I 'upgraded' to V.5 because Sonic Foundry had abandoned V.4 - no updates to enable the use of the latest burners, for example - and I looked forward to all the improvements I assumed I'd find... mmmm? It's hard to imagine that a new issue of a product will turn-out to be LESS functional than its predecessor (the revised volume-envelope control, anyone?) but this has certainly been the case with CDA5 (and not forgetting CD text, of course! ...and an issue with rippping ISRC numbers consistently).
Sony was once (and possibly still is) divided into a 'professional' and 'domestic' operations. It was the 'domestic' side of Sony that opened a window on the world of digital recording for the small operator with the introduction of the F1 PCM encoder and the DAT machine, but the 'professional' arm of Sony which perceived these as corporate own-goals and a threat to the market of their infinitely more expensive products. Perhaps they view CDA in a similar light?
Conversly, as it's quite likely the 44.1k, CD format will be abandoned in the very-near-future (let's hear it for the 5.1-remastred verision of Robert Johnson), it may be that Sony feel there is little point is flogging a dead horse.
The great thing about CDA4 was that you could ALMOST master a CD with it but with V5 this possibility has become more elusive. The likelyhood is, that for one reason or another, this is exactly the way Sony like it.
Anything else around?
Sony was once (and possibly still is) divided into a 'professional' and 'domestic' operations. It was the 'domestic' side of Sony that opened a window on the world of digital recording for the small operator with the introduction of the F1 PCM encoder and the DAT machine, but the 'professional' arm of Sony which perceived these as corporate own-goals and a threat to the market of their infinitely more expensive products. Perhaps they view CDA in a similar light?
Conversly, as it's quite likely the 44.1k, CD format will be abandoned in the very-near-future (let's hear it for the 5.1-remastred verision of Robert Johnson), it may be that Sony feel there is little point is flogging a dead horse.
The great thing about CDA4 was that you could ALMOST master a CD with it but with V5 this possibility has become more elusive. The likelyhood is, that for one reason or another, this is exactly the way Sony like it.
Anything else around?