Does it work now? Or not?

Sonar doesn't work in a Lear jet because they're not insulated enough.  Boeing's are OK, though.

update x1... try it.. YOU decide... very few folk have the same config of machine I bet.

it's beyond lazy to not even check the version number yourself , for someone supposidly "in the know"

http://www.cakewalk.com/S.../product.aspx/SONAR-X1

Fog


update x1... try it.. YOU decide... very few folk have the same config of machine I bet.

it's beyond lazy to not even check the version number yourself , for someone supposidly "in the know"

http://www.cakewalk.com/Support/product.aspx/SONAR-X1

I am not in "the know" for X1, these damn smartphones make me lazy. It´s faster to ask a question here to search around on a tiny 4" screen.
 

Works for me, but mileage seems to vary. I'm generally happy with the workflow and stability. There are certainly still some issues but they don't affect how I make music for the most part, so I'm comfortable with it but sympathetic to those who aren't so much. Since we don't know how you like to work or how stable and solid it will be on your system, there's really only one way to know if you'll be in the comfy camp or not...

Not stable here. had to go back to 8.5.3 for work.

Very stable here.

That's a good point. I went through a helluva process on an album project where most of it was created in 8.5 x86. I went all the way to X1 x64. OK, it was much work but then again, I managed to make it all sound better and more interesting so in that respect it wasn't a bad thing;) But it wasn't like with previous upgrades where it was as simple as opening previous projects.

the only thing that really bugs me now is the lack of 64 bit support for ReWire

Same here. In all my projects with Reason I just bounced out what I needed, threw the audio into Sonar and haven't touched reason since. And I won't upgrade it until ReWire is 64-bit.

"It's kind of nuts that isn't it? What the hell are propellorheads playing at?"

Yeah, talk about falling behind!

Does it work now? Or not?

Yes every version has worked for me.


Yeah there was the temporary AudioSnap set back, but X1 as a DAW worked for me from day one (even on an underspec'd laptop).

props have done their loyal customers no favours , glad I'm not the only one who thinks that.. I own a LOT of their products... but I spend more of my money elsewhere these days.

favourism to apple / logic customers for a start stands out..


rex-64 finally in.. VERY over due
rewire 64... who knows maybe this year ?!?

recycle... would be great if it was updated  e.g batch mode.. only use it now to generate Rex/rx2 files..

and as for their suggestions bit.. looks like they don't even read it.


other things like by other companies geist / guru etc do the same thing.. kontakt is good at beat slicing.

Well that's a nifty little question "Does it work now or not".

If you don't mind the Pro Channel turning on and off by itself, snap to grid changing on it's own, no toolbar customization, slim to no color choices, then you'll be just fine.

For now I went back to 8.5.3, but I'm hoping X1C brings some much needed changes. It looks promising.

If you are concerned, I'd wait a few weeks and see what X1C brings. It's due to be released early August.

I use some soft synths but for the most part our material is audio and VST plug-in (effects).  I do currently have an issue that causes Sonar X1 to crash when I attempt to open IK Multimedia ARC 1.3.1 64-bit.  I've submitted an issue with them and waiting to hear back.  Beyond that, we've had no major issues (other than the learning curve of the new workflow).

From what you've described though, it sounds like you will use Sonar X1 differently (more VSTi based) that our typical projects are.  So, I'm with Fog, you really should get the latest updates from Cakewalk and try it on a test machine to see how it is working in your environment.

As for comparing Word95 files to DAW compatiblity, that most likely won't be true as it really depends not just on the DAW itself, but that all of your third party instruments and plugins play fair.  I've opened older projects within Sonar and I don't tend to find any issue with the instruments/plugs that Sonar provides.  It seems like I get issues with third party plugins.  Most of the time I can just remove those old plugs and add the new version of them back into the project.

Tom

I work almost exclusively with VSTi's and most of them are from "known" vendors such as NI, Spectrasonics, Modartt, Soundtoys, Arturia, Camel.  I am very stable in 8.5.3 but unable to work at all in X1 due to continuous crashes (old and new projects).  I'm not willing to recreate a new template for every sub-revision of the product, as it doesn't help me a bit with any of my legacy projects, which crash quite reliably in X1, but continue to open fine in 8.5.3.

New projects with even a stripped-down X1 template still blow up on launch, save, etc. 

I don't have time to systematically remove plugins from my projects to see what might be causing the issues.  I worked a number of calls with Cakewalk tech support that had me trying more and more radical approaches to get it working.  I gave up and went back to 8.5.3 after a complete uninstall and clean reinstall of X1 and patches failed to make any difference.  Same machine works a champ in 8.5.3, utterly unusable in X1B+patches.

YMMV

It will be fully suitable for purpose after X1c in August, I confidently predict.