Hello all and happy Boxing Day (err... I think that might actually be just a Canucker thing but it is indeed Boxing Day... so just happy "today" to everyone who doesn't know WTF I'm talking about).
 
Usually by this time after a release a few sniggles and warbles have been uncovered but I don't see any reports. This could be simply because everyone has real lives and spent the past few days with family. However I would also expect maybe some folks used at least some of their time off for the holidays to futz around with Lexington.
 
So what are we looking at with this release? A nice solid version to round out the year? I've been kind of itching to update and was gonna hop on Kingston but with the lack of problem reports perhaps Lexington is the better bet.
 
That is my looong winded way of asking... has anyone had ANY problems with Lexington? If so what are they and how do they manifest themseleves? I just like to know what to keep an eye out for when I do update.
 
My subscription is about to run out in a month or two (thanks doods... been a great year) so this might be a good one to squat on until I can sort something out (one day my kingdom will come... lol).
 
On a side note... I've noticed an OLD issue that used to drive me bonkers crept it's way back in this year. At least on my current version (Foxboro and before that Gloucester). That is the "Vertical Screen Jumping to the Parent Track" when selecting clips with lanes open across different tracks. It's a hard one to explain concisely without dredging up the old threads and may have been recorrected since Foxboro so if Lexington is as solid as I think it might be I'll test and report that independently.
 
Alright... I hope everyone had a happy and safe Christmas and many thanks to the forum for... well just bein' the awesome doods and doodettes you are.
 
Cheeeeers!!!!

Start screen takes randomly long to open or doesn't open at all - Was same in K (no internet connection in studio, could be the reason).
 
My two bugs were not fixed. The Newsletter contained a reference to clip issues but evidently not my clip issues. I could have saved the 2 1/2 hour download... Grumble.
 
Starting a new project this weekend, includes intensive MIDI but probably won't need any of the new features yet, but will try anyway. Will see how things go.

jpetersen
Start screen takes randomly long to open or doesn't open at all - Was same in K (no internet connection in studio, could be the reason).
 
My two bugs were not fixed. The Newsletter contained a reference to clip issues but evidently not my clip issues. I could have saved the 2 1/2 hour download... Grumble.
 
Starting a new project this weekend, includes intensive MIDI but probably won't need any of the new features yet, but will try anyway. Will see how things go.

Thanks for the report. I haven't even gotten to a version with the new Start Screen yet (I was hoping they would tweak it so we could disable the phone home crap but they haven't).
 
I fully intend to disable the Start Screen as soon as I install it because of that behavior.
 
It's actually kind of funny in a way because the old Start Screen and "Recent Projects" section of the global File menu have been weaning me off the only use I really have for the old start screen anyway.
 
By that I mean for some reason the old Start Screen and my Recent Projects list in the File menu has been ommitting the latest version of my projects. Like if I save something then shut down the system next time I boot up and open Sonar it doesn't list that project as the most recent project. It lists the one before that.
 
So I've been simply using File > Open - sorting by "Date" in the project folder to open my projects.
 
It's a little annoying but whatever. Probably best to make SURE I am on the project I intend to be on anyway because sometimes it's hard to tell once the buggers are open due to my obsessive "versioning".
 
Basically this won't affect me as long as we are still able to disable the Start Screen.
 
Thanks again.

I have not found any problems with Lexington. Some long time annoyances have been fixed for me. You may find the same.  Its time you bit the bullet and updated Beep! You can always roll back if you do find a problem. 

John
I have not found any problems with Lexington. Some long time annoyances have been fixed for me. You may find the same.  Its time you bit the bullet and updated Beep! You can always roll back if you do find a problem. 

Well... aside from the screen jumping thing I cannot think of a single thing that bites me in the butt on a regular basis that isn't part of the actual stated design of the program.
 
Maybe I'm using Sonar the wrong way.
 
:-p
 
However I would very much like some extra speed and stability which is what was making my pants a little tighter about Kingston. I haven't gotten to muck with the Aux Tracks stuff yet either which could be quite useful for my insano workflow.
 
Yeah... alright. I'd better do Lexington.
 
PS: As a hardnosed "offliner" the "rollback" stuff isn't quite as casual for me as it is for others. It requires an actual manual install of the older version which supposedly works based on some reports but something I would definitely like to avoid if possible. Otherwise it would mean a System Restore procedure (not a system image reload which is way more annoying)... which isn't a big deal either but can kind of do odd things as well.
 
Yes... I make things much more annoying on myself than need be... but my methods have worked so far so I ain't changin' 'em.
 
Cheers.

Nevermind the below.  You were explaining your allergy to rollback while I was recommending it
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Kingston was solid for me, but most versions have been.  Lexington seems every bit as solid ... so far.  If I were you, I would go to Lexington and kick the heck outa the tires.  Roll back to Kingston if you feel the need.  Or any of the previous versions.
 
I have wrang the be-heyzeus out of the Rollback/Update functions in CCC.  They are very reliable.  You don't have to update in sequence to be able to roll back.  Grab the latest and roll back to whatever version you want ... CCC will download what it needs if you don't already have the files available.

BobF
Nevermind the below.  You were explaining your allergy to rollback while I was recommending it
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Kingston was solid for me, but most versions have been.  Lexington seems every bit as solid ... so far.  If I were you, I would go to Lexington and kick the heck outa the tires.  Roll back to Kingston if you feel the need.  Or any of the previous versions.
 
I have wrang the be-heyzeus out of the Rollback/Update functions in CCC.  They are very reliable.  You don't have to update in sequence to be able to roll back.  Grab the latest and roll back to whatever version you want ... CCC will download what it needs if you don't already have the files available.

Yeah... I don't use CCC... 'cause I'm weird and dumb... and weird.
 
Also... weird.
 
;-)

Just do it.

ampfixer
Just do it.

Yeah, I'm in. I figured it might be a good spot for folks to report any oddities but none seem forthcoming (aside from that Start Screen issue but that doesn't affect actually making music if it's disabled anyway).
 
The only problems with Kingston from what I could tell weren't actually Kingston problems anyway. They were the "instrument" updates which had one fix applied but I forget to which instrument at this point. Gotta revisit that but those aren't part of the main Sonar installers anyway.
 
Cheers.

I am looking forward to hearing your thoughts on Lexington, Beep.