Just a few observations:
 
When the site was down, I emailed cake for my melodyne serial number (because i was otherwise installed and running when the site crashed).
I was pretty shocked when I got an email back within an hour or two with the info I requested.  In the past, I have waited days, even weeks for a response.
 
I was relieved that installation was problem free, and that previous projects opened up without missing plugins and whatnot.  That can be a nightmare.
 
Last night, I had my first crash (white screen) during a session with a client.  To be fair, this particular client has seen more crashes in m,y studio then ANY other client, because his style of music utilizes all the bells and whistles (including Vvocal- now melodyne).  Vvocal has always been susceptible to crashes on my machines.  I always bounce those clips for that reason.  What surprised me is that when I tried to open the autosave version (which was 4 minutes newer) it said it could not because the file was truncated.   I haven't seen that in a while and I hope it's not a sign of things to come!!!  I used the 4 minute old regular version with no problem ( lost a few edits) and no one was the wiser.
 
I just updated to Melodyne Editor and was AMAZED that all I had to do was paste the frikin serial number and VOILA!.  I'm running it :).
 
Last night's session was also the first time i used the new comping- I struggled for a minute and then realized I need to click in the lower half.  It is SO MUCH FUN TO USE!  IT'S BRILLIANT!  The only strangeness was when I recorded into a track that already had comping going on (we wanted 2 more takes to work with), it recorded the first of those 2 tracks ON TOP OF one of the other comp tracks.  I was able to drag the audio into it's own lane, but, why would it do that?   User error or bug?
 
I can't think of anything else- just wanted to share with the community.  

Not to take away from your experience, but has the buyout actually happened yet? The last I heard was about the notice of intention. If the buyout hasn't actually happened yet, it's most likely management is the same that it's been for a while.

Good point.

Even though the deal may not be final, the "feel" around these parts certainly has changed for the better.   I only hope it's something that has been approved and encouraged by the new regime, and not just a transitional thing.   It's been quite a while since the forum has been this enjoyable and I'd really like to see it be the norm!
 

stevec
Even though the deal may not be final, the "feel" around these parts certainly has changed for the better.   I only hope it's something that has been approved and encouraged by the new regime, and not just a transitional thing.   It's been quite a while since the forum has been this enjoyable and I'd really like to see it be the norm!
 

+1

BlixYZ
The only strangeness was when I recorded into a track that already had comping going on (we wanted 2 more takes to work with), it recorded the first of those 2 tracks ON TOP OF one of the other comp tracks.  I was able to drag the audio into it's own lane, but, why would it do that?   User error or bug?

 
That would be a bug. It should not be possible to overlap clips in a take lane under the new world order of X3. If you create an overlap by dragging, SONAR will automatically slip-edit the existing clip to eliminate the overlap. And recording should not be able to create an overlap. But this might also be a temporary drawing error that would be corrected by closing and re-opening take lanes. In any case, if you can reproduce the sequence of events that caused that, you should report it: 
 
http://www.cakewalk.com/support/contact/problemreport.aspx