You can download the strings right now. I already had Dimension Pro 1.5 so they worked right away. I did not try the Rapture upgrade <I have rapture LE now and have not even tried it yet). I am assuming the X2 upgrade will not mess with my current installation of X1d. Cheers, Davo

They aren't bad for a freebie...They were never going to be as good as EW or Spitfire....perfectprint


underwhelmed by the strings. i almost didn't opt in for the early buy because I knew they would just be bloat on my system. Managed to crash sonar while adjusting the mod matrix attempting to get some playability out of them too. Come to think of it, does anyone actually use Dimension? It really doesnt belong in a 2012 DAW imo (sound wise and flexibility wise).

I think its obvious that multisampled instruments and plugins made in the last couple of years sound significantly better than Dimension (released in 2007 with Sonar 7 right?). I never seem to use it, ever, and getting a new sample pack for it tonight did nothing to turn me back on to it. You seem to be getting plenty of use out of it, which answers the question I was asking. As for what I would like to see: ideally more 3rd party partnerships, like the most recent with Overloud (reverb, console, TH2). Let Cakewalk concentrate on Sonar, and let up to date plugin developers add the icing.

Ya ya ya ya ...here is a rumor ...Patsy Presley is a good old neighbor friend of my mother in law ... They are like two peas in a pod those two are 

bapu


Mooch, was Patsy at your wedding?

This sounds like a trick question 








Did you see Patsy at my wedding ?

1, 2, 3, 30 days?

The suspencse is killing you guys. I hope it'll last! ;-) LOL!

It won't. There will be a mad dash to get it downloaded and the ensuing fallout from those who have trouble with the download. That will quickly be followed by the complaints about missing features, new features that don't work right, things in X1 that didn't get fixed, the quality of new plug-ins, and new bugs. I've been through this so many times before...  I might take a week off so I miss it this time. 

Can you please elaborate Dave?

I think I have... 

I used to publish this every year... anyone remember it? (This was prior to the downloadable release...)

The Sonar Forum yearly Sonar release cycle:
1) Anticipation of the new release
2) Elation when the new release is announced
3) Distress about the ordering and delivery process especially outside the US
4) Joy when the package is delivered
5) Optimism of the new features and functions
6) Disappointment at the discovery of new bugs or features that don't work or are missing
7) Desire for the patch release(s)
8) Hope for the new features on the wish list for the next release

bapu

daveny5

The suspencse is killing you guys. I hope it'll last! ;-) LOL!

It won't. There will be a mad dash to get it downloaded and the ensuing fallout from those who have trouble with the download. That will quickly be followed by the complaints about missing features, new features that don't work right, quality of new plug-ins and new bugs. I've been through this so many times before... 

Can you please elaborate Dave?

So, it's going to be a fun ride?
 
 
 
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
 

Mesh

bapu

daveny5

The suspencse is killing you guys. I hope it'll last! ;-) LOL!

It won't. There will be a mad dash to get it downloaded and the ensuing fallout from those who have trouble with the download. That will quickly be followed by the complaints about missing features, new features that don't work right, quality of new plug-ins and new bugs. I've been through this so many times before... 

Can you please elaborate Dave?

So, it's going to be a fun ride?
 
 
 
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
 

LOL - good one! Looking forward to X2 here.

3 Questions to Ponder:
How many people participated in the Pre-Sale?
Of those people, how many are going to be sitting by their computers tonight waiting for the minute the download link is made available?
And will the servers be able to handle the (quite potentially) massive load?

Now I want you all to keep in mind that I am a registered Software Junkie, and I'm really jonesin' for this fix (man). So I would appreciate it if you all could just wait until my download is complete until you start yours.
Am I serious? No.
Am I pathetic? Depends on who you ask.
Do I have a life? Music and software are my life (oh I do have a wife and kids, and I think a few pets, they fit in there somewhere) ;)

musichoo


How do you guys embed the video? And even "loop" it. That is cool x 10!

 
As mentioned above, they are just animated gif files. You can't actually embed a 'real' video in your posts.
 
And it's really easy to make your own (like my current avatar) - there's even a free bit of software available: Microsoft Gif Animator.

daveny5

Can you please elaborate Dave?

I think I have... 

I used to publish this every year... anyone remember it? (This was prior to the downloadable release...)

The Sonar Forum yearly Sonar release cycle:
1) Anticipation of the new release
2) Elation when the new release is announced
3) Distress about the ordering and delivery process especially outside the US
4) Joy when the package is delivered
5) Optimism of the new features and functions
6) Disappointment at the discovery of new bugs or features that don't work or are missing
7) Desire for the patch release(s)
8) Hope for the new features on the wish list for the next release

Dang Dave...you really want to write a future script like that....maybe this release will be different

daveny5

Dang Dave...you really want to write a future script like that....maybe this release will be different

Not a chance... This is based on at least 10 years of experience. I don't think this is any different than any other software release. This is normal.

Well I hope you're wrong this time bud

Well here it is almost 1:00 am Thursday morning and no release for X2 is available. The presale is over. The only thing on cakewalks site is an announcement saying the Presale is over and X2 will be here soon. I don't think you can predict a date for release based upon when the presale ends.

The only thing Cakewalk said for sure was that it would be available sometime at the end of September and that we would have 24 hours before it is released to the general public. There are 30 days in September and today is the 20th. So that means anytime in the next 9 days it will be available for download.

It may not even be available until sometime next week. We don't know for sure. All we know is sometime in the next 9 days..........

Relax! it will be here when it gets here. So lets start a pool based on the release date. That is a good way to pass the time, lets see...put 5 bucks down for the 25th.