Hi Guys,
 
I currently have Sonar Professional but in all honesty it lacks some of the features of a Sonar Light version that came with the V-Studio. For instance, I can't snap to grid using the staff view but I can with the older version (I know you can use piano roll view and it will snap but I like the staff view, being a musician first and a 'programmer' second). I would like to do composing with the old version, then open the song up in Professional and use its capabilities for production. Will having two versions of CW on the same computer confuse all the DLL's? Or have any of you done this before and had it work?
 
Thanks In Advance,
 
Jim

you shouldn't have any problems installing both on the same PC.
matter of fact I have had several versions of sonar installed at one time with out any conflicts.
 
Sonar light IE- Sonar LE is basically a lighter version of X1 I believe.
Sonar professional and sonar LE are 2 totally different DAw's in framework.
share some features but mostly the same.
 
im a bit intrigued though by this theory you want LE because of its usage, because I thought if anything sonar Pro was better in almost every way.
even upgrades to SV.
 

Yes you can. 

I think at one point I had seven different versions installed: 4 - X1

That reminds me I have Artist and Platinum. The Command Center shows Artist in red but when I click update it says a problem occurred and to contact Support and we all know how THAT goes 
 
I've never had this problem before and I use artist for simple practice tracks. Anyone know how to fix it?

I've been keeping X3e (32 & 64 bit) around while mainly using Platinum.  I haven't had any problems.
 
At some point you are almost certain to run into project file compatibility problems going from Platinum back though.  I think.  Maybe.  Something to test for.

I had S7 - X3 at one time.  If you change the settings on one of them it will change them on all versions.

Make sure you install the different versions in the right order, i.e. earliest first.

I've never deleted a version of SONAR. Just keep adding new ones. On my current DAW computer I have everything from 8.5 forward. The previous computer has every version I bought before 8.5. I've never had any problems and don't see that it hurts anything. Plus, some newer versions didn't include plug-ins that earlier versions had, so I still have those if I want to use them.

Kev999
Make sure you install the different versions in the right order, i.e. earliest first.

This.. not sure exactly why but it's been quoted many times here. 
 
I have Sonar X1LE , X3 studio , Professional ( now out of date but still opens) and then the latest and greatest Platinum. 
 
I can open any project in any version it would seem but I get a warning if going backwards. I don't really need the old versions but there seemed too be no reason to uninstall. As well it's handy to open them if someone here is having trouble with one of those versions.