I'm satisfied with SHS 6. It does everything I want it to do.
But $49 for X 3... it just screams "Buy me! Buy me!"
I don't need it, I don't need it, I don't need it. Repeat as necessary.
 
Edited out "Studio".
 

I found a way around that thinking...a "workaround" lol which I learned
using recording software....
substitute "I don't need it" with "I love money"...........good luck with that. :)
 
 

Like me I think you mis-read. Even for Sonar 7, it would be $149 not the other. Have to look twice, been through that I think before, ya, probably.
 
I think that is more like it! It be the other if you had X1 or X2 perhaps or even 8 maybe, but afterthat - the other price.
 

I've found that the best way to deal with temptation is to give in.
 
(Of course I'm flat broke now so YMMV.  )

Right, I got the version wrong. Presumably, it's X 3 Essentials. It still seems like a steal, considering what I paid for MC 2003, MC Pro 24 and SHS 6.
 
 

The same reason you want things that you are told that you cannot have. I really don't know. 
 
Buying new toys is like a drug. It is addicting and helps to fill a void created by frustration (at least for me). 
...and HEY... need has nothing to do with it, if you WANT it.
Life is short. If you want it ... GET IT.
 
Get everything you want before you reach the point in life where realism and cynicism kill creativity.
 
J

Why? It's the same reason I have 7 guitars, a Roland TD 8 drum kit, a bass, 5 large condenser mics, a slew of Line 6 gear, and 4 guitar amps. This stuff makes me feel good. This stuff is useful when I get the urge to play and/or record. This stuff allows me to still think of myself as a musician, even though I've played live maybe 4 times in the last 5 years, and haven't done it for money in at least 10 years. It's why I upgraded to X3 and haven't even opened it up yet. I want it there when I'm ready.
 
Randy

craigb
I've found that the best way to deal with temptation is to give in.
 
(Of course I'm flat broke now so YMMV.  )

The funny thing about money is (in my experience) you spend it and you get more. However, you cannot hold on to money unless you have a LOT of it (at least I can't). 
Money will slip right through your fingers. If you don't buy stuff you want, you will buy other stuff and end up not knowing where the money went...
 
 

I went into Party City yesterday while at the mall and asked where the hookers and blow were.
 
Boy that manager was rude...

live for today, get it if you want it and if you can.
tomorrow you may not have the chance.
enjoy everything you can in this moment now.