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Re: The Sonar formerly known as essential
2013/09/28 01:34:33
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We will address. SONAR X3 has unlimited audio and MIDI.
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Re: The Sonar formerly known as essential
2013/09/28 01:39:14
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Wow! Windows finally has its Garage Band killer app! Is there a limit on plugin instantiations or any other such thing?
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Re: The Sonar formerly known as essential
2013/09/28 01:47:06
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yevster
Wow! Windows finally has its Garage Band killer app! Is there a limit on plugin instantiations or any other such thing?
cakewalk never had a limitation on plug ins.
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Re: The Sonar formerly known as essential
2013/09/28 01:50:19
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No limits. It has all the core workflow features. It's been supersized as have been all versions.
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Re: The Sonar formerly known as essential
2013/09/28 01:50:36
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I'm pretty sure Music Creator did, at least at some point. But seriously, for a DAW under $100, this is epic. Think. Presonus Studio One Artist which at $99 allows no outside plugins at all, or Cubase Artist, which at over $200 still has track count limitations.
Actually, Essential is $50 if you register a free product and then get the "upgrade for registered Cakewalk customers".
So yeah, like. I said, this is epic.
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Re: The Sonar formerly known as essential
2013/09/28 01:54:01
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Free products don't count as a registered customer. Music Creator, Project5., SONAR le, etc would count.
It also has VST3 and 64-bit mix engine. It could probably compete on specs with many of the flagship DAWs.
That's why it's called SONAR X3.
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Re: The Sonar formerly known as essential
2013/09/28 01:56:30
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Andrew Rossa [Cakewalk]
Free products don't count as a registered customer. Music Creator, Project5., SONAR le, etc would count.
That's a change. A while ago, I tried registering free products in a clean account and then almost-buying "any cakewalk customer" upgrades and it didn't balk. Sorry, I have a sycophantic affinity toward beta-testing the store. :)
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Re: The Sonar formerly known as essential
2013/09/28 01:58:01
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☄ Helpfulby yevster 2013/09/28 02:01:38
That's been changed I believe.
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Re: The Sonar formerly known as essential
2013/09/28 02:47:33
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Since Sonar X3 is a core product would the prochannel fx from x2 producer and the separately purchased ones work?
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Re: The Sonar formerly known as essential
2013/09/28 02:52:02
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SONAR X3 doesn't have the ProChannel. That's available when you upgrade to SONAR X3 Studio or Producer.
Studio has two ProChannel modules but you can buy more
Producer has 8 including the new Tape Emulator and the QuadCurve EQ Zoom. And you can add more as well.
If you were to upgrade to SONAR X3 Studio, your modules would all work. When we announce you should look at the comp chart and see what's worth spending the extra money on.
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Re: The Sonar formerly known as essential
2013/09/28 03:02:21
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☄ Helpfulby robert_e_bone 2013/09/28 09:09:51
Personally I will go for the full enchilada. I was asking because they are several forumites expressing frustration about not getting another x2 update. I was just thinking of a less expensive way forward for them if they are more interested in the core improvements than the added plugs. I am looking forward to release and the flood of excited posts  as well as the to be expected bug reports  I'm hoping the few issues I have with x2 are sorted.
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Re: The Sonar formerly known as essential
2013/09/28 09:09:45
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@Tom Riggs, an excellent idea for those who balk at the notion of paying for the full release of X3 - for whatever their reasons.
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Re: The Sonar formerly known as essential
2013/09/28 09:37:07
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I guess the number of buses are still limited but the drop of "Essential" and changing the number of plugins, etc. to unlimited are great news for someone like me who proudly uses the Essential version with mostly third-party plugins. Thanks!
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Re: The Sonar formerly known as essential
2013/09/28 10:15:39
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I'm saving for Producer, as usual, but it looks like they really did raise the bar for the baseline version. Well done.
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Re: The Sonar formerly known as essential
2013/09/28 12:35:40
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