Sonar X2 upgrade

Hey,
I apologize for asking this here but I don't have much time to make a decision.  I received an email from Cakewalk to upgrade to Sonar X2 at a great price.  The problem is that my current version is 8.  Will this work for me or do I have to start over with the X2 product?  I did research this on the Cakewalk web site but didn't find it.  Maybe I missed it, but the offer expires after tomorrow.
 
thanks,
Tom

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Keep in mind that X2 is not supported on XP. The quick fix was the last patch that will install on XP. The X2a patch will not install on XP.

Hey, thanks for the information, my signature says I'm on XP Home but I've since upgraded to Windows 7, Guess I'll go fix my signature :)

Matt's right - every time a new version is announced, there's a bunch of folks who just upgraded who complain that they weren't warned; and if only they'd known they would have waited; and that they deserve to get the latest version for nothing.
 
The next version hasn't been announced yet, but experienced folks are saying it is coming real soon now.
So, consider yourself warned.

Historically, once the new version has been announced, there are deals that typically go "buy X2 now, get x3 for free when it's released." So that's the deal you'd be waiting for. I kinda think that's a safe option as then you get two versions, one of which may be more stable on your system than the other. But no garuntee this deal will show up.

Personally, I'd wait. But that's an easy choice because I'm too busy to make music right now (planning a wedding) and don't have the cash (paying for a wedding). It depends on how patient you are and your financial situation (ie buy X2 now then buy X3 in a few months too - which is not a compulsory purchase, of course).

From 8 to X series is a huge step alone without jumping to a new release with unknown’s
 
My experience.
I was a happy 8.5.3 user
Bought X1 for $99 (cheap as chips)
Days later X2 was released $99, so I bought that as well
Spent the next 6 weeks trying to get my head around it all while dealing with bugs
Made no music
My advice.
Buy X2, install free update to X2a and work with the few (known) bugs while making music
Wait till X3 (a,b or c) when the unknown’s are known (sorry, don’t mean to be negative just practical)
Make music sooner

I agree with picking up what seems to be a pretty stable release in X2a.  We do not know when the next release of Sonar is coming, or what will be in it (or removed, for that matter), nor do we know if there are going to be any unforeseen show stoppers (although the Cakewalk folks very quickly had a quick fix out there for some initial issues with X2).
 
Anyways, there are really no showstoppers present in X2a.  There are some bugs and some annoyances, but it is really a good jump to make to go to it.
 
You will also have the ability to retain your current installation of Sonar, and I recommend you keep it.  It will happily co-exist with the X2a release, and you may find it easier to work with some existing projects in 8, versus X2a, and keeping both releases gives you the most flexibility.
 
I also recommend you install BOTH a 32-bit and a 64-bit version of X2a.
 
Bob Bone
 

AT
congradulations on the wedding, Matt, if it is you.
 
 

Thanks dude! Give me 30 years and hopefully I'll have a daughter and her wedding to pay for :) She can do all the darn planning though!! Never again!!! lol

I've been very happy moving to X2A from X1.  To me the $50 buck2 was worth getting Rapture, much less the other stuff in X2.

Here's my take...
 
I saw the half-price upgrade & as it's only £39 for us in the UK, I thought this was a bargain & a cheap way of "staying in the game"!  I previously had bought Pro 8.5 with the free upgrade offer to X1 which I took!  I then took advantage of the Expanded upgrade when that was on offer.
 
So I thought about this offer carefully & looked at how much (going by previous offers of course) an upgrade could potentially cost me if I skipped this version & worked out that it would be more than double the current offer.  If you look at how much the upgrade is now from pre-X1 to X2, that'll give you an indication as to the minimum it's likely to cost skipping a version with a special offer of course.
 
So after some consideration, on the above basis I decided that £39 was "as cheap as chips" & so I parted with my cash!  Even if I don't use X2, it kind of guarantees a cheap upgrade path for the next version!
 
Maybe I've miscalculated it somewhere & got it all wrong but I expect if I have, someone will tell me shortly... 

daveny5

McMoore11
Since upgrading to X2, more than half of my previous projects created in X1 will not load in X2.
'SONARPDR.EXE is not responding'.
Yay.
Is there a patch or ointment for that?

Do you have X2a? 


Projects from X1 should load in X2 unless perhaps you are running Windows XP which is not supported for X2. Perhaps you have some faulty plug-in that's causing the problem. In that case, load the project in Safe mode and figure out which plug-in is the culprit. 
 
 
 
 

Howdy and good morning.
 
X2 itself WILL load and run on a machine running XP, BUT the X2A update will NOT.  X2a requires a minimum operating system level of Windows 7 at a maintenance level of Service Pack 1 to even install.
 
If McMoore11 is indeed running X2, on a machine that DOES have Windows 7 with SP1, then by all means the X2a update SHOULD be applied.  X2a addresses more than 250 bugs, and is absolutely more stable than the base X2 product.
 
IF X2a is not an option, due to having XP, try loading the X1 projects in Safe mode, without loading any 32-bit plugins, to see if they will open that way.  IF you can get them open in that fashion, then it may be one or more 32-bit plugins not behaving nicely through the BitBridge component.  (None of this applies if you are running a 32-bit installation of Sonar, as BitBridge would not be running - it exists to allow 32-bit plugins to run in 64-bit Sonar installations).  If it is indeed one or more of the 32-bit plugins causing the problems, try swapping them out for 64-bit versions OR install a 32-bit version of Sonar and work with those projects in a 32-bit environment, where BitBridge would not be needed.
 
I hope any of the above helps, Mr McMoore11 (and anybody else), 
 
Bob Bone