Home Studio upgrade to X1

I don't know and I don't see anything in the e-store about an upgrade sale.  you could call them and ask.

yeah, you'll probably need to see what cake says.

I'd say at the very worst you could upgrade to Studio then go with the upgrade path to producer from studio, but I don't know how much that would be - cake might have a better deal than that.

I also got an email offering a special deal for loyalty customers of an upgrade to X1 Studio for $49 and to X1 Producer for $99. I only have HS 7XL (but have had a farily long purchasing history with Cakewalk, including Dimension Pro, Rapture and a couple of other soft synths), so it seems like a really good offer. On checking the Cakewalk web site, the upgrade price for me would otherwise be around $299.
 
I've been using the X1 free trial for the last couple of weeks. At first I wasn't all that impressed and couldn't see what it had to offer over HS (at least in terms of features that I actually use as someone who is still a relative beginner), but a bit more of a play has started to change my mind. The metronome doesn't work in my trial version, so that didn't set a good first impression, i.e. when something as basic as the metronome doesn't work, but hopefully that wouldn't be an issue in the full version.
 
Advantages for me with X1 would include:
TruePianos Amber;
Session Drummer 3;
the vocal and percussion strips - they are pretty cool;
the upgraded step sequencer; the new GUI - takes a little getting used to (coincidentally I've just replaced my monitor, moving to a 27" screen suddenly made the new GUI really good, it was far too cramped on a 22" screen)
 
So I think I'll be upgrading before the end of the month.
 
Just concerned about the number of bugs that are being reported on the discussion forum.

avelorn0


So I think I'll be upgrading before the end of the month.
 
Just concerned about the number of bugs that are being reported on the discussion forum.

IMO the bugs for X1 are no worse than any other previous version.  the only reason that there's so much uproar in the upper forum is because they changed sonar so much this version and people are always resistant to change - especially when it's a major change like this one.

I"m not sure why coughdog does not experience dropout with X1 under 64bit, but NO I would never promise someone that you would not get dropout, popping, cracking, etc just because you bought X1.  

90% of dropour, popping, stuttering is caused by the soundcard and its drivers coupled with the latency settings in Sonar.

you should not be getting dropout or stuttering/popping if you're using the Roland DuoCapture.  the drivers should be low enough latency to handle most situations, depending on your settings.  what do you have your latency set to?  which driver mode are you using?

have you worked with us on getting the settings correct in SHS?  which driver mode are you using?  what is the latency setting?  what do you have set for your PLAYBACK and RECORDING DEVICES in OPTIONS>AUDIO?