Moving to Windows 8 and X2 Producer For Touch

  I've been on Windows 8 64 bit since December. I have an Acer 27" touch screen and I'm loving it. 
  As long as there are Widows 8 drivers for all of your hardware, I wouldn't hesitate. 

 I did the Windows 8 update on my DAW PC . After the update there is a function in W8 ,I think it's called "refresh". It puts a clean install of W8 on your PC and puts all of your documents in a "Windows Old" file. You will need to re-install all of your apps 

 I may be the lucky guy that has the magic combination in my DIY PC, but I've had zero issues.

 I don't miss the start menu at all

 Give the touch screen some time. The day that I connected it I was a bit disappointed. Once I got used to how it responds,it became an indispensable tool. 

  I do have my touch monitor mounted horizontally so that it's like a control surface. I'm sure that this adds to the experience. 

I like my touch screen. Mine is on a stand that makes it easy to rotate the monitor and change the physical orientation. I like it, but I'm really fast on the keyboard, so I still use the mouse and keyboard in addition to the touch screen. I like the touch screen while recording. I can mess with synths and amp sims by just touching them. It's direct and easy. I think you'll be happy. I am.

Yes.  No issues.  I like it. I probably could use it for more than I currently do. I'm a guitar player hobbyist. 

So this has nothing to do with sonar, but I think it is interesting anyway.  I play lumosity games.  I've been doing it daily for a few years so I know how I tend to score. The touch screen is only a big help on a few of the games. For the most part the keyboard is still faster.  Now the games never benefit from multi touch which sonar does benefit from.  I just think it's interesting. The biggest thing is I don't spend time wiring up my alpha track.  Touch is obvious and easy. It is easy to get started. 

Hey Joeb1,

Not having to deal with banks of faders on my Novation Impulse and being able to get right to a fader or ProChannel module is exactly what I am looking forward to being able to do. So excited! Thanks for sharing.

  Yes you can turn knobs. It gets tricky with things like the EQ knobs in Pro Channel. I find myself using the mouse for those. Pan and effects sends work well. Buttons like solo,mute etc. also work well.
  Another thing I find myself using often is previewing drum VSTi . For example, I can open BFD2s property page and touch the drums in the GUI to preview them. 
  VST effects are hit and miss. The sliders in Breverb work well. Some other 3rd party stuff , not so well. 

  By the way, my screen is only 23". In an earlier post I mistakenly put 27" (wishful thinking)

 
  

joeb1cannoli


  Yes you can turn knobs. It gets tricky with things like the EQ knobs in Pro Channel. I find myself using the mouse for those. Pan and effects sends work well. Buttons like solo,mute etc. also work well.
Another thing I find myself using often is previewing drum VSTi . For example, I can open BFD2s property page and touch the drums in the GUI to preview them. 
VST effects are hit and miss. The sliders in Breverb work well. Some other 3rd party stuff , not so well. 

By the way, my screen is only 23". In an earlier post I mistakenly put 27" (wishful thinking)
  

Too bad about ProChannel and Touch. I really wanted to that to work well. Do you think it would be better on a 27" (I saw where you said you had a 23")?


Yeah I'm thinking working with Motu BPM is going to be pretty nice for programming beats and composing. I love UVI sounds.  

I wish I could join in on the windows 8 touchscreen back slapping. I think the implementation is quite underwhelming. I have written about this elsewhere, but the main problem is that the touch support is just a tack on. In order to make it truly integrated the graphics and in particular the size of items needs to be addressed. Some clever stuff like rotaries that grow when touched needs to happen. At the moment its all a bit fiddly and twitchy. The potential is enormous, but can Cakewalk spare the time and resources to develop in a direction that so few users can access at this time. Probably not.