
Regardless of what I think, my opinion, it just seems X5 appears out of nowhere. Other than a plugin browser not of its annoying interface 'idiosyncrasies' were addressed ( the zoom is still the worse and most annoying thing for me). There was no criticism about the weaknesses, going up a whole number when all that was added were some GUI improvements and the automation. there were like a few posts about it and they didn't say much. When X4 came out I went to the forum because I didn't even know that x4 was out. The object editing is still a great thing. I've done stuff with in the past and, yes, the sound quality is good. I wasn't asking about the quality, just how their upgrades ( 4 and 5) do not seem like upgrades at all. I've messed around on other's people's workstations with Samplitude and it seems like very complete solution but as they have no MacOS version it isn't something I've considered but it is a good value proposition and very complete package. It takes a dedicated effort to get really good at DAW and when people really invest the time into deep discovery in a DAW they very rarely switch unless there stability issues or there is a new revolutionary paradigm in an other product. They might not be raving about it to everyone but that doesn't mean they've moved on to something else. Sometimes no noise just means the people that like it are not complaining. I know 2 others that got some version of it last year when it came in some deeply discounted bundle and they still seem happy with what they have. One of my good friends that introduced me to this site but has unfortunately passed away last year had been on Samplitude for as far back as I can remember and seemed quite happy with it but never talked much or seemed pushy about it.
