RE: X2, Is it just me? or...

 Does anyone else feel like this is more like the next refinement of X1 rather than the "next version" of Sonar. Don't get me wrong, my order's in, and I'm really looking forward to the enhancements to the workflow and ProChannel improvments. But going from 8.5 to X1 was a big change. This feels, at least to me, more like a polishing of the old rather than something new. My .02 anyways.

  Agreed. That's why they already got my 99 bucks.

well the software industry is totally weird because like when you go to walmart to buy a coffee maker, you are done..  you get 1 model.  if you want it upgraded, and all, than you have to go back to walmart and get a new one...

Software is more like, "a living product."  You get into a version at considerable cost, but when a new version pops up, you get quite a discount...

I'd like to buy my cars that way....

Cars seem to follow the same upgrade path as software, but without the discount..  Like if you bought a 2002 ford mustang, than you got a certain body style, and in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 ford added new technology to the mustang, and then remade the body in like 2007....


I don't think X2 is a bad thing...  You just have to play around for a few years to get to whatever is after the X's...  

Because X1 is my first copy of Sonar, I do not know when the last, "major redesign took place."  but I do know that, "5 years," is a long time in the technology world...

Expect another major redesign in 2016??????

the extra plugins (Overloud Reverb, TH2, R-MIX, Rapture full and Console Emulation) are well worth the upgrade, but I do agree that this does seem like a refinement but very nicely packaged as an upgrade. I am looking forward to it!

I like the car example. It fits well.

The big jumps were from Pro Audio to SONAR. Now it's SONAR to SONAR X. These are large jumps. The require a significant re-write of coding. It would be completely pointless to do this each upgrade. You'd never get rid of any bugs or add any serious new features. They also couldn't DO it in a normal upgrade time cycle. They don't make a new car body each year because it costs so much money and time to create a new one each time. Every now and then you bring out a big overhaul then spend the next 5 or whatever years tweaking that and bringing it to its peak potential. Eventually you'll hit a wall and can't go much further. That's when it's time for an overhaul. To write X1 required a huge re-structuring of EVERYTHING (I imagine). 8.5 just couldn't really be taken much further. I think of X1 is an amazing skeleton. X2 is only just begging to flesh out the muscles and adding some organs. Wait till it gets it's skin, hair and a nice set of ironed clothes (there's a bug related pun in there). The SONAR X series has so much potential with this new framework and it's going to take a few years to fully realise its potential, and I can't wait to see what the future holds.

It does seem to be more of a refinement, but as I'm pretty really happy with X1 this is a good thing. I was really impressed with the webinar because all of the little changes will have a big impact to my speed and workflow.