OK I have to post this. I'm extremely happy with X2. I don't know what Cakewalk did, but I just have to say what a great job! I finally got around to installing X2 this evening and wow! There are so many little fixes and upgrades that SONAR is starting to finally feel like a really professional DAW. The new smart tool in the piano roll view is great, the zoom features in the track manager are amazing and the pro channel tools.. I love them! X2 solves a lot of stability issues I encountered in X1. I wish I could tell the dev team what a great job they did. X2 really is great! Thanks, Cakewalk!

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I had big problems with X1 and ended up using 8.5.3 due to stability issues.

So far X2 has been performing much, much better than X1 ever did.

Hey guys, excellent thing but your testimonies are in sharp contrast with the many "complaints" concerning bugs and stability issues since the X2 release  :

Have you not experienced bugs that MANY users have reported ?  Does the initial X2 version work fine for you or did you have to install the quickfix?

Downloaded the quick-fix but haven't installed it as yet. X2 has been remarkably stable up to now, but I haven't been pushing it in any great ways. Enjoying watching Karl's vid about X2.

Bugs are a fact of life. They will be exterminated in time. They do not take away from what X2 offers. Its a great version.

My enthusuiasm is tempered by the fact that X2 keeps crashing on one particular project for reasons I can't work out (posted it in here but no takers) but otherwise I agree.
It might be a silly question but can anyone point me to a definitive 'what's new' list for X2 explaining changes to Pro Channel functionality.  I've watched the short vid series but can't see it mentioned.

I'm loving it too, like new zooming tools especially, and selections seem easier and more natural. 
So big plus 1 from me so far. Things may change if I hit a but, but not yet.

+1!

I really got into X1 from day one and have been using Sonar more than ever since I got it. X2 is a massive improvement on that - for me - and the only thing I miss is a deep audio editor so I don't have to use Soundforge for that anymore.

+1 as well,

no crashes so far and it just feels snappier and looks better,

well done Cake!

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I have had one random crash which I cannot repeat, even through doing the same things.

Every other time X2 has been totally solid and seems "snappier" all round.