My life stopped at Sonar 6P and I didn't get back into making music until X1. Fortunately I got into X1 rather late and therefore missed out on the pain of what was, by all accounts, a difficult piece of software.
So when I got hold of X1 demo summer of this year, it didn't take long for me to decide to upgrade from 6 to X1. And the learning curve started then.
X2 took me by surprise. I was reading the speculation here about a new version due, or perhaps a new patch for X1, so when X2 was announced I thought, wow! I've only scratched the surface of X1.
When I watched the webinar for X2 I instantly knew I was going to upgrade, yet again, even though I hadn't fully got to grips with X1. I umm-ed and ahh-ed about being an "early adopter" and almost missed out on the pre-sale.
So far, despite some minor issues, I am really enjoying X2 and I've only gone back to X1 to check the odd thing or two out. I'm still in the "testing"stage at the moment because there are so many things to try and only so many hours in the day. I've not recorded any audio yet so that's the next thing I have to do.
@ Karl,
I much prefer takes over lanes although there's some refinements to be had there. Automation lanes are handy as well but I still use the in track method as my main stay for automation.
I'm surprised at that, a little, although you're not the only one. It might be a bit late now, but I think that if it was possible for the Bakers to back track a little and add the function that would allow users to choose whether to use layers or lanes, there would be even more happy campers here.
Personally, I love the automation being separate from the clips and I even turn off the ghost info.
Take Lanes - I've yet to test them out yet so I'm not sure what to say about them.