I've just upgraded from Sonar 8.5 to X1 and i have to say I'm pretty impressed. Some major changes in the interface with the ability to save "screen sets" of screen set ups making it much easier to move through different recording phases.
With this update they've also introduced some nice tabbing features making it far easier to navigate features and just about everything can be dragged and dropped including docking / floating components.
One of the other nice new features is a smart tool that changes functionality depending on it's context. That alone saves the hassle of regularly changing the tool you are using, allowing you to focus far more on the creative aspects of what you do and not what you are going to do it with.
One new feature that's pretty yummy is the ProChannel channel strip that's built into every channel offering quite extensive control.
It seems to be much more stable. I've tried it on Win 7 64-bit and on XP 32. I still find less issues on XP 32.
Some nice advances in the packaged plug ins too wind Dimension Pro getting some needed attention and Beatscape being a very nice addition.
That's all for nnow, more after I've explored it a bit more. So far it's a big thumbs up with some very welcome improvements.
