CakeAlexS
Which reminds me, I know lots of people who were musicians or ex engineers who ended up in IT.

I was getting some blood drawn a few years ago and the nurse asked me what I did for a living. I said "I develop software." Then apropos of absolutely nothing the nurse replied: "Are you a musician?"
 
Apparently many IT types enjoy musical creativity also.
 
Regards,
 

CakeAlexS
I dread to say it, but in reality the subscription model is taking over. So is renting of software. Check out Adobe's new software for instance (something I'm just totally incompatible with)...Cake hasn't really touched the surface of all this yet (and right now I don't care, but it's going to happen, you know it. Auto update would be good though).

A few comments on this thread.
 
First, totally agreed about Adobe's subscription model. The odds are better that a giant meteor will hit me in the next 10 seconds than Cakewalk will adopt the Adobe model.
 
Now, Pro Tools. I believe its market share is indeed going down, but not because of Cakewalk or Ableton or whatever. Logic has changed the Mac situation. Over the years at seminars when I've asked what DAW people use on the Mac, the majority used Pro Tools. Now it seems more people are using Logic. Apple selling it direct for $200, not releasing paid upgrades, and pulling out of retail has been a game-changer with profound consequences for Mac users and for that matter, for Pro Tools.
 
Contrary to the OP Sonar is fully professional software (FWIW I tracked classical sessions at a 24/96k Pro Tools HD studio but then for technical reasons, immediately took the WAV files to my Sonar studio for editing). Pro Tools has a very controlled environment, and that of course helps promote stability. Sonar's ability to cope with a huge number of different systems, plug-ins, interfaces, etc. is nothing short of amazing. I can tell you that the programmers at Cakewalk are hard-working, sincere, and on a level that many other software companies can only envy. What they've done with X3 is amazing. They've even fixed bugs they didn't even know they fixed because stability improvements in one area of the program caused a "domino effect" of other stability improvements.
 
And now they're owned by a company where both the CEO and CMO are long-time Sonar users...actually Henry Juszkiewicz has been using Cakewalk programs longer than I have.
 
These are very exciting times for Cakewalk, and you can rest assured that this is the start of much more to come. Look what's happened just since X3 was announced less than 90 days ago.

+1000 for Craig.
 
Thank You

To follow up, it's been over 10 seconds since my post, and I have not been hit by a giant meteor. Therefore, I think it's safe to say Cakewalk will not adopt the Adobe subscription model.

Hmmm...
 

 
 

I heard the alians needed the giant meteors for fuel.

The iconic thing is, it was created in Photoshop...

Since I discovered that OMF sessions exported in Logic imported into Sonar without too much pain, i have been downright giddy.  I hate mixing in Logic.

I love making music and using Sonar to make it all fit.  Have I every been frustrated at a lock up or something that did not exactly work as I hoped? Sure.  Would I trade Sonar X1, X2 and now X3 for anything else on the market? No way.
 
There are companies that rest on their laurels. Cake is not one of them, never has been, and isn't now.  The amount of energy that they are putting into improving X3 demonstrates a vibrant organization with a committed management system and committed workers.
 
With Sonar X3, I don't worry about if I can achieve a desired end. I just have to worry about which of the many choices and possibilities will give me the best mix I've done yet.
 
My 2 cents,
 
Rick
 
 
 

CakeAlexS
The iconic thing is, it was created in Photoshop...

it was IRONIC, also 
 
considering, for, one a meteor is composed of iron ore
 
and the other obvious entendre