Hmmm Ok then.... :)

Personally, X3d has been awesome for me! Overall, I'm very happy with X3, in general. 

Vastman
I'll have to reserve comment on "d", as DAW still being upgraded but I agree wholeheartedly... the X series, up through "c" has been wonderful for me, and while many things needed to be flushed out in the beginning, X3 has been exquisitely awesome and the iterations (a to d) have been rapid, lots of bits tweaked and largely what remains are a few main users with personal differences (ie, takelanes/video) which get down to philosophical/habits/system issues. 
 
It is miraculous, to me... that such an amazing and complex/deep workstation exists on planet "eaarth"... a decade ago millions of $$$ couldn't have bought the power of what X3pro offers out of the box.
 
Humans are too often funny, fickle, winy, self-oriented, ungratuitous, and ungrateful,  stuck in their own precepts and historical perspectives... which is part of the reason the planet, and us as a species, is in such trouble...
 
I fully appreciate and respect all the efforts which have gone into X and love the bakers, who've been outdoing themselves over the past year... fixing bits as they crop up...
 
And this is not coming through on the forum at the moment, which is sad.  Less emotional garbage would be nice.  And remembering the PC platform is difficult to manage, which they are doing a steller job of...
 
I just thought of another thing.... as the bakers, at all levels, are really active on the forums these days it is maybe bringing out a lot more of the issues some have which they've felt neglected, even now... for example... the play list situation... "Hey, they're listening... I need to speak up... now's my chance..."  Personally I think this is good on both sides... but less venom about the past is warranted... as they are listening... 
 
And, maybe a little love thrown in, for good measure... because, folks... we are frackin' lucky to be alive and have this creation available to sculpt our visions...
 

WELL SAID!!!

X3d working well here.
 
The only issues I've had have been trivial, and not aaaaaffected workflow or productivity at all.

CakeAlexS
One thing I've come to realise, these patches really need a rollback facility. Of course we should all be backing up as well before we install.

Just curious...what's wrong with the existing rollback option available through the .exe properties page? I did a rollback from X3c to X3b to test whether it was possible when people were getting all bent out of shape about the 64-bit CE bug, and it worked.

So hang on, to roll back do you run the patch again?
Otherwise my confusion (at least) is that it isn't in add/remove programs.
 
Thanks...

I appreciate Alex's efforts to organize information aggregation.
 
Still, I think it would be better to have it a group effort than an effort spearheaded by a single individual who doesn't work for Cakewalk. For example, a group wiki would be just great! Lots of the questions on the forum get answered again and again. Some old posts are just awesome and should really be made thread agnostic and preserved where others can see the information.
 
I'm not opposed to types of threads beyond...

• 'This is my problem...',
• 'How can I...',
• 'What gear should I buy?...',
• 'Will my computer work/Why doesn't my computer work...'
• and 'Is this a bug? Can you replicate?...'

 
I do think it's important to make these things a group effort. Explicitly, my biggest concern about Alex's issues thread is that only he is in charge of the first post where he enumerates them.
 
None of us is as smart as all of us. :-)

Hehe... I mentioned that several months ago and got the replies "It has been tried in the past..." and "Go ahead and start one..."

Go ahead and create a wiki.... I've got no issue with anybody compiling their own bug list either.... You have the links to the threads which are considered bugs, you can also contribute there as well... If you dont like it..... be proactive and do something! cheers... :)

mettelus
Hehe... I mentioned that several months ago and got the replies "It has been tried in the past..." and "Go ahead and start one..."

Guess it's my turn :)