my guess is vst3 was implemented to give cakewalk users everything they've been asking for and in return cakewalk hopes to silence their critics.
 
looks like its not working  :)
 
people where asking for it, now people are asking why we are getting it ?
 
this place confuses me sometimes.

Late to this party but weren't there a bazillion threads about this...also scored higher on our customer survey.

 

Loptec
. There are no plugins out there that are exclusively VST3 yet, as far as I know. 

VocAlign is VST3 only.. it has been a great time-saver over the last year and a half which I have been using it..
 
Also VST3 allows sidechaining (which came in handy during a recent mix which I used the Softube TLA-100 to get that final balance between the bass and kick)...

B San

Loptec
. There are no plugins out there that are exclusively VST3 yet, as far as I know.

VocAlign is VST3 only.. it has been a great time-saver over the last year and a half which I have been using it..

 
Ah, alright! I didn't know. Cool :)
Another huge reason for Sonar X3 to have VST3 then, aside from just natural development and the other reasons Cake's told us about :)
 

B San
Also VST3 allows sidechaining (which came in handy during a recent mix which I used the Softube TLA-100 to get that final balance between the bass and kick)...

 
Yeah! VST3 is great! I'm totally for it! I just don't feel Cakewalk was too late implementing it, as many others here seem to feel.

B San
 
Also VST3 allows sidechaining (which came in handy during a recent mix which I used the Softube TLA-100 to get that final balance between the bass and kick)...

As has been stated here many times before, VST3 is not a prerequisite for sidechaining (many of SONAR's included plugins have done sidechaining for years). Certain plugin companies have implemented sidechaining as a VST3-only feauture, though.

swamptooth

Beepster
(you could say FL and Ableton are way more modern but they aren't really for actually RECORDING audio). 

 
I would take a look at this video, beep, if you think ableton isn't hypermodern at audio recording...
http://youtu.be/GAuq00Ze-Gw

Yeah, that's what I meant. It doesn't strike me as something I'd want to use to track live stuff with. Haven't tried it yet though but I don't think that is it's purpose. FL I have tried and as an old rock dinosaur all I have to say is... WTF? lol
 
For DAWs that actually handle live audio Sonar is probably the most modern that I've seen. If they could only work out the kinks I think the competition would be left holding their yams wondering what the heck happened.

chuckebaby
my guess is vst3 was implemented to give cakewalk users everything they've been asking for and in return cakewalk hopes to silence their critics.
 
looks like its not working  :)
 
people where asking for it, now people are asking why we are getting it ?
 
this place confuses me sometimes.

Very interesting observation. I wonder often what is going on here. 

I remember a lot of people saying they didn't care about VST3 but wouldn't be opposed to it/welcomed it and I think that is still what's happening here aside from the obvious turd disturbers.

Beepster
I remember a lot of people saying they didn't care about VST3 but wouldn't be opposed to it/welcomed it and I think that is still what's happening here aside from the obvious turd disturbers.

True Beep. I was one of those. But I also remember some of the bitter threads attacking CW for not having it. 

what happened to freddy? Did he get banned or just go away?