It does look amazing.
 
I'm gonna have to wait a month or so before purchasing - there is a list in my head of priorities for what cash we have, and Sonar isn't at the top (yet!), more like 4th or 5th.

149$... :(
99$ is OK but no ProChannel moduls. In Sonar X2 Pro we have it.
I don`t need new plugins NOMAD and new VSTi - this is new 50$? Thank you... :(

Downloading producer upgrade...anticipating a night full of becan!

Paid for. Will download later tonight.

Bought and downloading now as well. And my serial and reg code came lickity-split too!
 
Now to catch up on the forum posts for any tricks and tips!
 
Giggity!

A few quick things just off the top of my head.
The colors....great!!
The EQ fly-out with spectrum analyzing....great!!
I have been comping guitar tracks to get a feel for the new way that this works....Great!!
I installed a new VST and forgot to shutdown X3 while doing it. A window popped up and it re-scanned without me telling it to....great!!
In X2 I had a few graphical glitches from time to time. Not in X3 at this point. Hopefully they are gone for good.
The new way that your plugins are sorted.....spectacular!!!
 
 
 

In the area of minor but appreciated and unexpected improvements. One of my project templates is quite big. Loads of VSTi's and preloaded samples. X3 loads it at around 60% of the time X2 does. It could just be a random fluke of course and only valid for this one. But I did time it. Would be interesting if others notice the same.

I forgot to mention this as well.
I did notice faster load times.

Watching the videos and reading the "What's New" newsletter now, but not ready to commit to $150:
 
1. The new QuadCurve EQ with underlay spectrum analyzer looks excellent!  It's what they should have done back in the X1 days! I know I submitted a Feature Request asking for the EQ over an analyzer. Me plus a thousand other disgruntled fools. After all, it only makes sense.
2. Self-scanning VST folders = time saver.
3. Custom track-color widget = perfect implementation! Too bad even preference-based colors in X2 never worked right. I'd be curious to see what issues come with the color widget.
4. Addictive Drums looks like it is about 100x better than Session Drummer 3. Less kits though, but can SD3 kits be loaded into AD?
5.  AAS instruments; Strum Acoustic Session looks interesting but could be frustrating.
 

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4. Addictive Drums looks like it is about 100x better than Session Drummer 3. Less kits though, but can SD3 kits be loaded into AD?
5.  AAS instruments; Strum Acoustic Session looks interesting but could be frustrating.
 

4) Addictive drums only loads its own adpak format as far as I know.
5) I have used the full electric version on a couple of things. It's not that frustrating once you get it and then it's quite logical.
But you really need to read the manual for it. It's a great VSTi for inspiration.