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2013/07/02 08:07:25
Beepster
I know this was meant to be snarky but the bulk of the broken things I've found don't really get in my way. The three things that do are, in order of nuisance...
 
The random selection bug.
 
Audiosnap being quirky as all heck.
 
The general wackiness of the graphics in regards to things disappearing, appearing highlighted when they're not, flashing, waves sometimes becoming invisible when moving clips, etc...
 
These have been well documented on the forum so I'm sure they've got a pile of reports on them already so I haven't bothered. I was just assuming that a patch would be coming and those things might get better. They got slightly better after installed the A patch and are somewhat intermittent so it seems to me it's just the core stability of the program. Not really anything specific that can be done.
 
Cakewalk is likely to get a phone call at some point because I want to wipe my system and start from scratch following their directions. Unfortunately I am probably going to be freaking moving yet again (ugh) so I'm holding of until I'm in my new place. There might be a patch by then anyway... I hope. Otherwise Reaper is getting installed and I'll probably do all my editing there. Mixing seems to be okay in X2a so far but I haven't really done anything in depth since I patched.
2013/07/02 08:42:10
icontakt
Danny Danzi 
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. 

 
6: Note that if you click-drag the right portion of a clip the snap operates on the clip's end.
7: I like right-click lasso select because sometimes my track view is full of clips and yet I can select certain clips that are surrounded by clips I don't want to select.
2013/07/02 08:42:11
lawp
Submitted several for x1, none of which were fixed so didn't bother getting x2 and now primarily use s1 as my daw.
2013/07/02 09:40:00
karma1959
0 showstopper bugs
0 reports submitted
 
I'm sure this will cause a riot, but I'd support a forum policy of "no whining about an issue allowed unless you've submitted a bug report.", as that's the only way ANY software provider can quantify issues and prioritize their focus objectively.
2013/07/02 09:46:02
michaelhanson
I am always amazed at folks who gripe about a version they don't even own.
2013/07/02 10:03:32
mmorgan
I've had about a half dozen crash dumps that I have submitted. IIRC they were all related to track templates that I had created at a time when my sampling rate was 44.1kHz. I subsequently changed my rate to 48kHz and was driven insane for a few weeks trying to figure out what was going on. I put it down to the plugs in the template (GR5 and Scuffham S-Gear).
 
Insanity nearly ensued on a project where I was doing start and stop voice overs for a tutorial on guitar technique...I figured that this was just me not understanding how Take Lanes were being created. I'm still not sure I really 'get' Take Lanes. I'm able to work but I don't feel confident when Take Lanes are in play...and a lack of confidence is not a helpful thing when creativity is at play. Are my issues bugs or me? Not sure, but I read a lot of negative comments regarding Take Lanes...and some positive ones also.
 
Danny's comment about the Audio Engine tweaked my interest. I couple years back I couldn't understand all the complaints. Having used a couple other DAWs and grown used to how transparently their AEs work I have to say that Cakewalk has a ways to go on this front in my opinion.
 
Regards,
2013/07/02 10:09:11
gswitz
Sometimes I crash when closing all projects. Sometimes, when importing a pro channel preset I have to import it twice. Those are the kind of bugs that are clearly sonar. The biggest bug sits between the chair and the keyboard.

Nothing is causing me to rethink my primary daw at this time.
2013/07/02 10:23:00
chuckebaby
lawp
Submitted several for x1, none of which were fixed so didn't bother getting x2 and now primarily use s1 as my daw.

your telling me none of your bugs were fixed in 4 patches?
sorry, not buying that.
2013/07/02 10:51:24
bapu
Beepster
I know this was meant to be snarky 



Beeps. That is so untrue. And it's an unfair assertion.
 
This thread as a serious spawn of the other thread where Ryan/Andrew (can't remember which one) said many complain about problems but don't always submit a bug report.
 
So far many (not all, but many) have seem to have proven that assertion. I asked if as a X2a user there are bugs/annoyances and were bug reports submitted. 
2013/07/02 11:02:15
Beepster
If that's the case then my apologies. Just seemed like a tongue in cheek jab. I am indeed guilty of not submitting reports and was actually going to make a list of everything I found that was broken in X2 as I worked through the manual. However that list was starting to get way too long and it was eating into my study time so I abandoned it. Some of those things actually ended up being fixed in X2a anyway so it would have been a waste of both mine and tech supports time. I also figured with another patch even more stuff would get fixed and my studies took me away from the manual for a few months so I was just waiting it out. I'll probably do a review of the updated online manual once I move so I may start a list then but as it stands the three issues I mentioned are the only ones really getting in my way and they are well documented. I will bring them up with support though when I get around to fixing up my rig... which again will likely have to wait until after I know if I'm moving or not.
 
Cheers.
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