Not sure if I filled out any reports in X2. Maybe a few when I could. My crashes were from Kontakt and teleport server in x64. The Kontakt issues magically stopped as of 2 months ago but x64 is still not quite right. I'm not sure these are bugs...but these are my issues.
1. Template run in X2 (x86) at 32 or 64 buffers via ASIO will have latency in Sonar X2 x64. The same exact template....and it has latency. Gotta be bitbridge.
2. Take lanes drive me nuts. Same issues everyone else has with them.
3. V-Vocal ghosted clips after bounce to clip. Sometimes they auto-mute the original and the VV clip is on top, other times the auto-mute is on top of the VV clip yet it still plays the VV clip. Add this sort of thing to take lanes where you use the K key to mute clips if necessary and you are in for a nightmare with ghost clips playing even when muted.
4. Sometimes Console emulator speeds up to double speed when inserted and put into post mode.
5. Paste doesn't always paste clips where I want them. They either say they pasted and I can't find them, or they end up 8 minutes deep into the track on the wrong track.
6. The snap to grid is horrible for me unless I just don't know how to use it. Sometimes it won't even snap for me even when it's on. I have to mess with it in order for it to kick in correctly.
7. Right click and drag to lasso drives me nuts. Not a bug, just a nuisance because I prefer left click and drag. This really sucks when doing midi. I drop notes all over like a bird dropping on a black car thinking it's water.
8. Plugin manager is weird. Sometimes it shows my custom plugs for the fx bin but won't show the right plugs in the side bar menu.
9. I really hate HATE HATE our audio engine compared to our DAW competition. In a big project with low buffers (32 or 64 buffers) it dies on me every time I stop playback during a recording. 3 competitors DAWS do not do this at the same buffer settings.
10. I'm astonished we don't have colors back for X2. I made up my mind if they didn't come back for X2, there would not be another X for me. Sorry, that's a major peeve of mine.
11. Midi notes literally move by themselves at times. It's the weirdest thing. I can't make it happen, it just does it whenever it wants. So here I am with a client tonight....I ran Sonar on the same project from 6:30 pm until 3 am. Not a single crash or problem. But we recorded drums using V-Drums tonight. As we were editing and quantizing the midi notes, we literally saw the entire grid of notes drift by themselves. I wasn't even touching my mouse. I'm not talking a major move...I'm talking an increment...but enough to where the client saw it too. I've seen this several times and have noticed that after I quantize a project perfectly and save/close it, the next day I come back, I'll need to quantize a few more notes. I didn't miss them....I'm a machine, trust me. They moved on their own like they have been doing for me. Now I know what causes that.
No show stoppers for me, but some things that are annoying enough for me to see what else is out there. Crashes are just about 0 so that's a good thing, but the same can be said for the other DAW software I use. To this day I've not crashed 2 of them while 1 has only crashed one time. I notice I have to be very careful with Sonar. Like...make sure I stop playback...don't drop in synths while audio is playing...don't do this, don't do that. I'm walking on eggshells and have always felt this way since I began using Cakewalk and had to learn how to configure my machine correctly for it.
I don't feel that with other DAWs at all. I beat them, they work and don't crash for how *I* use them. If I beat on Sonar like that, rest assured it will have a hissy fit. As long as I respect it and treat it with kid gloves, it will work for weeks or months without a crash. It's a great DAW...it just needs a little work and I'd totally happy. Right now I'm content. But I honestly don't believe another X is in the works for me at this point. We'll see.
-Danny