The problem is that these DAW's are so big and complex that they can't put as much time as they should into making them intuitive and foolproof. When I think of how some of my favorite phone apps have progressed over the years, it's amazing to see them constantly redesigned and made more efficient, easier on the eyes, more convenient and easier to use. When you're coding a very narrow band of functionality it's a lot easier to think of ways in which to improve the user interface and functionality, and put those changes into practice. Huge apps with a history as long as Sonar are far less flexible and a lot more work to redesign. I'm sure if the Bakers put their minds to it they could devise a thousand ways to make Sonar more intuitive, more foolproof and a lot easier to learn. But that's not practical or economically viable, so we have to accept a very slow pace of design improvement and ultimately a program that's needlessly complicated in lots of ways. I get so frustrated with Sonar sometimes, I just want to reach into the screen and wring its neck. So I worry that if I even have a month's break, I'll be threatening the already shaky grasp I have of what's going on to such an extent that I won't want to get back into it.