.

mudgel
Isn't it funny..... We want a core product that's stable.

Ain't no plugins, VI's or Fancy UI's happy if the product isn't stable.  Build from the core up and they will come.
 
-D