Saturday, November 22, 2008

Why do you run around and break everything?

What is the deal lately with software companies wanting to break everything. First we had Vista which was as the kids say an epic fail. That seemed to open the door for PC side companies to release buggy software. Most recently Sonar 8.

For full transparency, I was recently (right before 8's launch) turned down for a job with Cakewalk/Roland. I do not hold any grudge and probably would have turned down the job based on relocation problems. Also I received both my copies of Sonar 8 for free. I won a contest and also got another through PR ties.

Unfortunately, Sonar 8 sucks balls.

This is the first time I've had to consistently go back to a previous version to guarantee I would not look like a fool in front of clients. I've been a loyal customer since Pro Audio 2 or something (at the age of 8) and his is the first time I am genuinely upset about the company being to capricious.

After two patches (8.0.2) I am still experiencing terrible issues that could embarras me horribly in front of a client. Most horrifically, moving of regions based on the tempo grid are often not correctly snapped.

Cakewalk, who told you to break your software? Was it Roland?