Touch is a gimmick - how did this even make the list?

Not until the pc modules gets larger if you click it especially the eq. 

I sincerely hope CW will re-work Take Lanes. That will be the one thing that could keep me on board. If they don't, I'm gone, too. Take Lanes are a monumental failure, if you ask me.

I also hope CW will prioritize dumping old code for new, more modern methods, so that we can get routine updates instead of once in a green moon Service Packs. Nearly every other company now offers routine updates. It's time. 

Lastly, I hope CW read all of my ideas and advice and will at least take those things to heart.

We'll just see what happens next. I'm pulling for X2b. 

brconflict

I sincerely hope CW will re-work Take Lanes.

I also hope CW will prioritize dumping old code for new, more modern methods,   

+1

dorism


Touch is a gimmick - how did this even make the list?

Like it or not touch is the future and it's far from a gimmick.  At some point everyone will be assimilated.   I'm not happy about Cakewalk's direction and I don't own anything touch capable but they are smart to get in front of touch just like they were the first with 64bit.

I think touch is more indicative of the market they are targeting - i.e. music creator 6 consumer type audience. They didn't even implement it fully as most of the widgets and buttons are nowhere near touch friendly. Half baked. Pardon the pun. What works on an ipad or notebook does not translate to a professional recording environment IMHO as 99.99% of studios have their screens at head height (for practical and H&S reasons). Using a touch interface like that would be extremely fatiguing. Maybe at some point in the future the mixing desk itself will be replaced by a massive touch based screen but I cant see that being viable for 5-10 years, but I still think there will always be the requirement for a keyboard, screen and mouse in a semi/professional studio. Thinking about this a little more - I can't actually recall anyone, at any point in time - in 13 years of Sonar usage, requesting a touch based interface. I'm questioning why this was given priority over bug fixes, and improving other aspects of the software such as audiosnap or colour customisation. Must be part of the deal with being so close to MS. You have to push their agenda - rather than that of your own community?

I like spent so much money on DAW software and what I got works for now. If I don't like X3 and I feel a need to upgrade I would consider Studio One or Cubase. Those two products have come a long way. They are both excellent DAWS in my opinion

why would I upgrade to something if it already works fine here.... 

dorism


I think touch is more indicative of the market they are targeting - i.e. music creator 6 consumer type audience. They didn't even implement it fully as most of the widgets and buttons are nowhere near touch friendly. Half baked. Pardon the pun. What works on an ipad or notebook does not translate to a professional recording environment IMHO as 99.99% of studios have their screens at head height (for practical and H&S reasons). Using a touch interface like that would be extremely fatiguing. Maybe at some point in the future the mixing desk itself will be replaced by a massive touch based screen but I cant see that being viable for 5-10 years, but I still think there will always be the requirement for a keyboard, screen and mouse in a semi/professional studio. Thinking about this a little more - I can't actually recall anyone, at any point in time - in 13 years of Sonar usage, requesting a touch based interface. I'm questioning why this was given priority over bug fixes, and improving other aspects of the software such as audiosnap or colour customisation. Must be part of the deal with being so close to MS. You have to push their agenda - rather than that of your own community?

Microsoft is pushing touch because Apple was so successful with it.  The "massive mixing desk" screen you mentin is not 5-10 years away, it already exists: Steve Slate Raven MTi
Think what you will but the world is changing .... again.  There will always be multiple options but touch is here and it's here to stay.  It is hugely less expensive to buy a touch monitor to use with Sonar than a full size moving fade controller would be.  It may not be what you want or need now but it's growing quickly and Sonar for better or worse is on the bleeding edge.

dorism


As an aside. The fact no one has bothered making this forum work with Firefox says everything.....

I couldn't agree more. And that's when it works at all  
 
Whether it's true or not, the perception is that a shoddy and inadequate forum equates to shoddy and inadequate software.
 

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brconflict


I sincerely hope CW will re-work Take Lanes.... Take Lanes are a monumental failure, if you ask me.  

Amen to this ^^^^^^
 
I've actually gone back to tracking and comping in X1 to avoid having to use the bloody things
 
At least give us the choice to use Layers as an option.
 
 

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fitzj


I also want full color back....

Same here.
 
My eyesight means I have a lot of difficulty dealing with low contrast/low colour UIs. So after the heaven of being able to just about COLOUR anything in 8.5, they give me Xx with its wonderfully drab sea of slightly different shades of GREY (and not even 50 ).