I have X3e producer, and am intrigued by the whole membership and updates and extras. But since I decided to browse the forum, all I see all over the place is "braintree " this and that, none of it too positive. I would like to give it a shot, but not if it's going to take me a week to sort through all of the fallout from installing a new version. My primary concerns are how it is going to affect :
1) melodyne (I have editor)
2) Rapture (already have)
3) Dimension pro (ditto)
4) AD2 (I already have it as well as one Artist pack installed) do they give you promo codes, or what?
Are the above mentioned "new" versions (release x.x) or are they going to make me chase my tail re-registering them doing rollbacks to recover things,etc.
Surely, some of you have a similar situation to mine. How'd it go for you?
I asked this question in another thread yesterday, but didn't get a lot of feedback(although what I did get was helpful). That was before I started really digging in and found a lot of users questioning the whole process.
I need some advice and reassurance before I leap.
Thanks,
Tim

Basically...
The algorithm running the audio(and midi) 'engine' has improved, thus enhancing Sonar for what it is...A music production application. Along with some nifty tools and plugs, like VOC-Align, end productions can be greatly improved.

It will not affect 1 through 4. You will not need to install any of those products again and best not to try. The AD2 product included in Platinum is the XLN Producer bundle, a coupon for 3 ADPaks, 3 MIDIPacks and 3 KitPieces for your existing AD2 install. Platinum is an improvement over X3. Just like any new product there is a lot of posting activity. Just like any forum, most are posts about problems. Many that have upgraded were in your situation. I do not see many posts about giving up on Platinum, just posts about things that could be improved. No different than any new product roll out.

scook
I do see many posts about giving up on Platinum, just posts about things that could be improved. 

Based on what comes after the comma, did you mean to say you don't see many posts about giving up on Platinum? 

I've been following the comments closely, and it seems that if you submit to the borg and just let CCC do its thing, it works. I've one seen a couple complaints about what's in the update itself, even a couple people who don't have any particular need for what's in there recognize that others will and it's a good selection. There's mostly confusion about what does and does not get installed, where it gets installed, why you can't choose where it gets installed (except for VSTs), a desire for more granular installation (.e.g, just the operating manual PDF and not the other tutorials and help), and whether things get overwritten.
 
I've been doing a la carte installations up until now, but several people have said that CCC doesn't know about what it hasn't installed, which I assume is correct. So I figured what the heck - I'll do a full install, get CCC up to date, and make it happy.
 

Anderton

scook
I do see many posts about giving up on Platinum, just posts about things that could be improved. 

Based on what comes after the comma, did you mean to say you don't see many posts about giving up on Platinum? 

it was a typo, I corrected it.

That's what I needed to know, scook, thanks to all for chiming in, as I'm running out of time to get in under the wire.
As I said in a similar post yesterday, The AD2 Producer bundle is worth it all by itself,  as this goes for $249 on their site. You can never have too big of a drum library! Count me in as one of the converted!

I'm borged.

scook

Anderton

scook
I do see many posts about giving up on Platinum, just posts about things that could be improved. 

Based on what comes after the comma, did you mean to say you don't see many posts about giving up on Platinum? 

it was a typo, I corrected it.

Thanks Steve. Remember, you're dealing with a recovering ediholic from all those years of working at magazines. However -  I have stopped correcting grammar in casual conversations, so I'm improving. In fact, the doctors say I will soon be well enough not to pound my head into walls when I see "it's" used to indicative the possessive. 

No worries, Craig, its all good.
 
[sic]