I'd lose a lot of faith in them as a company but I'd upgrade if I saw that a) X3 had significant fixes and b) had an equal or greater amount of cool extras like X2 did (mostly bought it for R-Mix). Otherwise I might start giving Reaper a look. It'd be cheaper than a full Sonar upgrade anyway and I could work in either one based on their strengths and limitations. I was contemplating Cubase for a while but that's far too much money to drop and I hear it has its share of quirks.

The thing is, SONAR had such a great head start that it's only after all this time that SONAR 8.5.3. Classic Edition is starting to take a back seat to some of it's competition.

 
Well, you know that they say about opinions....  
 
You know, many users actually *prefer* the X series, me among them.   And calling 8.5 "classic" doesn't really hold much weight.  Classic is classic, not necessarily better.   It's all down to....opinion.
 
 

Yes.

I like X2...it has many usability improvements over X1. I would never go back to Sonar 8.5. The tutorial on X2 from Groove3 that I got from the Cakewalk Free Content Club a few months ago was very helpful. 

Glyn Barnes


For me X2b and buying x3 are unrelated as  i have no show stopping issues with x2. It would depend on what X3 added.  

+1

Like others here, it would depend on the added features and cost.

For the most part X2a has been excellent. I'm not as heavy a user as some here, but it does what I need it to do.

daveny5


Yes.

I like X2...it has many usability improvements over X1. I would never go back to Sonar 8.5. The tutorial on X2 from Groove3 that I got from the Cakewalk Free Content Club a few months ago was very helpful. 

Totally agree

yes I would because what I use it for and how I use it proves productive for me.
99 dollars for an upgrade is a small price to pay.
and I do see each version improving. from the x1 - x2.
x2 has some quirks about it but there not show stoppers by any means to me.
I would however like to see some interaction between cake and the forum.

@Chuck... Yeah, I'm not one for conspiracies about software but the complete silence is a little... concerning. A big reason I invested with Sonar was how connected the company seemed to be with their customers. It is VERY different now than it was only a year ago. Something's up. Not gonna get freaked out though because X2 is mostly doing what I need it to so I don't feel ripped off but it makes me think I should squat on this version for a while until they get back to some normalcy after some of the shuffling/restructuring that seems to be going on. Oh well, at least we have each other to hammer through problems.

In the end it would depend on the fixes/enhancements in X3 but right now I'm leaning toward no.

Dan

I never use to upgrade to the next available version until I got 8.0. After that I upgraded every time because I liked the features that were added in every upgrade.

To me it would depend on if the new version supported windows 7. If it does not support 7 then I would not upgrade. I would need to see the new features as well. I upgraded the last time because of TH2, R-mix, the console emulator, and other new features that were added.

Yes the tiny nat bugs are annoying at times, but I am able to work around it. I would hope that they come up with another patch, but if they don't that would not rule out an upgrade. Instead I will wait to hear from users. If they come out with a decent version with new features and they update it pretty quickly and address the bugs, then and only then I will upgrade. I will not be the first in line to get it this time. The content club is not incentive enough for this.

If they come out with a version that is more or less the same thing but they fixed everything then I will not upgrade. What I got works for me right now. I spent a lot of money on Cakewalk software. X3 has to totally blow me away before I take the leap and this time it will not be a leap of faith.