wise words from a simpleman!

yes I think it is powerful tool we have with x3d and I like to see the bakers here doing there thing so I would like  to say to them keep up the good work and to others lets rock the world with this program and make more music, mix the music to the highest pro level, and just keep shining. peace to all

There are improvements that can be made, that's why we will have a SONAR X4 and beyond. But I must say that what we have in SONAR X3d, is off the chart fantastic! For what we paid for this, getting this much amazing capabilities and features is hard to imagine.
 
If some users abhor this technological wizardry of SONAR, there is nothing I can say or do about it. But I have chosen to take these excellent tools and make money and art with them. I move forward and just get the job done. Nothing has made getting the job done more a joy than SONAR X3d Producer.  
 
And I almost feel like part of a family with Cakewalk. The way the Bakers chime in, I can see that they really take pride in their product and they care about how others use SONAR too. The user forum with all these familiar names helping each other out (for the most part) really lends credence to the "being part of something" feeling of the Cakewalk family.
 
If SONAR was really a show stopper, I would not use it. I have been making real cash as an audio engineer since 2004. I have produced albums for bands like Carnifex and Liquid Blue. These bands tour the world regularly. My tool from the very beginning was SONAR. So, is SONAR Capable of getting pro results. Yes! If you are capable of getting pro results, SONAR will not hold you back in any way, but will allow you to user your skills and creativity to get the job done in an absolutely enjoyable way. Thank you Cakewalk!

Well said, all (especially agree with Vastman and Sylvan)
Having a blast with X3d. Amazing program and there is always something new to learn...
Merry Christmas!
V

I - likewise - I am enjoying X3D - If and when something goes array for me it is user error - or trying to work to fast or possibly forgetting to set my ASIO higher after changing the setting to record with no latency.
 
I agree make MUSIC, MAKE MONEY
 
It's your CHOICE to stay or leave
Just saying

In answer to the question posed at the beginning, X3d is excellent. Human nature, on the other hand, can be rather disappointing sometimes.
 
The people who like the Sonar the best seem to be the ones using it to make music...and it's an extremely capable and inspirational partner in that process. I've worked several hours every day this week with X3d on a fairly involved project. No crashes. Easy workflow. Nothing got in the way. Comping saved me if not hours, at least a whole lot of minutes. There were not only no show stoppers, there were no hiccups. Anything I needed/wanted to do, I could do easily and efficiently.
 
It takes just as much effort to learn a DAW as it does any musical instrument, and I think all my practicing with Sonar and computer skills has paid off in terms of letting me have a very positive experience every time I boot the program.

I would like to put this in another perspective.
 
What if we had a Sonar * that worked perfectly with your thoughts and could do exactly everything you wanted it to do? 
What if any DAW could do that? The only one we would have to blame is ourselves and our own thought pattern.
Who the hell could fix that?
 
Since the beginning if time people are always looking for faults and everything bad in everything, everyone they come across. People should start looking at the good things that we have. Wouldn't that make our lives much better.
 
The bakers have a vision of making a DAW that would give everyont all the tools to express themselves in music as well as video. Every time we complain ,we break off a little piece of that vision and ultimately make it worse in the end.
 
Be thankful for what you have and let cake complete their vision without complaining like little children.
 
MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR to ALL.
 

cowboydan 
Be thankful for what you have and let cake complete their vision without complaining like little children.
 
MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR to ALL.
 

Amen to that
Sonar X3d is an amazing instrument.  We are so lucky to be able to have such a warm and friendly precision software program. 

Vastman, I agree whole-heartedly with you. I'm just saying when any DAW is being developed I would venture to bet that the computer it is being developed on far exceeds what most users own. I would not want Sonar dummied down just to run on a Pentium 2 with 128 mb of RAM! As I said before, I have not had the major issues that a lot of us have had. But my work doesn't force me to try to run 256 tracks of plugin synths without the processor catching fire either.
I am extremely happy with Cake products. At the same time I have seen others on this forum say they were tired and disgusted with feeling like they paid money to become a beta tester every time an update comes along.
Bottom line: If you can't make music with Cake products, you probably won't be able to with any other program as well.

Knee deep in a mix and have many hours under my belt with D.  NO issues at all.  Its all audio with the exception of drums. Totally loving it. 
 
Merry Christmas!