So I bit the bullet and upgraded to X3 (against my better judgement)
ONLY because I sold my copy of Addictive Drums for $50,
which made the upgrade price $99 AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN in the first place.

That being said....lots of issues (non show stopping)

Softube VST 3 Plugins have no presets.  Softube VST2 plugs do...

Non of my Waves plugins in old projects are recognized when
opening in X3...get a pop up with CLSID not found etc...and
I NEVER CHANGE NAMES...EVER, so that's not the problem...

Breverb adjustment during playback cause Pops and Crackles and the
plugin interface is very jumpy when adjusting during playback...
(Breverb in the effects bin - Not PC)

Can't get Custom Colors to work (probably my ignorance) but the
methodology here in the colors is terrible...should be able to right click
on a track in Console view, or in the inspector, or track view, and pick a color from a
"Choose Color" menu item...not go through 400 things to get this done...
same with clips and backgrounds...


Adding ONE (1) Waves plugin to an existing X2 project opened in X3 causes CPU overload...
All this in the first hour on X3b....

NO CRASHES....NONE....and that's a good thing....

Here's to hoping that X3c get's things in a better place...
Always something with Sonar...not show stopping, but
very annoying to have to always use "Workarounds" to
get things to behave.  I know about the other Waves and UAD issues...

Likes....

The Tape Emulator

The flyout PC QuadCurve EQ (AWESOME)

BlueTubes are ok...no biggy for me..but they work...would have been nice
to have them as PC Modules...

BiFilter - really don't use it so can't comment...
(I did try it out..it's ok)

Lounge Lizard sounds good...nothing spectacular, but good...

Toast notifications and background VST Scanning - AWESOME
(1307 BTW - and I know I can't come close to Bapu )

Melodyne/ARA integration - AWESOME

I'll take the good with the not so good...as always...

I'll post more as I dig deeper into the abyss...

Ok, let the thrashings begin....

Welcome to the jungle!! (Sorry to hear that?? Well done?? Good Luck)
 
Regarding the bugs, at least X3 is still in it's infancy stage and there's plenty of hope for the Bakers to release another patch if/when they see it being a universal problem.  
 

 I still haven't jumped yet on X3. I plan to do it soon though.
 
 I decided this was the year to replace my central A/C with a heat pump. This has pretty much consumed my free time( and my wallet) for the last several days. I would always rather be trying out X3 than wallowing around in an attic that I had to grease myself to fit into. I didn't want to try X3 in a cold house.
 
 I guess there are two choices regarding X3. Either become an early adopter and risk having "issues" or wait a  bit and see if some of the problems get ironed out.  I have been pretty fortunate in the past being an early adopter. The Waves plug-in thing is a big deal if you use a lot of Waves plugs. I think this either has been addressed or is being adressed by reading upstairs. Hope you get it sorted to your liking.

Starise
 I still haven't jumped yet on X3. I plan to do it soon though.  I decided this was the year to replace my central A/C with a heat pump. This has pretty much consumed my free time( and my wallet) for the last several days. I would always rather be trying out X3 than wallowing around in an attic that I had to grease myself to fit into. I didn't want to try X3 in a cold house.  I guess there are two choices regarding X3. Either become an early adopter and risk having "issues" or wait a  bit and see if some of the problems get ironed out.  I have been pretty fortunate in the past being an early adopter. The Waves plug-in thing is a big deal if you use a lot of Waves plugs. I think this either has been addressed or is being adressed by reading upstairs. Hope you get it sorted to your liking.

A warm house is important. :) It's hard to play when your fingers are frozen. By the way, since the X3b update, my Waves plugs are working perfectly. :)

cclarry
Toast notifications and background VST Scanning - AWESOME
(1307 BTW - and I know I can't come close to Bapu )

Actually you're no slouch. I'm at 1370 but I have not verified that I have installed all the take downs I was "forced" to do.
 
Maybe the only difference is you have more free plugs than me? Not bragging but I believe I have less than 10 free plugins.

bapu
 
Maybe the only difference is you have more free plugs than me? Not bragging but actually I believe I have less than 10 free plugins. Am.

Fixed.

paulo

bapu
 
Maybe the only difference is you have more free plugs than me? Not bragging but actually I believe I have less than 10 free plugins. Am.

Fixed.

I think I have maybe 5 free Effects and 5 Free "Players"...maybe...
everything else is bought and paid for with blood, sweat, and beers...I mean tears..

there are certainly bugs lurking in the VST3 implementation...I guess not surprisingly as its first shot..but to give credit CW are on top of most issues so far..
 
In my case the Virus Ti VST3 (known working) is corrupted by x3 ..at least I have VST2..
 
don't see the breverb issues you do..
kinda like the colors, am certainly ok with how its implemented... I never used them on 8.5.3 so a new workflow is fine... so far have just set for busses and associated tracks and it is helpful
was meh about the bluetubes prior, but have used them and some of them are decent, not sure whether its a big plus but were free.
 
still some minor errors in the midi take lanes.. a collapsed set of lanes will show muted clips, but its a big plus over x1 and x2
 
oh and welcome back!
 
 
 

Mesh
 
Regarding the bugs, at least X3 is still in it's infancy stage and there's plenty of hope for the Bakers to release another patch if/when they see it being a universal problem.  
 

Mesh, I agree.


Anyways, I got mine for $99...so I'm happy with that...and they seem to be getting the updates out
this time (for now).  Hopefully we don't get the "disappearing act" we got with X2a...
 
So, here's to Cake...and hoping that they pull a Rabbit out of their ARSE...err....HAT!!!

*****I still support the Free Les Paul Custom with every X3 purchase idea...