XL Essential to X2a thoughts...
I took advantage of the $199 upgrade to X2a from XL Essentials...I really like the pro console strip , although I'm not sure I can hear a difference between the S type, N type and A type...in fact, I'm not sure there is any difference! lol.....I've toggled that section on and off, but can't any change, though I see the level needle jumping.
I get periodic crashes...SONAR is sitting idle and I will get a msg in Win 8 that it has to shut down. And also the good 'ol drop outs do continue on occasion with a measley two audio tracks , no fx and nothing else running and SONAR telling me I'm barely using CPU , memory or drive utilization.....Is there a 'crash log' I can send to Cakewalk to check the crashes out? My system is:
Custom built pc
Asus P7P55D mobo
Intel core i5 750 quad core
4 gigs DDR3 memory
I downloaded X2a update and now I've noticed frequent bugginess where I've solo'd a track but still hear other tracks and also times when my Microsoft wireless keyboard simply doesn't function in SONAR....check it in notepad or something and it works OK...
I need a good understanding of the HUGE amounts of places to adjust a tracks level....you've got a level fader in the track view, a fader/knob in most FX and then using a buss , you have it there too...as I start adding in tracks , is there some kind of rule of thumb as far as when and where to adjust which of all these levels? Should I strive to keep levels well below 0 so that the end product full of many tracks and fx has more room to reach 0 db? ...This kinda messes with the mix ...turning stuff down just makes that part not loud enough in the mix, or maybe I need to turn my monitoring system up louder? What is a reference db level to mix at?
I have some other opinions,etc but want to start them in their own thread...thanks!