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I also said some of the code will be revamped (why) because of the bugs that Sonar had previous. These I presume are the things that will be worked on.
I think it is a question of time scale. Some of your comments seemed to imply you expected major changes and bug fixes with the initial launch. I think they have been very clear that the priority is to get the product rebranded and launched. This will probably involve minimal code changes, and nothing in the core of the product -- at the outset. Of course, one hopes that there will be priority on bug fixes as the product proceeds after re-launch.
I do share your view about "old man's DAW." I guess at 62, and a person who started hanging around studios when all they had was 4-track and 8-track tape with lots of ping-pong action for every production, I might quality as an old man. But I hope to be walking this planet for another generation if I am lucky. And I think there are major opportunities to come from migrating away from an emulation of the ancient hardware studios and to really embrace the universe of possibilities that come from a totally "in the box" solution. In that respect, it is encouraging to see the ownership move from a company whose strategic vision was Phillips Electronics to the kinds of thins Bandlab does.
In particular, I visited the Bandlab website and didn't see a single screen shot that was trying to depict some old piece of hardware that 99.9% of today's customers have never seen anyway. It really is time to leave the 1970s hardware behind and embrace user interfaces that are directly connected with the task at hand and much easier to see than the fake brushed aluminum images and magic knobs that are poorly labeled and only understood through years of folklore.
Don't get too comfortable with anything, other than a casket.