Re:Installation Question - What and how to install?
2012/10/23 09:39:46
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Welcome to the fold here! Congrats on your new computer. As far as what to install, You just load in whatever version of Sonar has the plugin you want to install. There will be a page that allows you to check whatever plugin you want to install from that disc. Just check the ones you want and pay close attention to where the installation occurs. Pretty simple. I don't think it would benefit you much to step back to SD2 when SD3 is the same program and same library, just enhanced. Pantheon worked in X1, the few times I used it. I haven't even tried it in X2. I use Perfect Space, Sonitus, and now Breverb since I got X2. Sonitus, in my opinion, is a much better reverb than the Pantheon. Just because it has Lexicon written on it doesn't make it the best reverb for some uses. Much more tweakability in the Sonitus! Breverb is becoming my go to reverb since acquiring it. Bottom line, there is so much available to you in X2 I don't see how you would even miss the older versions. LOL. I have had experience with Cakewalk products since Pro Audio 9 and I can say, I don't work for Cake and I am not a paid endorser for their products, I can say X2 is probably the best and most comprehensive version so far. As far as the loops. I don't use them. I do have them loaded but I don't do loop based projects. They are kinda fun to pull up and play around with. If you are a serious user of loops you would benefit from having as many as possible. I had the same question about the content. It seems to be a pretty useable library in both the beatscape content and the one shots and loops library.
Beware! SOME 32 bit plugs work in 64. SOME DON'T! Bit bridge can be finnicky. Check out JBridge, a product online. Between the two bridge programs, I hear, you can get just about everything to work. If there is a particular template or preset you want, you could back them up on a usb stick or drive and put them into X2 wherever you choose. Most of those are found in the Cakewalk content folders.
Hope some of this has helped you out. Good luck!
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