Sonar 5.0...time for a decision....

One thing I can say Quazelar, is that you are not one to quit on a piece of software. It's time to retire it.

I'm still running PE v4 on Win XP Pro.  Since the consensus is to upgrade then I'm ready!  Just send me some $$$ for a new DAW and the upgrade and I'll install it!

Now that I feel like I'm stuck back on v8.5 I feel that I could easily be stuck on v5 and not miss anything.

After v2 we got a few bug fixes each year and lots of new extra stuff that you can use or ignore... it just depends on how many more bugs you want to learn about.


Theordore Kruger points out that the PRV tools got messed up (a.k.a. improved) after v4 and when you watch him work in v4 it's pretty hard to disagree.

The audio process bugs in SONAR v2 that I work around each session are all still sitting there in X2.


I think X was the DAW that proved to me that you really don't need to upgrade until you actually really need to.



best regards,
mike

when you set up your m-audio in sonar; did you correct the latency?  or did you leave it as default?  default is WDM driver mode and m-audio typically works better with ASIO.

Well...coffee timej here

Middleman:
I'm not the power user that many here may be so 5.0PE worked well for me as long as I was on XP.
I really wanted to get the DAW to Win 7 (32bit works for me) and enter the 21st century.

Sharke:
Yep....I'm ready.  The only thing that kept me back was having the Win7 upgrade courage first.
Ha...hope you don't have any of these 'Rice Krispies' rearing their ugly little heads on your machine.

Craigb:
Your'e one version more archaic than me.
Ha...will advise on your financing request to 'enter the 21st century'

ProjectM:
Downloaded the demo last night.
I will do a quick test recording and if no Rice Krispies are there then the culprit is a Paleozoic Sonar 5.0 on Win 7.
I know there's a learning curve involved and hope I live long enough to get some use out of it.

mike_mccue:
Sonar 5.0PE did everything I needed and more.
I agree with your last phrase.....which I think I proved. :)

digi2ns:
Ok...not gonna fight it...especially since as my trusty M14 was confiscated. :)
Yeah...that was a long time ago in a land far away and I somehow survived and remain above the dirt to this day.
Thanks for the kind comment.

beagle:
Hmm...after running wave profiler (WDM) I did leave the m-audio as default at 5.8ms.
I thank you for that tip which I will confirm today.

Bub:
Your sense of humor is well in tact. :)
All your points are well received so I have my homework cut out for me today.

Thank you all for chiming in.
Just the stuff I was looking for.

Will advise as this day of experimentation/trial/error unfolds.

Carry on......(luminaries)

Alright, you're up and running then! No Rice Krispies?

My only concern about your setup is the Delta 44. It's not a bad card - they just happen to make much better these days

If your plugin park is the same as previously you should be able to open Sonar 5 projects without any trouble. Just make sure you Save As "[project name]X2", or something like that, right away so you can go back to your songs in S5 if comething does get screwed up.

Other than that, just make sure your system is well and healthy and let us know if you hit some bumps in the road. So far, you seem set to go. The question now is if you'll like working with the new interface

Best of luck!

Hey Quaz!

Cool! That's great to hear If the Delta works, then no need to worry. And no need to spend more money. I did the same, made a clean install when X2 came out and it has been trouble free since. And when X1 first came out I was one of those who jumped straight into it and never looked back on previous versions.

Im my opinion, you're up for a great time

Good luck!

i'm extremely happy with my maudio audiophile 192 card..

if you are thinking about the upgrade all the way around, i can suggest that 192 card, if you like maudio stuff.

of course, you might as well look at usb and firewire, tho i'm a believer in pci and pci-e

Unless you're running a commercial studio and all your plugins work well, then there really is no need to be on the bleeding edge... 

XP and SONAR (older editions, particularly versions, 6.2 and 8.5) are very good and rock solid. Though you're on SONAR 5?, that's getting a wee bit too old but if you are still able to run all your plugins without issues -- then save more money towards an up-to-date PC, top-notch audio interface and the next version of SONAR. 

5.0 PE was my favorite. 

SongCraft


Unless you're running a commercial studio and all your plugins work well, then there really is no need to be on the bleeding edge... 

XP and SONAR (older editions, particularly versions, 6.2 and 8.5) are very good and rock solid. Though you're on SONAR 5?, that's getting a wee bit too old but if you are still able to run all your plugins without issues -- then save more money towards an up-to-date PC, top-notch audio interface and the next version of SONAR. 

Out of curiousity, where can you get 8.5 if that's the version you want?  Or have the Bakers made only the newest stuff available?

Love my new jacket!  The arms are a bit long though...

SongCraft

craigb


Love my new jacket!  The arms are a bit long though...

I suppose it takes some getting use to. But at least the white room is well padded, no one will hear your screams and loud fits of laughter. 

That's OK, nobody hears them now anyway...

Hmm....is the loony bin still open?

I just noticed the minimum requirements for X2.
I wonder if I got too excited too quick:
"Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 2.67 GHz / AMD Phenom Quad Core 9750 2.4 Ghz or higher"

My specs:
AMD Sempron Processor 2800+  1.61 ghz

Even though I'm no power user does the above make me totally SOL for X2?

I need a drink.

Thanks...

Hey sharke... OK...I've got more homework to do. Thanks for commenting and confirming my thoughts. Later all....