Got the mail from cakewalk, a rare event, and filled it out right away. Definitely a hope inducing initiative.
 
Maybe we'll get to see vst3 someday after all

Not sure why exactly but the Survey coupled with a shiney new forum leads me to feel much more optimistic about the future of Sonar. I do wonder though about the timeline of implementation, meaning they are asking for input, but where in the product life cycle while the recommendations be implemented? My hope would go to some general TLC and an X2b product now and then feature enhancements for X3.
 
Mind you I know this is just aimless speculation on my part but as a say with the new forum and all it does make me think the future is looking up.
 
Regards,

I got the invitation and did the survey.

What got my interest was the way certain questions were worded.  In these questions, if you didn't have experience with other DAW software, I don't see how your answer could not be skewed.  If someone asks how you feel some feature is implemented, you might answer great unless you've looked elsewhere and you found your favorite product was more average than excellent. 

Thatsastrat
Yep! I filled it out and was so excited when I saw the listing for mastering. I have so be envious of
the Studio One users who have a great tool in their kit for mastering within the daw. If Sonar could
give us something like that in our tool kits, I would be so grateful. But because I can never be satisfied for long I also asked for true wave editing within the daw as well.

I posted years back that it appeared that SONAR was headed for a complete "soup to nuts" program when I saw that clip effects and clip automation were included.  All they need is few more features for CD indexes and that sort of thing to allow CD burning.  Samplitude is already there and has been for years.  SONAR has a lot of the same features.

No email, they have fixed the forum, let's hope they fix the email next!

Shambler
No email, they have fixed the forum, let's hope they fix the email next!

Maybe PM Andrew for assistance http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/2841398

Jlien X

...I couldn't help because I was the one who suggested conducting a user survey when bakers appeared in a recent thread.
Of course, it doesn't mean my post affected their decision. I just wanted to participate to improve Sonar, and couldn't help it.....because I'm a long-time Sonar user, too.

There aren't many cases where I'd personally want to see someone fill out the survey who doesn't own the product, but honestly, I think you'd be one of the exceptions in my book.  You seem to have a well-rounded view of what SONAR is and can be, and you never seem to go off the deep end about everything single thing you don't like.  
 
And knowing that you use multiple DAWs I see a sense of balance in your views.   Same goes for your posts over at the other "S" forum.   
 

I was greatly encouraged to see this survey and filled it out as completely and accurately as possible.
 
I posted elsewhere that I was switching to Digital Performer once it is stable on Windows, but the truth is that it has made me take a hard look at both the things I like and don't like about Sonar.  I've been going through the Groove3 vids on DP and think I'll make a feature request for everything that I liked in that program that Sonar does not currently do :-)  Heck, the list isn't even that long and in a couple of instances it's made me go back to look if maybe I just don't know *how* to do a given task more efficiently in Sonar.  Jerry Gerber's post on notation shortcuts certainly was a 'slap the forehead' moment and it hadn't occurred to me that other DAWs won't let you have multiple staff windows.
 
Since DP isn't all there yet, maybe the upside to all this is that I spend the time and dig a little deeper.  11 years of investment, both in time and finances, would be a lot to give up given the meager amount of time I have for these pursuits.
 
Regarding CW staff presence at the forum, I was reminded that this isn't the first time they've been light on posts but then the next release comes out and features show up that were long requested (<ahem> notation excepted ;-) ) 
 
I'll be interested to see what results come of the survey in the long run.
 
Jon

I have not been getting any email from cakewalk ever since I upgrade to Sonar 8.5 > X1 >X2.

musichoo
I have not been getting any email from cakewalk ever since I upgrade to Sonar 8.5 > X1 >X2.

PM Andrew http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/2841398 he has been very helpful with this issue