+ 100 over here! An "under the hood / bug fixes" thread or blog post would be very much appreciated. I understand that sometimes companies might have a little trouble with "publicly admitting" troubles with their products and/or centralizing  those somewhere easily accessible... but it's just how it this with software, so why not embrace it? So If fellow Sonarites and / or fellow bakers could participate in ONE common thread to gather all of the bits and pieces ( like... "oh yeah, we fixed that by the way"...) it'll be greatly appreciated by a lot of people I'm sure.
 
So far, I'm thrilled and excited of what I could gather up so far regarding X3. But, I for one have enough plugins already... (heck... there's a new reverb with a lot of SONAR iterations...) SOooooo... i'm trying hard to focus on the DAW's improvements themselves instead of "included and flashing new toys", hence my interest in an "Under the hood" thread...
 
That being said: have I went "WOW ! All these goodies for about 150$ ??! WHERE DO I SIGN?? WoooHooo !!!" (happy customer bouncing on his head out of pure joy over here...)
 
... Hell yeah I did...

I just submitted a Feature Request for Cakewalk to post the X3 changelog and bug fix list here on the forums.
 
Yep. I'm that kind of pain in the ***.
 
Either way, despite my painy-ness...I think it would be GREAT information.
 
Please Cakewalk...with sugar on top!!!
 
Also...what upgrade is just $49?  I don't understand that upgrade.

The $49 X3 upgrade http://www.store.cakewalk...ductid=10-CXSR3.00-30E

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The $49 X3 upgrade http://www.store.cakewalk...ductid=10-CXSR3.00-30E

So I guess it's the upgrades from Sonar X2 "Essential"?  If so, then they dropped the "Essential" name? Cakewalk didn't really make that too clear.

It is the basic version of X3 available for any Cakewalk user. There is no "Essential" version of X3. The basic version is not as restricted as the old "Essential" versions. http://www.cakewalk.com/p..cts/sonar/versions.aspx

All right, Seth. Fair enough, you're internal development beta bug list is not a good indicator of the overall improvements. I'll even ignore that for every release I can remember going sometime after 2, there was always a blog or forum post of some of the notable aspects of Sonar that had received attention. (Ask Noel.)
 
But if you're going to proclaim in your marketing points
 

Enhancements
Pure refinement.
SONAR X3 includes over a hundred finely tuned tweaks, little enhancements and general improvements throughout, inspired by customer feedback, making it the most refined and solid version of SONAR yet.

 
I would think that you would be prepared to put your assets on the table. What customer feedback? What's refined exactly? What general improvements and little enhancements?
 
I'm not saying that there aren't over a hundred things in the code that received attention. I'm saying it's a little disingenuous to pretend that the details are not important when you know that sells software.
 
It does make one curious of what is not being said.

Feels to me, that CWs approach to a formal "bugfix" list is a little Nancy Pelosi-ish.
"Pass the bill, THEN you can find out what's in it."
"Buy the upgrade, use it, THEN you can find out what has been fixed."
No thanks, I'll be waiting to see how all this shakes out. It's not the money, as I have spent thousands on plugs, VSTis, and gear. I got burned with X1 even with the updates. Burned again with X2 with only one update, then abandoned. Why would I try again? I think it is unethical to sell a product with known issues, fix a few and then abandon the users of that product in order to generate revenue.
I find the silence on a couple of issues here deafening. A bugfix list being one and staff view being another. Did the bakers totally forget staff view was even in there? Apparently not even one improvement.

What about this on the Download site: SONAR X3 Download Insatllation Instructionos
misspelling?

jatoth, way to sneak politics into the convo lol

Dub, not my intent, it just feels weird.