I don't get the Sonar Producer Naming and Updates letters. I got and email that says, update to Sonar X3, then I come to the forum and all the posts are for Sonar 8. What gives? Is Sonar X3 actually Sonar 8? And with the updates, it is named X3e, with the e, does that mean there has been five updates to X3, a, b, c, d, e? Thanks for the help! : /

Different people use different versions. Version 8 is not Version X1 and I I think version 8 went up to version 8.5.3 with patches, and version X1 went to X2 and then X3 and those patches up to version X3e now. But I do not have that version so perhaps someone else will approve better that really knows. But no Version 8 is not Version X3.
 
Found this:
http://www.musicradar.com/us/reviews/tech/cakewalk-sonar-x1-333684

http://www.musicradar.com...k-sonar-x2-567295#null

http://www.musicradar.com...kewalk-sonar-x3-590364


It went from version 8 to version X1 to version X2 in Oct. (?) 2012, and now version X3 in Nov. 2013.
 

Don't you see the X series at the top? 
 
It's pretty obvious to me, but seems many don't see the drop down or something. 
Sonar X series
Sonar Producer and studio ( should be called 8.5 and older) 
Sonar Home Studio 
Sonar LE 
 
The confusion is they are calling this forum Producer/ studio  which is also used in naming the by X series. Real dumb of them and there are people posting questions about x series all the time.
We have been recommending they change the name, but, why should they care. People posting here are not what make them money.
But anyhow.. You'll still get a good X3 answer as most of the  helpful users look at all the forums ( we have no life) Also 100's of issues are universal to all versions. 
But there are probably 100's of people using the x series forum and only a few visit this one. So you'll get more answers posting on the correct forum. 

Uh...So Sonar Producer is totally different from Sonar X Producer? : /
 
I bought Sonar Producer years ago (I thought that was top of the line). I buy the upgrades every year, but don't pay close attention otherwise. I think the last upgrade I bought was Sonar Producer X2. Did I buy the wrong upgrade, or was that a downgrade version?
 
Would the "Sonar Producer X3e" be the right upgrade for me if I want to stay with the top of the line product?
 
Man, all these number and letters is worse than a algebra course!

Uh...So Sonar Producer is totally different from Sonar X Producer? : /
 
I bought Sonar Producer years ago (I thought that was top of the line). I buy the upgrades every year, but don't pay close attention otherwise. I think the last upgrade I bought was Sonar Producer X2. Did I buy the wrong upgrade, or was that a downgrade version?
 
Would the "Sonar Producer X3e" be the right upgrade for me if I want to stay with the top of the line product?
 
Man, all these number and letters is worse than a algebra course!

BeachBum
Uh...So Sonar Producer is totally different from Sonar X Producer? : /
 

Life is full of surprises, isn't it  ? The publishing campaign of X-series was so big in 2010-2011 that I must say you've been sound asleep :o).
Yes and No. Producer series is Producer series, that's the flagship still. After 8.5 it was re-named SONAR X -series, because the changes were so big, it was totally re-designed, and thus a forum of its own is justified.
 
"Would the "Sonar Producer X3e" be the right upgrade for me if I want to stay with the top of the line product?"
As SONAR 8.5 hasn't been available for something like three years, X3e is the only option to stay in Producer line(well, you may find X2 on the shelves somewhere).

The numbers are sort of from the year. Sonar 6 was from around 2006 Sonar 7 2007 and 8 from 2008. 
Then the X was to signify a new decade. They are not perfectly synced but pretty close. 
Calkewalk has always had the different levels starting with LE  free with purchases of hardware. 
Then Home Studio I think is only $50. and on up to Producer. I have Studio which is the second from the top. 
This forum just has a name that served well for the last decade. When they released the new version , X, they should have change the name of this forum. 
 
You can upgrade to X3 Producer or Studio from 8.5. go to the top of the forum page and follow the links. to upgrades

Yet again, the title of this forum has caused confusion.
 

I'm still confused.
 
I'm thinking, it's looks like I had started with Sonar Producer, then upgraded to a cheaper X version in error.

X-line of SONAR started when SONAR 8.5 ended the "plain" SONAR line.
If you have X2 Producer, as you say in post #4, then the upgrade is X3 Producer (X3e as the latest update).
As the X-versions are the only ones that are available (+ Music Creator 6, obviously), it's hard to go wrong.