I'm rubbing my balls.... Er.... Nevermind :)

I'm enjoying X3e. They can take as long as is necessary.
 
Regards,

WallyGBeing productive with what I have (X3), I too can wait for X4 and will upgrade when it comes out. I just wonder where the money comes from to pay for all the engineering... Is Gibson pouring money in? Are the continuing sales of X3 (and t-shirts :-) sufficient to provide profit and pay for engineering salaries?

 
You've hit on a good point - Cakewalk's historical yearly-release pattern provides needed cash flow for the continuation of development. Whether that will continue is Cakewalk's secret, but users have generally been able to look for new versions or major updates every fall.

When this thread starts...and it seems to start around this time every year...I'm reminded that in comparison to other DAWs Cakewalk is ridiculously punctual with their updates and releases. Every fall you can count on a major announcement, despite people losing their minds in September about whether it's going to happen or not. 
 
And, like said above, X3e is pretty darned solid, I"m still wrapping my head around TH2 and some of the other toys. Plus sheesh, I just picked up Komplete for a pittance and will probably need to upgrade my DAW hardware to accomodate it all. I don't even think I want a SONAR update for another long while until I can replenish my coffers!
 

This reminds me of people watching the Fed...

I'm watching football. England needs an X3F patch and better T-shirts. I'm compiling a list right now to send to the manager...

CakeAlexS
...and better T-shirts...

Don't forget the mugs, we need the mugs. 
 
HooverCraft can come later too.
 
Regards,

I'm sorry to say the Hovercraft is off the table. The spec requires it to be able to go at least 100 feet vertically on takeoff, but Noel hasn't been able to get it above 60 feet. He did say I could hold on to the beta, though. The only problem with that is "crash" has a very different meaning from the usual.

He did promise a hover car not a hovercraft. So I'm still hopeful. This wasn't an unreasonable request, I notice my other requests to end world pollution and to end all wars were ignored (dismissed as a feature request) and to supply all their personal PIN numbers (entirely justified in my view), so Cakewalk needs to get their act together here. And damn it fix the broken internet (I do have a backup of the internet at home BTW just in case).

WallyG
Like most users, I want them to be very successful.
 

While I can't give exact figures, Cakewalk is doing fine. The company is acutely aware that the loyal user base is a major factor in making this possible. Of course another factor is rolling out a superb release like X3, as we're picking up new users and getting some existing users of other DAWs to switch.
 
Cakewalk's staff is highly dedicated and very bright. They would love to be able to do everything they want to do as well as fulfill all the needs of the user base. Obviously this is impossible, but that doesn't keep them from trying. The main advantage of becoming more successful would be the ability to accelerate progress by hiring more people (although it's not easy to find people of the caliber of existing Cakewalk employees).
 
The bottom line is that we were very happy when we acquired Cakewalk but if we'd known how it was going to play out over the past several months, we would have been even happier   Most importantly, I truly believe the best is yet to come, and I don't just mean in terms of subsequent updates but what this company will be doing 5 and 10 years from now. Cakewalk's time has come...stay tuned.