If these are the guys who so called re-invented Sonar with X1...Honestly...they need to be shot with s**t and hung up for stinking. No wonder X1 is such a mess...if this is how they spent their time ......as opposed to perfecting their premiere software ...than all I can say is ..how embarrassing!!!!

What the hell are the execs from Roland smoking???

All it needs is midi and we can jump ship with X1!
 
I wonder how laying down a guitar track would work with that thing?
How is it that piece of crap can have the mp3 liscense and X1 can't.
 
Now I'm even getting mad.

Will the Boys from Cakewalk be Rushing to NAMM with this piece of Genius? And any of you notice how much the interface looks like X1????

Oh god, please, someone, Gina, anyone, tell me this is a joke... it is... isn't it? 
Beautiful, simply beautiful. I haven't laughed so much in years. 
Woah, watch out ProTools, credibility is no longer an issue! 

This could all be coded into a smart phone app. eliminating the microphone, software and laptop. I already have a similar setup but I call it voice mail. A USB cable and I can dump the contents onto a pc. Why would anyone want this software. Now it would be good for recording conversations, and with the software you could modify the conversations. Or this could be their new "entry drug", followed by add on's that would allow you to add music to that special message. I want a video phone plug for X1b!

Lanceindastudio


to recording people like us it is really funny, but it could be a great market for people that dont know how to use the tools we do. I dont blame them for trying to tap into another market.

I agree...I'm thinking people like my Dad Not to likely to buy Sonar but he would go for something like this!

this is great!!!i can see my girlfriend with an mp3 of my voice on it breathing heavey and letting my wife listen to it..talk about getting bit by my own dog...the cakewalk that i owe so love will be the demise of me..how could this be?

As I mentioned down in the coffee house thread, I hear it's "highly endorsed" by Mel Gibson's girlfriend and Tiger Woods's wife.

Bob

The bigger picture is that they released X1 before the Christmas sales rush when it should not have been released. It is broken to the point of class action law suit territory. I simply cannot use it because of the snap and alignment.

But instead of focusing on music production, they are going into vaporware while they are releasing a broken product.. If they are going to do that, at LEAST do it under another label. Anyone with any business sense should know that you don't stain a reputation when it comes to professional tools (no pun intended).

They are clearly under miss management and have no clue what their roles are and why they are here..

hmm... kind of like how outsourced developers think.

Oh as an update, I'm going to make a lot more videos on my channel testing various DAW'S for electronic production. I'm pretty much going to do the same thing I did with Sonar on the different DAW's and give my thoughts. Whatever I can download new trials for pretty much.

I think one point of the matter is. This would have been handy with 1st generation cel phones 14 years ago, but in 2011 most smartphones have the ability to export audio. Using a mic to record voicemail messages is "so last decade".

Best Regards,

Scott Lee


I think one point of the matter is. This would have been handy with 1st generation cel phones 14 years ago, but in 2011 most smartphones have the ability to export audio. Using a mic to record voicemail messages is "so last decade".

Best Regards,

Thats exactly right.

Out of interested I just left myself a new voicemail, downloaded my carriers visual voicemail app from the Android market, long pressed and sent the new message to my gmail account from the available options, and then downloaded and played it on my computer. I kid you not, all in probably just over a minute, and for all for FREE.

The smarter choice in looking at current trends, and into the future, would have been to develop an  Android and iPhone app. But hey, maybe market research has shown there is money to be made from the product, I dont know, but I doubt it and I know it has no future.

VigilantSound


Wow, that was grose,...

Now do you think they hired her because of her coding skills, or because shes hot...

5hey shouldfire her and hire some one who can fix audio snap....

No no no! I would much rather have her present the working Audio Snap in X1 than that bearded guy

no offense to Brandon


Just kidding. Now, carry on...

Well, I actually think they could market this towards the home brewing Podcast market as well...

Seth Perlstein [Cakewalk
]

This is from our consumer line and was not done by the people who do SONAR. It's meant for consumer level people, not pro recordists. Obviously.

Meanwhile, at the Voicemail Forever forum:

Sonar X1 is from our audio line and, of course, it was NOT done by the industry experts that built Voicemail Forever. It is ONLY meant for dummy-level recordists with very basic audio needs and music skills, and not for Pro 21st Century phone users. *OBVIOUSLY* - duh!

Curse it, Toyota, how could you make the Scion?! It makes my Lexus look bad!
Curse it, Coca-Cola, how could you release New Coke: it makes my old Coke look bad! 
Curse it, Avid, how could you merge with M-Audio?! M-Powered makes my ProTools looks bad!
Curse it, Church of England, why do you want to remove the religious parts of the christening ceremony?! It makes my baptism look bad!
Curse it, Walmart, why do you sell cheap Chinese knock-offs of my expensive electronics?! It makes my expensive electronics look bad!
Curse it, Borders, why are you selling romance novels?! It makes my intellectually stimulating philosophy books look bad!

I have called the waambulance for the whiners.