mtgonzalez
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SONAR X1 Producer for only $99 till May 31st - to buy or not to buy
Here we go again, should I pull the trigger? I'm running X1d Studio, so is the $99 really worth it?
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mtgonzalez
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Re:SONAR X1 Producer for only $99 till May 31st - to buy or not to buy
2012/05/25 12:06:39
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I bought Sonar HS7 for $49, then Sonar Studio X1 for $79, now Sonar Producer for $99? Grand total if I were to buy Producer $227
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Re:SONAR X1 Producer for only $99 till May 31st - to buy or not to buy
2012/05/25 12:16:50
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I bought Producer several versions ago and I don't want to add up what I've spent upgrading but I could have bought a Bugatti Veyron 16.4 if I hadn't.
Producer is worth it in your case - if you need what's in Producer, of course. Studio to Producer is a welcome leap.
But it won't end there.....
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Re:SONAR X1 Producer for only $99 till May 31st - to buy or not to buy
2012/05/25 13:33:31
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Mister Handsome has the right of it.
Then you'll want Expanded and the ....... and the .... and the ....
Mortgage the house, hock the jewelry and stop smoking... you're gonna need all the extra dosh you can get your hands on.
Unless there is another sale before X2 comes out.
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Re:SONAR X1 Producer for only $99 till May 31st - to buy or not to buy
2012/05/25 14:12:20
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Bapu
You forgot:-
Divorce wife and sell children into slavery.
Nigel
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Re:SONAR X1 Producer for only $99 till May 31st - to buy or not to buy
2012/05/25 15:37:34
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Worth it. Producer has most of the Cake jewels, tho some are on older versions. But you get DimPro, Perfect Space, the LP series, the PC. Again, I imagine PC Expanded will come w/ the next version of SONAR so I wouldn't pay for that unless they throw in some modules w/ it.
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mtgonzalez
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Re:SONAR X1 Producer for only $99 till May 31st - to buy or not to buy
2012/05/25 18:32:02
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AT - again thanks for your insight. I think I'm going to return that Alesis 2ch compressor I bought. It's not doing what I thought it would do. Maybe the pro channel will take care of my stereo bus needs
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Re:SONAR X1 Producer for only $99 till May 31st - to buy or not to buy
2012/05/25 18:51:58
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I'd personally wait for the announce of the next paid upgrade version this late in the cycle. It's normally preceeded by a 'buy it now and get the next paid update free Sale'. Seems to be the way most companies have gone recently, in effect in this scenario you'd pay the upgrade from Studio to Producer which will then also entitle you to the next 'Producer' release in one go. It is likely the 'Expanded' add-on trifle will be re-incorporated back into the 'Top of the Range' version too so they can sell modules to ALL users. You heard it here first mark my words....  I also put a bet on that annoucement coming Christmas time ready for somewhere around a NAAM 2013 launch.
post edited by Jonbouy - 2012/05/25 19:07:16
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Re:SONAR X1 Producer for only $99 till May 31st - to buy or not to buy
2012/05/25 19:04:51
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Jonbouy
You heard it here first in post #4 mark Bapu's words.... Fixed.
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Re:SONAR X1 Producer for only $99 till May 31st - to buy or not to buy
2012/05/25 19:05:45
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bapu
Jonbouy
You heard it here first in post #4 mark Bapu's words....
Fixed.
Post #4 is too vague. I've dished the REAL dope. Including dates and content.
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Re:SONAR X1 Producer for only $99 till May 31st - to buy or not to buy
2012/05/25 19:54:37
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That's a powerful lesson.
Best regards.
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Re:SONAR X1 Producer for only $99 till May 31st - to buy or not to buy
2012/05/25 20:43:12
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I would buy it if:
You don't have many plug-ins
You don't have any soft-synths
You don't care that ProChannel sucks unless you spend more on Sonar Expanded
You fell that PC plugs are better than anything else you could buy
These are important issues. In particular the fact that Pro Channel only gains it's full potential if you buy the expanded update.
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Re:SONAR X1 Producer for only $99 till May 31st - to buy or not to buy
2012/05/25 21:27:07
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mtgonzalez
Here we go again, should I pull the trigger? I'm running X1d Studio, so is the $99 really worth it?
Link please! 
post edited by Anubis - 2012/05/25 21:42:32
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mtgonzalez
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Re:SONAR X1 Producer for only $99 till May 31st - to buy or not to buy
2012/05/29 14:40:35
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Ampfixer and Jonbouy - thanks for the your input. I do own a ton of plugins and soft synths and I really don't want to be tempted to buy more Sonar expansion stuff. Maybe I'll hold off for now and wait for the next upgrade
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Re:SONAR X1 Producer for only $99 till May 31st - to buy or not to buy
2012/05/29 16:26:49
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Bapu
You forgot:-
Divorce wife and sell children into slavery.
Nigel
Nigel No! No! Keep the wife...it's cheaper..... But yeah, Sell the kids..... (Better yet.....RENT THEM OUT!)................by the time they realize what happened you'll be into your second Lp! Clifford
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Re:SONAR X1 Producer for only $99 till May 31st - to buy or not to buy
2012/05/29 16:29:50
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bapu
Unless there is another sale before X2 comes out.
When.....When??????? X2....X2....Yep...that's what we want!!! X2!.....When??? Did you get inside info??? Do you have inside knowledge that we don't have?????? Or are you just pulling our Sonar X1 Producer PC Plugs? Clifford
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Re:SONAR X1 Producer for only $99 till May 31st - to buy or not to buy
2012/05/30 08:04:22
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mtgonzalez
Ampfixer and Jonbouy - thanks for the your input. I do own a ton of plugins and soft synths and I really don't want to be tempted to buy more Sonar expansion stuff. Maybe I'll hold off for now and wait for the next upgrade
In my opinion (not that it's worth much - LOL), this is a smart decision! I own Producer/Expanded, but I rarely (if ever) use any of the "Producer only" add-ins. What I do miss in X1 Producer is the Sonitus EQ integration - if you use that (and like it) you will not like the Producer upgrade way of handling it, as new projects will be forced to use Pro Channel. (Pro Channel is fine for many, I'm just stating that you won't have the Sonitus EQ integration on new projects)
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Re:SONAR X1 Producer for only $99 till May 31st - to buy or not to buy
2012/05/30 12:47:53
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codamedia - thanks for the info regarding Sonitus EQ integration. I use that on everything. I think I'm still going to take back my outboard 2ch compressor and get a new assembly for my snare drum. - side note - I picked up a studio shaker and tambourine yesterday and added it to a track I'm working on. Shaker on the verse, tambourine on the chorus. Brought the track to life and made it AMAZINGLY real with the EZ Drummer kit. I'm thinking of recording live high hat parts to replace the EZ Drummer high hat. Someone told me that Peter Gabriel used Stewart Copeland from the Police to play all his high hat parts on one of his album that had programed drums.
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