Looks like there's a wee discrepancy:
 
"Unlimited audio and MIDI tracks"
http://www.gear4music.com/Recording-and-Computers/Sonar-X3-Cakewalk-Music-Production-Software/VKJ
 
"64 audio and unlimited MIDI tracks..."
http://www.sweetwater.com.tore/detail/SonarX3upAC/
 
Someone ought to sort this out.

We will address. SONAR X3 has unlimited audio and MIDI.

Wow! Windows finally has its Garage Band killer app! Is there a limit on plugin instantiations or any other such thing?

yevster
Wow! Windows finally has its Garage Band killer app! Is there a limit on plugin instantiations or any other such thing?

cakewalk never had a limitation on plug ins.

No limits. It has all the core workflow features. It's been supersized as have been all versions.

I'm pretty sure Music Creator did, at least at some point. But seriously, for a DAW under $100, this is epic. Think. Presonus Studio One Artist which at $99 allows no outside plugins at all, or Cubase Artist, which at over $200 still has track count limitations.

Actually, Essential is $50 if you register a free product and then get the "upgrade for registered Cakewalk customers".

So yeah, like. I said, this is epic.

Free products don't count as a registered customer. Music Creator, Project5., SONAR le, etc would count.

It also has VST3 and 64-bit mix engine. It could probably compete on specs with many of the flagship DAWs.

That's why it's called SONAR X3.

Andrew Rossa [Cakewalk]
Free products don't count as a registered customer. Music Creator, Project5., SONAR le, etc would count.

That's a change. A while ago, I tried registering free products in a clean account and then almost-buying "any cakewalk customer" upgrades and it didn't balk. Sorry, I have a sycophantic affinity toward beta-testing the store. :)

That's been changed I believe.

Since Sonar X3 is a core product would the prochannel  fx from x2 producer and the separately purchased ones work?