Guitarmech111
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SONAR X3 and Win8.1 - looks good to me so far
I thought I would post this to let everyone know that my X3 performance issues and audio search issues seem to be fixed with Win8.1 and a fresh install of all my apps.
Now that I posted this, I hope that things will go good and NOT cause a Murphy incident... :)
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Re: SONAR X3 and Win8.1 - looks good to me so far
2014/05/30 09:12:14
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I just did a clean install of With 8.1.1 and was extremely surprised to see a significant improvement with Sonar. Seems to handle multitasking better. Glad it's working Conley.
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Guitarmech111
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Re: SONAR X3 and Win8.1 - looks good to me so far
2014/05/30 10:55:17
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The only issue I had was AHCI - I had to tweak the registry to get it working on some Samsung HDs.
Thx Alex :)
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Re: SONAR X3 and Win8.1 - looks good to me so far
2014/05/30 11:11:59
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Very happy to hear this Conley. Windows 8.1 on my machine has proved outstanding.
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Re: SONAR X3 and Win8.1 - looks good to me so far
2014/05/30 11:18:32
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So you're happy now. That's good! 
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Re: SONAR X3 and Win8.1 - looks good to me so far
2014/05/31 20:35:50
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this is good news conley.
I haven't made the switch yet, still hanging around with 8.0
a little weary for my drivers.
glad your having success.
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Re: SONAR X3 and Win8.1 - looks good to me so far
2014/05/31 20:44:30
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Re: SONAR X3 and Win8.1 - looks good to me so far
2014/05/31 23:39:19
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Re: SONAR X3 and Win8.1 - looks good to me so far
2014/06/01 00:15:30
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mixmkr
I've had no issues.
Damn life gets boring :)
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Re: SONAR X3 and Win8.1 - looks good to me so far
2014/06/01 18:28:34
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Guitarmech111
I thought I would post this to let everyone know that my X3 performance issues and audio search issues seem to be fixed with Win8.1 and a fresh install of all my apps.
Now that I posted this, I hope that things will go good and NOT cause a Murphy incident... :)
At least until 8.2 comes out in a few months.
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Re: SONAR X3 and Win8.1 - looks good to me so far
2014/06/01 18:45:46
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Every Windows 8.X update I've used has made improvements to it. Windows 8.1 was a pain in the arse to apply though but once fully running it was excellent. Windows 8.1.1 is an excellent update. I do look forward to the next update based on past results.
post edited by CakeAlexS - 2014/06/01 19:08:07
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Re: SONAR X3 and Win8.1 - looks good to me so far
2014/06/01 18:57:17
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I upgraded to 8[.1.1] during a HD upgrade. Have had no issues at all...well I still can't seem to grok what the whole Metro thing is about but I'm not complaining. Win 8 ++. Regards,
Mike Win8(64), Sonar X3e(64) w/ RME Fireface UFX.
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Re: SONAR X3 and Win8.1 - looks good to me so far
2014/06/02 05:43:42
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I just upgraded to 8.1 and lost the ability to collectively control my Pro channel modules. I can quick group all my channel fine for other purposes. But... if I want to turn up the drive, for example, on all of the console emulators at the same time and by the same amount, I no longer can.
It's not that big of a deal and I expect minor stuff like this when upgrading. I am curious if anyone else has run in to this yet?
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Re: SONAR X3 and Win8.1 - looks good to me so far
2014/06/02 21:33:39
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Ha I just ran SFC /SCANNOW for fun.
The results were not fun on multiple Windows 8.1.1 installations upgraded from Windows 8.0 :(
So much for tiptoeing through the tulips.
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Re: SONAR X3 and Win8.1 - looks good to me so far
2014/06/10 19:05:40
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I started with 8.1 and Sonar X3e and have been pleased with the flow of projects....once I figured out how to fire up the Garritan VSTs. :)
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Re: SONAR X3 and Win8.1 - looks good to me so far
2014/06/11 08:06:52
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Another happy camper here with 8.1. Great improvement over 7. But I did one update about 4 or 5 days ago, an intel graphics update, which has made a major improvement. I dont run a graphics card, just straight off the MBO, twin screens. I run a pretty beefy system with an SSD for windows and programs, as most do here, and start up time for X3 was usually around 5 secs, with project load times, usually around the 20 second mark or so. I was pretty happy with that. But now, with this latest update, it's a blink of an eye to load X3, then around 5 secs for a project. I'm stunned at the improvement. I really do like win 8 too. Very much a step forward for me.
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