Lane Pain Continues

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You should file a bug report specifically on this if you haven't already.

Alrighty then.

Yep, I had those exact same issues, which is why I'm back to X1.  I will also submit a bug report, but you should again, too.  We have to keep hammering about this.

dxp


I am actually having more problem with lanes since I installed X2a than I did when just running X2 (fixpack)
..and I didn't think that could be possible.

not condusive to creativity when you sit there swearing at the computer when 'lane adventures' begin.

Don't feel alone...

I too find more trouble with Lanes in X2a than I did in X2.... Hard to believe with how bad X1 was to begin with! I'm still in a state of shock from this decision set... <sigh>...

I'm off to file yet another bug report...

Keni

sharke


Given the frequency with which people have reported these lane bugs on this forum, it makes you wonder how on earth Cakewalk was able to test the basic functionality of the program without noticing them. 

What they need to do is lock 2 or 3 guys in a room with a few different common system configs and get them to spend a week or so going through manual performing every function detailed and make a list of all the bugs and broken features to submit to the programmers. Also get them to put together a project that incorporates all the commonly used methods of recording/mixing/editing to root out any other issues that may not appear just testing things from the manual.

As far as broken features I've found working through the manual I'd say the failure rate is at about 80-90%. Fortunately most of those are more obscure/advanced features that don't really hinder me that much and generally I can find an alternate method to accomplish things but it has been rather eye opening. If I hadn't started doing things this way I would have just chalked it up to user error but when you follow the instructions to the letter and something doesn't work I can eliminate my own ineptitude. 

And some of the comments referring to the X2a patch making things worse... well that's why I haven't installed it and I'm glad I made the decision as the reports keep coming out. It's gotta be all the Win8 crap the crammed in there causing the new problems.

Now don't get me wrong... it's still a very nice program and I have absolutely no regrets upgrading to X2 but I really do hope there is a workable patch on the way. I can get things done but I'm really babying the program and I'd prefer to work with a little more confidence. It's hard enough being a beginner without double checking everything and having to remember a ton of workarounds.

Agreed that, if you can deal with the "weirdness" of Lanes, and the obvious bugs, that can be somewhat a step up from Layers. I just question whether there was enough real-world testing of Lanes in X2 before releasing the idea.

The marketing of the product tells me Cakewalk is prioritizing ProChannel and the plug-ins over the DAW itself. That's a shame, because there's a great many features of the DAW that go unnoticed, or that Cakewalk believes are "well-known" or "long-time" features. So, as with any other marketing campaign, when you place priority on a specific shiny new thing, it seems to get more of the testing time. The plug-ins and Console Emulation for X2 are quite nice, but I didn't buy Sonar for the plug-ins. I bought it for the price and work-flow.

Lanes should have been given a higher priority. It's on the right patch, I think, but way behind the market.

Oops! I meant to say, "on the right path", not "patch", because we know it's not on the best "patch" yet. heh.

Thanks for the compliment. It is worth emphasizing, and I've commented on this subject before, that I really don't have a lot of time to hunt down bugs for Cakewalk, because I'm focused on recording and mixing. If there's an easy way to make something better, I'm for that, but I got irritated at first because I could simply uncover bugs within the first 5-15 minutes of X2 use. That was easy. I couldn't find any issues with the plug-ins, or ProChannel, though, and I tried hard to break those that it came with.

I'm the same way, that Sonar is pretty easy to use, and I can't imagine going back to an old console with no recalling functions (geez, did I just commit blasphemy?)