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  • X3...here it is..for real! Sept. 28th ship date? wow (p.22)
2013/09/25 19:33:37
Silicon Audio
From the bits of info Noel has fed us, X3 is sounding like a no-brainer upgrade for me.  If there are some serious improvements in take-lanes, as Noel says, I will be completely satisfied and anything else is just an added bonus.
 
Regarding colour customisation, it amazes me how this was a life & death issue for so many people.  Honestly, the forum was full of people moaning about it.  Now we hear it's back, and little is said.
 
Feels to me like some people will find anything to b!tch about and when it gets fixed, they just go quiet.  Lame...
2013/09/25 19:35:38
WallyG
Leadfoot
I got my money out! Let me buy it already!

What he said!
Walt
2013/09/25 19:37:43
SteveStrummerUK
Beepster

lol... I want color customization but I want all the colors to be BLACK.
 
Then my music can be none more black.


 
 

 
 

2013/09/25 19:39:53
djwayne
Well when I mentioned color customization improvements, I got pounced on, so I just stay quiet about it now. Yes though I am looking forward to the improvements and hope that they have some nice default color schemes on which to choose from. No it's not a life and death issue, but it would be nice to be able to get away from that ugly machine grey.
2013/09/25 19:44:01
Beepster
SteveStrummerUK
Beepster

lol... I want color customization but I want all the colors to be BLACK.
 
Then my music can be none more black.


 
 

 
 





That's exactly what I've been running around doing in my apartment between posts in this thread.
 
BLECK! BLECK! BLEEEEEECK!!!
2013/09/25 19:56:39
mudgel
I have great hopes that having to go deep into Sonars code to implement ARA and VST3 allowed Cakewalk to get at a lot of the niggly little bugs and long standing ones.

Much of what has been announced seems to indicate (to me) that there will be many under the hood fixes and improvements and not just feature bloat bolt ons. Obviously there's new plugins as sweeteners and enhancements.

Certainly I'm more upbeat about Sonar with what I know at this point, than I have been ever since we got into the X series. I guess we'll see soon enough when we can get it into our hot little hands. I for one will be an early adopter.
2013/09/25 20:11:36
stickman393
Silicon Audio
Regarding colour customisation, it amazes me how this was a life & death issue for so many people.  Honestly, the forum was full of people moaning about it.  Now we hear it's back, and little is said.
 
Feels to me like some people will find anything to b!tch about and when it gets fixed, they just go quiet.  Lame...



Or they could just be realists who are going to wait and see before praising/denegrating whatever X3 has to offer in that regard.
2013/09/25 20:13:07
swamptooth
Jlien X
CareyLetendre
swamptooth
Sonar's midi editing is way way easier than cubase or reason for the simple idea that you can view multiple tracks at the same time in one prv screen.

 
Incorrect. Cubase can do this.


 
I believe swamp wanted to say in Sonar you can open multiple PRVs with different groups of instruments and lock the contents and dock the screens into the MultiDock, because even Studio One can also show multiple tracks at the same time in one PRV. 


not really... this is what i meant - you open multiple tracks in sonar in one prv, and there are track indicators on the right of the prv that show you which track you are working on.  cubase's method is more convoluted because the editing selection is locked to clips not the prv as a WHOLE.  sonar otoh has all kinds of handy utilities, including track locking for each part and a track selector.  
 
first cubase with two midi clips. you set the coloring to parts and this is how it shows up - the dropdown at the top is a clip selector...
 
if you have multiple clips to work with this becomes amazingly convoluted because you need to know the name of the clip to choose...

 
and in sonar, it's just easier to navigate, esp with the track selector menu and track tools at the right of the screen...

2013/09/25 20:16:16
guigz2000
Hi,
 
I just don't wanna troll but, if X3 is out in october, does it means X2b is on the way too?
(I wouldn't be bothered by UI fixes and an updated bitbridge which enables me to get my Focusrite Liquid Mix to work)
2013/09/25 20:19:56
Leadfoot
mudgel
I for one will be an early adopter.


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