MAD I'M STUCK WITH X1 !

Just sayin.

I still like version 8.5, but it has been abandoned and the only way I can get a quick fix these days is to use the option to pay for the latest software and hope that Cakewalk will do a good job on what ever they put in the box.

I miss getting to see as many tracks and as much info as I could on the same display screen in v8.5.

It just seems slower to have to go looking for info that used to be available on one single screen.

I'm not really mad... I'm just trying my best to grin and bear it.


best regards,
mike

spanky


Somehow I feel better now that I know this. Thank you for your wonderful insight.

I used to like Windows 98 - do you think if I told Microsoft.............

i totaly understand where your coming from.there are things i too miss about it.though i am settling in to it nicely.i share some of the same feelings as you.

I'm still madly in love with Sonar 5.2.

In fact I'm humping it right now.

mike_mccue


I'm starting to really like the grey *tattoo parlor* color scheme.

It reminds me of Pro Tools and Studio One.

I guess it just took a few months to grow on me.

that i have no intrest in at all.as i know you were joking here..i installed the mods to get away from that color.its dull on the eyes after a while

Thanks AT.

I am awfully glad that we made X1 the most successful version of SONAR ever.

Quickfix service is the single biggest improvement in the Cakewalk user experience that I have ever enjoyed.

It took a village to get that kind of service.


all the very best,
mike

 

mike_mccue


That might be asking a bit much, but FWIW, you can still get updates and support for Windows XP. ;-)

Only because MS did such an awful job on Vista. Support for XP was originally supposed to have go away, but the Vista backlash was so strong it was extended initially until 2014.  When you completely screw up the scheduler (not calender - the core thread prioritizer) to the extent that network traffic can vary the speed of MP3 playback, you have a fundamental problem.


Grif

I'm not sure what GobSmacked means.

:-)

Oh, I feel that way too.

Sorry, double post.
 
Where in the hell is the Quick Fix for the Forum software...

mike_mccue


I have the highest admiration for panup and Benstat and they work they are doing... but I'm not personally running any add-ons on my system.

I've been at 99.999999% stability and reliability for a decade. I'm not messing with nothing. :-)


all the best,
mike

TOTALLY agree...

...and I would add their nice work success proves once and for all that those are highly requested/missing/needed features.... meaning they should be provided (BACK..!) by CAKEWALK themselves....!!!

They should have added improvements, but not taken away features.... 

 Vista was orignaly a Glass Cleaner, it  faild too !!

I love the colors of panup's mod....but the fake dolby and fake attitude knobs freaked me out a bit.

Learning a new interface AND having fake knobs on there made me wonder just how many things I was looking at that weren't real.

I understand why you suggest 2 monitors. But that will not show me the additional tracks that were sacrificed by the new X1 GUI when it was designed to show big patches of grey instead of information. Those extra tracks that disappeared don't come back when you use a dual monitor system.


Here's my perspective on dual monitors:

I had to de evolve from a laptop to a desktop when the death of firewire on laptops occurred.

I've been stuck with a clunky old desktop for the past few years.

I'm looking forward to re evolving back to a laptop sometime soon.

I have multiple monitors and a few of my graphics and video systems but I'd rather not use more than a single hi res monitor on my DAW. I don't like the way multiple display monitors reflect or block all your sound.

On my AAW I never even had a display monitor... let alone 2... or 3.... or 4.


best regards,
mike

I just got my fourth lap top and this is the first one that has come with a firewire.