Wake me up when it's released.

Hey Seth, my birthday is on the 5th....I would be totally fine with that release date. :-)

Personally, I'm in no hurry for X4.  I just got X3 back in June and I hardly know it yet.  I think these software companies rush too much for the major updates anyway.  I also use Propellerhead Reason.  I bought version 7 in August of last year (it was just released the previous March) and just late September of this year they released version 8!  That's too fast!  I know people like new features but I, for one really think the major upgrades should come no less that 2 years.
 
IOW-Take your time, Cakewalk!
 
Just my $.02
 
John B.

I'm ready for it just so I can stop thinking about it. I don't like that they won't even hint to when it will be coming. If it's not coming in the next 6 months, just say so. The early adopters like myself can then go back to being comfortable working on bigger projects.

I think it makes good sense to release on shorter cycles, at least from a marketing standpoint.  The only problem is when/if it is perceived that they are forcing people to pay for bug fixes.  Less content per release means less new bugs.  Buy in when you see something you like.
 
I've got to support Cakewalk no matter what because they allowed me to upgrade to 3x from SONAR XL (circa 2000?) for a low price, and they have good tech support.
 
Coming from a "pro" sequencer that released every 2-3 years, punished users who did not upgrade every time, and had email tech support with slow turn around makes me appreciate Cakewalk.

Johnbee58
IOW-Take your time, Cakewalk!

Someone had to say it.
 
Now I'm sure they will take that to heart and probably they will be cutting their revenue stream in half, therefore not being able to keep as many programmers on board therefore putting less features and fixes into the next release and therefore resulting in less upgrade purchases et. al. 
 
 

John B.
 
I hope you do realize that if and when X4 is released you DO NOT have to buy it right away or ever for that matter.

I would certainly prefer MORE functional improvements in X4 and FAR LESS
3rd Party fluff...even though it is great added value for those just getting on
the bus...

There should be two tiers of X4 Producer...
 
1.  Just the Program and the normal included VST - VSTi's - PCM's. - This could be at the $99 price point for the upgrade    
     and $499 for the full version
2.  The Producer Suite that contains all the the 3rd party "fluff" for the newbies or those who desire it @ the $599 price
     point or the $149 upgrade price point.

This requires nothing extra on Cakes part other then pricing and serial # inclusions...but I don't think the 
3rd party vendors would care too much for this idea, as they get paid "by the product sold"...

I'm not overly fond of paying extra for things that I probably already own anyways...YMMV...

X4 will have to bring a lot to the table for me to leave X3. It's very stable, I don't need anything and the X4 upgrade price will be 50% off in a year. Or perhaps the upgrade will be $9.99 per month!

I think Noel already alluded to the an excitable thing which asserted that X4 will be more than X3 is. And, we don't know when X4 will be released, so it's someting else that you can suppose that X4 will be 50% off in a year.  Lastly, forget about the notion that Cake is going to a subscription model any time soon, if ever. Cakewalk staff has already implied that that aint gonna happen for sure any time soon, but who knows what the future may bring (years ahead)?