dubdisciple
OIC...so, i'm guessing Cali is trying to do a blanket confiscation of anyone deemed "unstable" which could range from the criminally insnae to a housewife using qualudes to cope with her bratty teen?

That's the scene in a nutshell... My only escape was Sonar and I'm so tired of fighting with that too...

The most simple of chores in the past.... Selecting an area to zoom to full screen has not been working correctly... And for mr more of the time than it works... Adding lanes into the equation increase dose problems by establishing different zoom laws for lanes and now I can barely get anything done with grace...

I'm sure someone is gonna chime in telling me how it works perfectly for them and I'm happy for them... I've been using Cakewalk products since they began and never had the amount of issues and problems I currently deal with using X3....

Yes, I know... Next they'll tell me that I haven't learned how to use it... I know the tools.... They are the problem!

dubdisciple
whoa...I don't like the sound of that.  I don't know you, but I certainly don't want you to harm yourself.  By all means message me if you need someone to talk to.  Screw software.  This is life and it can suck at times ...and trust me igo through some $%@# myself...but stick it out.  Hell...move to cubase..but don't let the gubmnet and cakewalk drive you over the edge

Thanks... But I believe I am beyond help and my last refuge where I have held onto any sanity was Sonar... It is no longer helping, but now adding to the problem... And I know they are not going to change because of me... A nobody who means nothing to the world...

Alright guys, not trying to be a jerk, but I can't see how this thread isn't going to turn into a politics fight.  I'm going to have to throw on the lock.

Keni, feel free to chat with others via PM/E-mail/etc if you want to discuss this matter. A word of advice from living in Massachusetts, don't talk about this particular situation anymore on a public forum. Remember, anyone can read this forum.

I feel the same way when people tell me how great and trouble free Logic is and still find myself frustrated with it.  I think when most people tell you how it is working for them, it is done to provide hope that there may be hope.  It's more of an "If my dumb ass can do it anyone can!" than trying to imply you don't know what you are doing.  Plenty of people swear by Logic and pro tools but i find them both horribly unintuitive and painful to work with, particularly PT.

Keni

dubdisciple
whoa...I don't like the sound of that.  I don't know you, but I certainly don't want you to harm yourself.  By all means message me if you need someone to talk to.  Screw software.  This is life and it can suck at times ...and trust me igo through some $%@# myself...but stick it out.  Hell...move to cubase..but don't let the gubmnet and cakewalk drive you over the edge

Thanks... But I believe I am beyond help and my last refuge where I have held onto any sanity was Sonar... It is no longer helping, but now adding to the problem... And I know they are not going to change because of me... A nobody who means nothing to the world...

No one is beyond help. Do this for me lean on us let us hold you up and surround you with our collective strength.
 
Reach out and you will get us all. 
 
 

I had a few requests to keep this open so that they can communicate with Keni since he wasn't replying to PM's.
 
Keep this positive. I will check in here later, if this thread progresses down a negative path, people are going to be held accountable for what they say.
 
As a general request,  please stay away from the government/firearm law talk as it tends to make people very upset and it too easily de-rails a thread. This is a multi-national and multi-cultural forum. We're all ambassadors and we don't want an atmosphere that's volatile on the forums. I'm sure you all can agree.
*edited for clarity*

Thread got locked while I was trying to post this initially...
 
Keni, man. Why don't you just start using 8.5 again? I know it sucks being out the cash and you want to use it so you don't feel it was a waste but dude... it isn't worth the level of stress it seems to be causing you. I was getting into that mindset a while back too but didn't have any other solutions in my toolkit so I was merely going to shift over to another DAW (the really inexpensive but supposedly rock solid one that shall remain nameless).
 
If 8.5 works for you it's better to just use that, create and be happy (or as happy as possible) than eat yourself alive over something that you simply do not like.
 
And I hope you haven't viewed my posts in the past as some kind of smug knowitallism. I truly wanted to see you get what you needed out of it. If that is not possible then junk the bugger.
 
Stay safe and sane, dude. I know that feel, bro. I know that feel.

Hang in there, man.  IS 8.5.3 an option for you?
 
Bob Bone

Keni,
 
Is "getting out of this life" as you put it to mean the rat race of X3 or the big "LIFE"?
 
If its the "rat race of X3" then as other have said, try going back to 8.5.3 for your customers.
 
If its LIFE then seek some counseling, please. 

Can someone explain to me why this thread was locked and deemed "bad"?
You can be vague If that's necessary.