If you're thinking about downloading X2 for $99...

i don't have a very fast connection (i have the slowest broadband that comcast offers).
It did not take 3 hours to DL all of the X2 programs and content.

It's alot faster than waiting for it to come in the mail and it's painless if you hit download right before you go to bed. 

That is one reason I use "Free Download Manager." If I have to use more than one link, I can copy/paste the new link into the download properties for the file and FDM will resume the download on servers that support resume. CW servers support resume.

I downloaded everything in about 2 hours (all four parts) and that was a few days after it was released. Their servers are kind of wacky but this really shouldn't be as big of a problem as you are stating. Most of us downloaded our versions without problems. Not saying you aren't but I would say a) use a download manager and/or b) try restarting your download at another time. Maybe their servers are getting slammed for some reason or they are having problems at the moment. The website has been a little wacky as of late but I think they are hosted by Amazon. Try starting your download late at night or first thing in the morning. Also when I did my downloads the download speed fluctuated wildly throughout the process. You may have just looked at it when it was choking on something.

Seriously... it took me two hours.

Good luck and I hope you enjoy X2.

Ah... yeah if there is a special that might be the problem. It's good to have the discs anyway although it's easy just to burn the .exe's to disc but that ain't as pretty on a shelf.

Be sure to go over to Groove3 and sign up for an account. You'll get a free pass to their vids. There are some really good ones on X2 there to get you going. X2 is still a little buggy but it really is awesome. Cheers. 

hmmm... Yeah, $99 is the usual upgrade price for X1 Producer customers. Maybe Jack got pulled in by some marketing material. 

Still very much worth it though. I'd have paid that much just for some of the extra plug ins that came with it... but don't tell the bakers I said that. ;-p

I have a kikass Internet connection at the studio where I work, 
I got producer's files in under 15 mins ...;) 

BUT 

both my X1 studio, X2 studio, AND X2 producer downloads ALL gave me error messages at install (it still ends up working in the end) .. stuff like Registry server crashing and VB 2008 stuff crashing during installation ... 

I think you did great by ordering DVD's ... I'm not sure that downloading such huge files is so great when it comes to file reliability ...

Still 40$ is a lot of money for a licence you already paid for ... (but that's another topic). 

Cheers ! 

V

You still have to download the X2a patch which is 530 Mb
and all the other updates and freebies.

Yeah, it was just going to take too long.  I'll still try at 4am to see what happens, but I don't have the luxury of babysitting it for what could be a couple of days.

I am using Google Chrome on a nice clean super fast computer; Intel(R) Core i7-3930k, 3.2 GHZ with 16 GB ram.  My internet connection is 30 Mbps.  The slowest I've seen it run on the download test is about 20.  

The $99 upgrade special was from something I got in the mail.  But I think if you just go to the Cakewalk store it's the same price; I'm upgrading from 8.5.3.

mmorgan


When X2 first came out I tried to download using IE. Epic fail: estimated DL time was over > 5 hours (I cancelled it after 5 minutes) for 1 file. So I picked a different browser (Chrome) and restarted. Everything worked out fine. All of this was on the first day of release so the servers were, no doubt, busy.

If you are using IE you may want to try a different browser.

Regards,

 
+1 Exactly what I did ^^^^^^^
 
It seems that if you lose the download for even a fraction of a second with IE that's it, you have to start again. With Chrome (and Firefox for that matter), the download manager always seems to 'know' exactly where you are in a download. I've had my internet go down for a few minutes before now in the middle of downloading something, and Chrome just carries on as if nothing has happened once the connection is re-established.
 
 

tKx5050: For what it's worth: my comment was not directed at you. Many of the above posts related to user experiences DL'g files. I simply related mine and how I solved the issue for me...and made a recommendation based on that. 


Note that my experiences were also on the Amazon servers which generally speaking perform quite well for me. I had a problem and I found a solution that worked for me. Please note that I have no ax to grind against IE (Microsoft).


On the other hand, I wouldn't let AT&T wipe the mud off my shoes. 


Regards,

I think my download, using Chrome was just under 40 minutes

I downloaded X2 a while ago(no problems). But a few weeks ago I ended up ordering the discs. Because it's a great program and it's an affordable backup. The package it came in looks very nice. So I have it now standing in a special place. And I'm glad I own it. Thanks Cakewalk for taking care of me.

After 3 attempts at downloading part one, using Chrome and then Mozilla, I was ready to fire it up. The final file was corrupt and wouldn't work. So, I'll just wait for the new DVDs to arrive.