deswind
Get X3.  It is great and stable.  Who knows when a stable version of X4 will exist.   If I had to bet, I would think a lot of the skills used for X3 will translate to X4, so that will make your transition smoother.  The prices for upgrades, even outside grace period are very reasonable IMHO.
 
Seize the day!

Does Cakewalk have  a history of releasing Sonar and it crashing repeatedly or is there more to this suggestion of yours?

YouDontHasToCallMeJohnson
 
X3 loses audio when I open IE, even to use the help file;;;; very strange.  8.5 does not.
No doubt related to my "pumpkin" of an audio interface.
 
Praise be to THE CRAIG.
 

Check "settings>Audio>Playback and Recording" in Sonar x3 to be sure the box to share drivers with other programs is enabled. if not that be be the cause of this issue for you. If your want more support on this issue please start a thread. I have not searched the forum to see if you already asked for help so if you have then disregard.
 
Back on topic: I like what the CakeWalkers have said so far. I'm waiting patiently for x4 or whatever.

 This app is really cheap at the Cakewalk Store.  Pretty powerful DAW for the price right now.

I get the sense that Cakewalk is doing what they can to get X2 folks on X3. It's for their own good 
 
As we all know, X2 never got a lot of upgrade luv. $59 to upgrade to X3 may not be a free upgrade, but it's a helluva deal.

Tom Riggs

YouDontHasToCallMeJohnson
 
X3 loses audio when I open IE, even to use the help file;;;; very strange.  8.5 does not.
No doubt related to my "pumpkin" of an audio interface.
 
Praise be to THE CRAIG.
 

Check "settings>Audio>Playback and Recording" in Sonar x3 to be sure the box to share drivers with other programs is enabled.

Thank you for your response.  Yea I set all those bits immediately.
And I uninstalled and installed the audio drivers.
 
Another item in the list of everyday annoyance.

Monday is a good day for a release.
 
I figger there are at least as many Sonar users outside the US as there are in.
 
And since T-Day is celebrated by less than 6 percent of the world's population, releasing this week is a great idea.
 
Provided the program is ready for primetime.
 

I agree with THE CRAIG.
 
BUY X3 NOW for pennies.   And all the included bits. And because X3 is pretty,....

Anderton
I get the sense that Cakewalk is doing what they can to get X2 folks on X3. It's for their own good 
 
As we all know, X2 never got a lot of upgrade luv. $59 to upgrade to X3 may not be a free upgrade, but it's a helluva deal.

Yeah that's a no brainer, it's like 40 quid. You don't know that some of the bundled stuff in X3 will be in X4, so you'll get that. Then you can wait for X4 to release, dust to settle and get that.

Instead of just adding more bells and whistles some which I may never use, I hope their next version makes the entire recording experience a bit EASIER, especially mastering.  I think the mastering has actually gotten worse(noise to sound ratio where my songs are louder on same volume on the 8.5) on my X2(Yes, it could be the technician rather than the tool), however I don't think it's all me since I've used cakewalk(MIDI only days) for over 20 years and it has only gotten progressively better until X2 in my opinion on mastering.  Yes, I should upgrade to X3, but this is the first time I think Calkwalk digressed and there is no mention of improvements for X3 on mastering.  
 
So if there are any Cakewalk folks reading this, please spend some time SIMPLYING the entire experience of making the most professional music tools especially the mastering.  
 
I admit I'm not professional studio guy, but I do love using much of the Sonar tools.  If I can get a better and EASIER mastering experience, I would instantly upgrade and pay more.
 
Again, what is the key word?  SIMPLIFY the MASTERING process!!

Where have you been for the last 7 months?
 
There will be no "new version", there is only Sonar 2015 (Artist, Professional & Platinum) and a brand new membership program, giving members monthly updates, bug fixes & new features.