I've been a faithful Cakewalk client for a long time (since Cakewalk 1.0) and for the first time I've seriously considered switching to Pro Tools 10.  I'm waiting to see how Avid handles the Sibelius mess before I make a decision.  In the meantime I'll continue using Sonar X.
Serge

pbognar

Elffin


hmmm.. not even a proper screenshot eh...

BTw guys -  I love the idea of paying for SV improvements.... go get some of the Sibelius guys here in the UK who were laid off by Avid.

I'll have to wait for the webinar to be available on youtube - If they showed the SV for even a moment, we should at least be able to see if they incorporated any of Benstat's Sonar Plus improvements.

It appears from the X2 webinar that SV is unchanged from X1.  This will be first release upgrade since Sonar 2 that will skip for now.  Other then that X2 looks to have some great features I don't need.

sergiobklyn


I've been a faithful Cakewalk client for a long time (since Cakewalk 1.0) and for the first time I've seriously considered switching to Pro Tools 10.  I'm waiting to see how Avid handles the Sibelius mess before I make a decision.  In the meantime I'll continue using Sonar X.
Serge

Us long time users have basically been dumped.  It's a lesson I keep having to learn.  Never have any loyalty to any company.  My years of loyalty to and advocating for Cakwalk have been thrown under the bus.  Cakewalk used to listen to customers but I suppose that was a casualty of Roland taking over.

Elffin


hmmm.. not even a proper screenshot eh...

BTw guys -  I love the idea of paying for SV improvements.... go get some of the Sibelius guys here in the UK who were laid off by Avid.

Here is the X2 Staff View in all its glory
 

 
It doesn't even contain Benstat's Sonar Plus goodness.
 
I do believe that Cakewalk may be trying to send me away. 
 
 

Who needs Notation, a centuries old proven universal tradition, when they can have drag-and-drop-autosnap-convolution-based-step-sequenced-sfz-driven-playtoys?
 
Of course I'm joking, I find alot of the newer features fun and even useable, but alas, disappointment on the Staff View front yet again.

pbognar

Elffin


hmmm.. not even a proper screenshot eh...

BTw guys -  I love the idea of paying for SV improvements.... go get some of the Sibelius guys here in the UK who were laid off by Avid.

Here is the X2 Staff View in all its glory

Where are all the note entry tools?

B

Yep,  The cake people are going to regret one day not upgrading the Staff View.  It might take a couple of years,  but it will come back to haunt them.

Bad business move....

@Brett they did some work on the smart tool so they are probably hidden by default or the guys just hid them because that's how they had things set up. I'd imagine they would reappear through the View tab or launching the HUD.

blerg... I think it's called the HUD. The little tool bar that pops up when you hit your middle mouse button.

I did see Noel respond in another thread that Cakewalk respond to the feature request..  so can all of you good people again send in feature requests..


But ....
Why is it so difficult to place music value icons in the SV like Benstat did????  Ben did this when he wasn't involved with Cake... so its a decision by Cakewalk not to include it... 

I just feel its like talking with somebody with their hands on their ears....