Moving Sonar X3 to New PC

2015/06/29 23:49:18

Cactus Music

I think is John is having issues that have nothing to do with his marginally OK PC.
His thread title is asking if he should spend on a new build and if it's easy to transfer X3 to a new machine. That was answered, but I was questioning if this is the next best step to solve his re occurring issues. ( read his other threads)
Myself I say get things working on what you have first.
I'm running Sonar X3 on a similar duo core laptop that only has 3 Gigs of RAM. I'm not asking much of it but the main point is it's rock solid stable and even using my Tascam us1641.
The reason is it's optimized and Sonar and the ASIO drivers are all running 100%.

I agree that faster is always going to be better but one needs to decide where to spend their hard earned cash and at this point I say John's is now on the right path.

It might be possible to upgrade the processor and add more RAM but my guess is the MoBo is to old to bother with. So a whole new computer will be required, that going to be easily $800 and up.

John your other thread was answered in the same way where you where told to ditch asio4all and use your proper ASIO drivers. You even say everything works great when you do. So I'm not sure what else to add to that thread. I think purchasing real studio monitors is an excellent move. Happy shopping.
There are 100's of threads in the Hardware forum on the topic of monitors.
I'm a die hard Yamaha fan so no point asking me as I only have one answer..
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/HS8

2015/06/30 07:53:33

Johnbee58

Thanks all for your suggestions.
Yesterday I bought a Core i5. Spent 8 hours installing my programs and had no trouble at all. (That almost makes me worry that things went so smoothly)! Got everything up and running with Sonar X3. Didn't get to do my other program yet (Reason 7) but that is usually pretty easy and straightforward as everything there is under one program.

Strictly using the UX2 ASIO drivers on this. I will not even bother with ASIO4ALL. Everything runs so good with the UX2 drivers.

Thanks again for your help and suggestions.

BTW-I'm looking into new monitor speakers, but $700.00 is out of my budget. I'm considering Rockit 6s.

JB

2015/06/30 15:06:23

Johnbee58

OK. All is well. I installed Reason 7. The only problem I had with that was deauthorizing my old PC and authorizing the new one. This was because Propellerhead redid it's website since I last used it and I had to figure out how to navigate my account. But it's all there now. All my software and plugins and I tested them and they all work. I still can't believe how relatively effortless it was. It's a Lenovo. The processor is a Duo Core I5 with 8 gigs of RAM. I think the processor is something like a 4770. I have the UX2 set up to handle ALL the audio on the computer and I disabled the onboard soundcard, so everything comes through the UX2, whether it's a DAW or the internet or MP3s or whatever. I packed it up again and set it aside for my new studio, which will be part of a new addition to my house, which also includes a new and bigger Living Room and more basement space. Also, I'm retiring next week so I'll have plenty of time to create music. Life is (finally) good. I dreamed about this for years. I gave my son my old PC.

Again, I thank all who gave me some guidance in this. My apologies to Cactus Music for my misunderstanding of him a few days ago. It's like someone else pointed out, it's too easy to misunderstand meaning on the internet because you can't hear tone of voice or body language of the other people you're communicating with. I'm sure Cactus is a great guy and a huge asset to this forum.

Peace!
JB