Anybody using Sonar X2 with a touch screen?

I was searching the forums for a good control surface like the Akai Professional APC40, when I ran into a post regarding touch screens.  It was a few months old and talked about Sonar X1.  I saw the video about Cakewalk's new touchscreen interface with Sonar X2 and was wondering, is anyone is using a touch screen?  And is so how to you like it?  Should I stay with the APC40 or get the touchscreen?  Both is not in my budget.
 
TIA.
 
-JJ

Hi JJ,

I am using an Acer T232HL. That's a 23" multi-touch monitor. You have to run  Win8 for the multitouch to work and you must be using X2a or later to have X2 respond correctly. I have been using it for a few weeks and I have to say that I am not blown away. I actually considered sending the monitor back.
Why?
Even on this quite large monitor the faders in the console view are way too short. They are also too narrow for my pudgey fingers.
There is a significant lag in the response to touch input. Its not the monitor as windows 8 apps are like lightning
Your finger completely obscures the fader cap, so you cannot see when you reach the upper/lower limit.
Ditto with the transport bar. Too small.
You cannot use touch to edit clips either. There is a moment when you first touch a fader or control when the widget seems to decide whether or not it is the focus or not and can jump to a new setting.
I have not spent that long yet trying everything out as I have been quite disappointed. I have 2 monitors already and to get the best out of the touchscreen I have turned them off! You only have touch on the touch monitor, so you are back to the mouse for the other screens. This feels odd and coupled with the limited touch facilities on offer in Sonar X2a it makes working this way feel disjointed.
I know that this is only the beginning of multitouch support in X2 and apparently there is much more to come. But... unless there is a 'Touch GUI' option that at the very least makes the icons lager and some ability to switch into some kind of mouse mode for editing clips etc. Then this is not the way ahead.
Some serious thought is needed on how this amazing feature can be utilised inventively, to the advantage of the user. At present its a tack on. Simply an adjunct to the existing functions.  For instance:
A pop up 'touch jog and edit wheel (or two) is possible making editing fluid. Jog the in and out points of a clip or loop (as it plays!?) 
A very simple screen containing multiple rows of faders and pan controls with offset caps or indicators so you can mix many tracks using multitouch. On my 23" monitor that would be just 2 rows of 12 -14 faders. But that's enough for my ten fingers.
Whoops this has turned into a bit of a diatribe. I had great hopes for this but it is no way near yet. But there is a start.

  I have the Acer T232HL also and my experience is the exact opposite of creynolds.( I do have skinny fingers though)
  I absolutely love it. Probably more for track view, navigating and zooming than for console view.
  I previously used my Axiom 49 faders and transport . The touchscreen IMO blows it away. 
   

i like mine. i have been having fun with it. i am still more efficient with the mouse, but there are multi point things i can do with touch that i cant do with the mouse. plus it is fun and creative.

I am playing around with Emulator Pro. http://www.smithsonmartin.com/software/
It is easy to use and I have already made up a simple mixer with the demo version. I cant imagine how Cakewalk can avoid having to make a dedicated touchscreen enabled layout.  The current GUI is way too titchy and detailed for finger control. You have to appreciate the differences that touch makes. THE BIGGIE!! your fingers obscure the graphics underneath, a mouse pointer does not.