Hopefully Sonar X1 -> X2 will be as good as Sonar 7 -> 8 was .....

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2011/06/16 07:37:00 (permalink)

Hopefully Sonar X1 -> X2 will be as good as Sonar 7 -> 8 was .....

Been doing a lot of work with X1b lately and genunly much prefer the new UI - now I've figured most of it out, it really does increase workflow speed and producitivity - and it especially comes to life in a dual-screen situatuon.
 
The problem though ...... still ....... is that its overall stability / smoothness at higher CPU load / low latency projects  is still not where it should be -  even now, X1B 255 cant handle large low latency projects with the smoothness and stability of 8.5.3  -  clearly the connection and integration between the new UI and the audio engine still needs some work.
 
This got me thinking about  Sonar 6, 7 and 8.
 
I remeber when I moved to Sonar 6 it - was pretty clunky and gluggy.
 
I then upgraded to Sonar 7 and it was worse - I actually think Sonar 7 was the worst of the Sonar series.
 
However, then Sonar 8 came out and blew me and many others with the audio engines capacity and stability with large projects with low latenices - it was/is amazing.
 
From posts in other threads, it is clear that the next update is "cooking" - whether its X1C  or  X1.5  etc...... I dont know.  But if the next *major* X-series release has the same quantum-leap of audio engine performance and stabiltiy that S7 -> S8 had,  then the Sonar X-series will be a joy to use.
 
Imagine the  audio engine capacity and stabiltiy of 8.5.3 being  further improved and at the same time, having the new UI and features integrated into it  -  I actually believe this was the core X-series goal  -  I'm hoping we'll see it realized very soon.
 
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    daryl1968
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    Re:Hopefully Sonar X1 -> X2 will be as good as Sonar 7 -> 8 was ..... 2011/06/16 07:55:56 (permalink)
    is 'gluggy' a technical term?

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    Re:Hopefully Sonar X1 -> X2 will be as good as Sonar 7 -> 8 was ..... 2011/06/16 09:53:35 (permalink)
    timboe...

    That's exactly how I feel.  I'm hopin' the X series regains the stability of S8 and allows the bakers to improve things like staff view, tempo and picture issues.  Sonar then becomes a great professional tool as opposed an app that is easy and good enough to get thru the day.
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    Re:Hopefully Sonar X1 -> X2 will be as good as Sonar 7 -> 8 was ..... 2011/06/16 10:02:07 (permalink)
    You can put a cat in dee oven, but dat don't make it biskits.

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    Re:Hopefully Sonar X1 -> X2 will be as good as Sonar 7 -> 8 was ..... 2011/06/16 11:45:08 (permalink)
    skullsession


    You can put a cat in dee oven, but dat don't make it biskits.


    I does make a pretty good baked cat.

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