New computer - straight to X2?

No. Each new version of SONAR is a completely self container installation not dependent on any previous installation. Upgrade is simply a pricing issue whereby you get a discount based on previous purchase made.


Eligibility for upgrade is sorted at time of purchase not installation.

Typically, new versions of CW don't need a previous version to work.  They generally, are independent of each other unless you want the new version to import your key bindings and third party plug ins.

I would hate to wait for X2 if you already have a new PC.
Getting familure with your new system is worth the install X1, IMO.
Getting up to speed with X1, which is stable for me, then jumping to X2,
will seem like a piece of cakewalk,

You get the free X2 upgrade anyway if your just now buying X1, hard drive space is cheap.
Your time waiting , is not.

Besides, its nice to get the beta testing out of the way when a new version comes out.
 I will buy X2 when it`s availible, but be using X1, until I see our forum buddies find
the obvious bugs.

Good luck and welcome!

Don Belisle
Sonar 1 - X1e, I5 laptop, Q6600 Quad core desktop, Motu MK III,
Fast track Ultra, Win 7 32 and 64 bit, XP pro 32 bit.

Use X1 and when X2 come out install that. The X2 will be a fresh install as X1 and X2 are different. X2 wont be an extension of X1. Its a separate entity

CJ

Me too! Skinnybones. I will get X2 and either jump in or wait while I get used to X1d, which I am still trying to organize as time permits. I too, have a lot to install and "order"; DimPro volumes 1-14, some SD3, Rapture, Zeta+2 (both the update and sounds to add), and IK Total Studio Bundle 3 plus GPO when I upgrade to 4 and maybe some other things that I have on my old P4 XP with Sonar 5.2PE. It is a lot of change at once and I seem to be distracting myself with the "problem" on the forum, rather than learning as I go.
    Still I would love to get it mapped out nicely and learn how to organize it all on my new laptop, so it all works as and when it should! So ANY posts or articles on planning this out would be very appreciated and useful.
Thanks Michael

For my situation, this is a new laptop and I have only installed X1d and haven't thought about what I will want to install from Sonar 5.2PE or my P4 XP setup. My desire is to organize my programs on C, CW projects-audio on D (internal and seperate 2nd drive), and libraries and backup audio on my external usb3 port/usb3 drive- H and I respectively. My ASUS G74sx has 4 usb ports, one of which is usb3, with 2 internal drives, each 500gb 7200rpm. The ext is 1Tb 7200 usb3. I am planning to build a new desktop in Dec-Jan for my main studio PC, so, the laptop is for winter time travelling, so I can still record-work on my music. I haven't done any networked PCs, yet and am reading up on that. Mostly, I want to efficiently install and use these new large libraries and explore that world, more(libraries and networked PCs). Coming from 49 years of pro guitarist and studio operator -13years of CW studio,  I know "a lot" about editing, recording and mixing on PC, I know much less about the internet and computers in general. I am catching up as fast as I can, jumping from S5.2PE and P4-XP (3 drive setup)to 64 bit Win7HP quad i7 and now X1d PE expanded .......soon to X2! Thanks for any advice-direction. Michael

RE bringing instrumentals and songs from Sonar 5.2PE on my old P4 XP to X1 64bit and Windows7 on my new laptop. Since mine are all on a seperate PC and I am thinking I will save them as bundles and move them one at a time considering as I do whether to let go the old effects/plugs and learn to use the new ones. I guess I could print the tracks with and without plugs and compare.
     It certainly was exciting to watch the CakeTV today on X2 and I do feel very motivated( and I have finished up lots of outdoors projects on my new house, so I am free-er to spend more time on the studio)