I agree with your SX prediction - sudden though it seems!ericj23 wrote:i still womder if we are jumping the gun -its also got sonar 4 (and whens that really coming out) - i suspect that sx3 will be announced on the 6th of september - this info has been removed from the site cos it ruins somones advertising plan - but it won't actually be out for at least 2 months after that
I've read that Cakewalk are making a formal announcement of Sonar 4 on their US website on 1st September. (i.e. tomorrow!) Again, though, you can expect to wait a couple of months for the product to follow through...
So it looks rather like Cubase 3 and Sonar 4 are going head to head, with announcements possibly in the same week!
My predictions for the two:
Cubase 3 will have something like "groove clips" and better bundled effects/synths, possibly a sampler too (HALion 3 LE).
Sonar 4 will have improved workflow, old and newer bits will be better intergrated, and the automation will be easier to use.
In fact, it might be hard to tell the two apart!
Now I'll just wait to be proved wrong!