dappa1
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Where are the Cakewalk boys
Are they chipping away at making Sonar X the best!
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Re:Where are the Cakewalk boys
2011/10/22 21:18:53
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Maybe they're just to Expanded right now to fit through the door?
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dappa1
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Re:Where are the Cakewalk boys
2011/10/23 07:27:49
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It would be nice to hear what they have to say and give us some details into where they think the next DAW X is heading. Or are they being cautious and updating X1 until X1 is nearly as tight as their competitors before they move on to the next DAW. It would be appreciated if they made the current version as good as S1V2 it would be a good apology to us.
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backwoods
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Re:Where are the Cakewalk boys
2011/10/23 07:40:42
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X1 Expanded is tight- you don't what you're talking about. How tight are the step sequencer and non linear modes in Studio One? How are all their in-house soft synths sounding?
Why should Cakewalk guys have to waste their weekend responding to morons?
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dappa1
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Re:Where are the Cakewalk boys
2011/10/23 07:48:01
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A step Sequencer and Plug ins is not something that you can show to your colleagues and sell a product on. Stability maybe a tight engine, ease of use. Maybe you have not been reading the post! But then again if everything is working for you and you have no problems. 2 to the power of ten for you.
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Re:Where are the Cakewalk boys
2011/10/23 07:49:54
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I hope that they figured out a way to contain the Marketing department and put in features that save time for people who don't have forever to get something done.
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dappa1
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Re:Where are the Cakewalk boys
2011/10/23 07:57:21
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Re:Where are the Cakewalk boys
2011/10/23 08:09:54
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Don't you just love those marketing men?  Actually it is WAAAAAYY more stable than when it first started...give them some credit here! What I would like to see is some colour customization here though..and something that minimizes the control bar itself as you take out modules...afterall, shouldn't the control bar shrink as well?
The space you have will always be exceeded in direct proportion to the amount of stuff you have...Thornton's Postulate. Bushpianos
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dappa1
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Re:Where are the Cakewalk boys
2011/10/23 08:16:50
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lol true credit where credit is due. but it still would be nice to hear what they have to say. or are they beavering away and bringing those intellectual minds together to sort out this little dilemma.
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backwoods
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Re:Where are the Cakewalk boys
2011/10/23 08:36:14
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What I would like to see is some colour customization here though..and something that minimizes the control bar itself as you take out modules...afterall, shouldn't the control bar shrink as well?
Color customization and customizable control bar- two things that S1V2 really excels at...
or are they beavering away and bringing those intellectual minds together to sort out this little dilemma.
what dilemma are you referring to?
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dappa1
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Re:Where are the Cakewalk boys
2011/10/23 08:53:22
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Audio not being gapless??? Alot of broken resources ironing out all the bugs and making the updates excessible to all! Maybe...I like the fact that you are one hundred percent behind the product. oh yeah and making sure that new releases are thoroughly tested before release dates lol longer times before the next new shiny product and fixing those things that have been broken for ten twenty years.
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backwoods
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Re:Where are the Cakewalk boys
2011/10/23 08:57:20
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I don't see any dilemma in what you are saying. That's very seldom of you.
Personally I blame it all on the Mass. healthcare system which foists unreasonable demands on small business.
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dappa1
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Re:Where are the Cakewalk boys
2011/10/23 09:06:46
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So everything is ok the way it is Backwood glad you are thinking that way. For me two things I want VXT6's and Studio One. Within the next few weeks I will realise my dream and start to work and not feel that I need to switch of cos the process is killing me. I have used other DAWs demo's that make me realise that my love for production is not dead. Anything that will make it better for me and thats the crunch for me. If I part with my money I suppose to get a good return, im not sure that is happening and I feel like im in some big kind of waiting game. I don't feel like playing anymore.
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JClosed
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Re:Where are the Cakewalk boys
2011/10/23 09:37:10
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Hmmm... paying € 404,97 for a DAW without any softsynths, not-so-great MIDI editing or even something like a simple matrix (to name a few things) does not sound a exactly like a dream to me. It is rather expensive. But if it makes you stop the advertising campaign for Presonus stuff here, I guess it is worth it... for you... I tried the Studio One demo, and all I can say is that I stay with the Cakewalk sofware.. and that's my choice... Everyone his/hers/its own choice and opinion naturally... ;-)
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Keni
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Re:Where are the Cakewalk boys
2011/10/23 11:40:58
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Me too... Staying with Cakewalk...
I was not thrilled with S1v1 tho I could see why many liked it.... It's just not for me...
Even with my numerous disturbances with X1, I still find the basic Sonar paradigm more comfortable...
Here's hoping they fix the X items that disturb me and get back to what's important! (for me! ;-))
Right now they're probably all getting started with another day at AES-NYC.... I wish I were there too! <sigh>
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trimph1
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Re:Where are the Cakewalk boys
2011/10/23 12:47:52
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I bought S1V2..and there were some things I liked..but...CPU spikes using AT3.7, in my case, I had up to 15-20% , then, while here it was only 3-5%.
I've also fell over some issues with buffer sizes here. The smaller you went with your buffer sizes in S1V2 it would create issues with certain plugins, such as Predator with me. I mean BIG CPU spikes..
The space you have will always be exceeded in direct proportion to the amount of stuff you have...Thornton's Postulate. Bushpianos
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Re:Where are the Cakewalk boys
2011/10/23 19:41:16
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They're in Hawaii having a Mai-Tai. I wish I was.
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Re:Where are the Cakewalk boys
2011/10/23 20:18:53
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They mostly seem to pop up after new releases (for about a week) in order to gage reaction (which is fair enough). Otherwise I suspect they spend their time scrumming (scrum development): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_(development
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Re:Where are the Cakewalk boys
2011/10/23 20:24:07
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ersonally I blame it all on the Mass. healthcare system which foists unreasonable demands on small business. Oh wow.. they are in Mass. ?? I did not know that. Perhaps they should consider moving to a state that is more friendly like Florida... they have corporate income tax but they do NOThave individual income tax and they have beautiful beaches... They should move to Key West. I bet they could attract the very best in talented programmers than. Maybe an office in Brownsville too and one in New Zealand... Mass? Really? Surely they are not all there... why do they only have the "meet a CW rep" in LA?? No offense to those who live in Mass and love it but I cannot imagine it being a good business environment... maybe this is more than I want to know, just nevermind.  Julien
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Re:Where are the Cakewalk boys
2011/10/23 20:35:21
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Lets face it, friends, there is no perfect DAW that will please all of the people all of the time. For me its not a choice between having salt or pepper to flavor my mix. I'll take both, and a few more spices along the way, maybe, if necessary. The DAW wars are a circus sideshow that distract us from being creative. Use what works for you, to the best of your ability, and have some fun in the meanwhile. These are the precious days of our lives! Make some music and be merry. That's my humble opinion, fellow musicians. Life is too short to be wasted, because time is the nonrenewable resource that can never be recovered. [Now, its time to make some music ...]
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Re:Where are the Cakewalk boys
2011/10/24 00:40:38
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I'm just wondring why we jumped from 8.5 to "X" with no "9" in the mix...
Version 8 thru 8.3 was called "8".
Version 8.5 was called "8.5". That's like 1/2 a version step, not a whole one.
So why is version 9 called "X1"? Shouldn't 9 be "9" and 10 be "X"?
Doesn't "X" mean 10? If so, does "1" mean the first edition of that series? Can we expect version 10 to be called "X2", 11 - "X3" and so on?
Or maybe its called "X" because its a "whole new" program.
Actually its not. It looks different but that's mostly graphical with the "skylight" docking. The tool bar is revamped from older versions. The structure remains mostly the same with a few new ways of doing the same old things, not all easier or better. But this has been hashed to death by others already so I stop here.
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