John

Kamikaze
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but if I just want the fixes, do I download in Command Centre the What's simply named SONAR Platinum, or is it another named item. It's just it looks like a folder header and I am concerned that it will install all the content that I don't want along with it.

All the items in C3 that are yellow have updates for them. Those are the ones you click on to update. This includes Sonar. Its entry is yellow and will need to be updated. You want all items to be green.

scook
The update to DimPro was a change to the installer. The DimPro and Rapture plug-ins have not changed in years. It is unlikely the contents of these installers will ever change. I would not bother to install them again if the synths were already installed from a previous X Series release. Extra content will be delivered in other installers. For February, the Hardgroove Steinberger Rapture patches are in the Anderton Collection.

jbow
Everything seems OK. I am doing all this on my laptop before making any changes to my DAW. I did DL Platinum, using CCC after talking with Jim. Everything seems well with it there too but I'm going to wait a few days to do the Braintree update on my DAW to see if the control bar customization problem gets fixed.
The only problem I have noticed is that on a new project I have only one screenset. The buttons are all there but nothing changes when I choose a different screenset. Not a huge problem right now and maybe as easy as power off/on to fix it. We'll see soon.
J

donaldgiven
Got Professional on 2 computers. Braintree installed fine on the Windows 7 desktop in less than an hour. It's taking 20-30 seconds just to extract a midi file on the Windows 8 laptop. I left it running overnight a few days ago and in the morning it was still extracting files and the progress bar hadn't reached halfway ( I think it was actually stalled). What's wrong?

Zo

cparmerlee

Zo
Question : i got platnum , paid for the year from day one witch gives me the 12 months support , i then renew 24 later ....do i get the last 12 months platnum contents ?

I think you are asking what happens if you let your subscription lapse for 12 months.  I believe what Cakewalk has been trying to say all along is (essentially) that their system (your account at the store) will show you are entitled to only those content items that were made available during the months when your subscription was active, plus anything that is considered integral to the core product.
 
The implication of that is that every user's "set of owned items" so to speak, could be different, depending on which months their subscription was paid up.  That implies a bit of sophistication in the download management system, but I think that's what they have been trying to say.
 
And the other implication seems to be that if you do let your subscription lapse for a period of time, there may be no way you could ever legally acquire the content you missed.  Cakewalk could offer "catch-up fees" or offer to license the missed content on an a la carte basis, but they have not promised to do that, as far as I know.  Cakewalk's goal is to have users maintain their subscriptions.  That's the whole point of this change.  That gives Cakewalk a more predictable revenue stream, which allows them to hire staff and partner with 3rd parties to get this content out to us.  That's the deal.

 
dude , i really hope you're wrong , i'm still in X1 while i updated for each release waiting for a solid post X1 stuff ..... i will then stop there for a sec ...but since what i experienced with X1 to now i migth update only one time and one time no ..... 

donaldgiven
597 G of 675 G free. I do have antivirus, but it did not interfere with the initial installation of Sonar Professional only a month ago. I'll try it without the antivirus but it makes me very nervous having my machine vulnerable on the net,.

aidanodr
Do we need to reinstall Rapture? 

oldsneakers
This update is starting to bum me out. Here's what I have so far.

1. Customizations to Control Bar were removed.
2. Custom Project templates are gone from "New" Project list. Where did they go? Not in Platinum Project Template folder.
3. A Project from 2012(X2?) worked fine in Platinum before Braintree. It now has many track view problems. Up down track collapse/expand arrows are missing. Resizing does odd things, like can't have two different tracks showing automation at one time. One always closes.

If this is going to happen every month it's going to get old quickly.

oldsneakers
Thank you Mr. Anderton(that sounds like the Matrix bad guy). Cakewalk is very lucky to have your expertise. And so am I. You are correct on all counts. Normal template saved with the Control Bar set. I can only blame a senior moment on the Project Templates. And I think I turned on the Auto Zoom by missing Cntrl-Z to undo something. Which I use a lot.

Man, Sonar is a complicated program. It's hard for a casual user to retain everything.