Getting my new laptop setup and having to re-install all my audio apps/plugins/etc..
 
I've been using Sonar since v2 (and used Project 5) and was wondering if there was a list of plug-ins (or other content) from previous versions worth installing along with Sonar Platinum?


it would be nice if I didn't have to run the installer of each version just to see what jewels might lay within.
 
Thanks 
...Steven

Here is an incomplete list of the last SONAR Producer versions containing the following plug-ins
8.5 - Lexicon Pantheon
X1 - Guitar Rig LE and Beatscape
X2 - Analyst, FX2 AmpSim, FX2 Tape Sim, R-Mix, VC-64 and V-Vocal
X3 - Perfect Space and Pentagon

C'mon Bakers, bring back Analyst! Not because of the analysis, because of the multiband envelope follower.

It is not like you can install just those plugins- you would have to install the whole X2 or X3 which are at least 1 Gb of space.
 
I was about to post this question- hope I can ask it here. What would I loose if I uninstall X2? Do you mean these (X2 - Analyst, FX2 AmpSim, FX2 Tape Sim, R-Mix, VC-64 and V-Vocal) will be gone? I dont know what Analyst or FX2 AmpSim, FX2 Tape Sim, R-Mix, VC-64, but I use V-Vocal and would like to keep it. Thank you.

vladasyn:
I don't want to sound blunt but that's incorrect..

The only plugin per se, that requires a Sonar program installation is VVocal and the basic Sonar X2 installation is only about 200 MB. None of the other Sonar features/plugins need to be installed as you can deselect everything else in the Advanced installer.

All the other plugins are selectable from the Advanced installer in the Sonar version that has the plugin you want.

vladasyn
It is not like you can install just those plugins- you would have to install the whole X2 or X3 which are at least 1 Gb of space.

 
You can, just choose custom installation and pick the appropriate components.
 
Edit: As Mudgel noted the option is Advanced.

 
You have to click past a couple of other screen.
When you finally get to the Select Components screen unselect Program Files and unselect/select the appropriate items.

It has been over a year from the time I installed Sonar 3. I was actually looking at the installation data folders on my C drive and I see Sonar X2 and Sonar X3 each have at least 1 Gb of stuff. I remember X2 and X3 used to be installed by parts. I did not think of Custom install- you probably right.
 
So if I uninstall Sonar 2, I would definitely lose V-Vocal, right?

Yes.
If you install the full Sonar content you can often have multiple Cakewalk Content folders under each Sonar version folder. This can add about 1 GIG to each installation. I often forget about this because the content hasn't really changed in years and I always overwrite the older content with the new. That way I only add any new material and only have one lot of content,

I also locate the Cakewlak Content folder on another drive and use the mklink command to connect between the default location of C:/Cakewalk Content to my Projects drive.

scook
Here is an incomplete list of the last SONAR Producer versions containing the following plug-ins
8.5 - Lexicon Pantheon
X1 - Guitar Rig LE and Beatscape
X2 - Analyst, FX2 AmpSim, FX2 Tape Sim, R-Mix, VC-64 and V-Vocal
X3 - Perfect Space and Pentagon

BTW belated thanks to Scook for posting the list.
 
I was able to install all of these without installing the whole DAW with the following issues. 
Lexicon Pantheon installed using v8.0 install set - Couldn't run 8.5 installer because I didn't have 8 installed.
R-Mix - while you can install from X2 install set, the update for R-MIX that fixed a couple of issues is part of an X2 update that won't run unless Sonar X2 is installed. However if you have R-MIX on another computer you can just copy the whole R-Mix folder over and avoid having to reinstall it or update it.
 
...Steven
 

vladasyn
 
So if I uninstall Sonar 2, I would definitely lose V-Vocal, right?

No you have the option to do a custom removal, just click on the bits you want to lose or keep been awhile can not remember what the option is but you do not have to remove it all.  Beside if you have any other SONAR like 3 or 5 or 8.5 installed a straight un-install would remove all the common components the un-installer is aware of.