The Offical results of the Unoffical X1 Poll
Here's a quick snapshot of the X1 Poll results. Thanks to all who took it!
For those haven't, it's here:
http://www.brentradio.com/X1Poll.html 215 of your fellow X1 users contributed to these results. Only the highest percentage selection is shown.
What stands out most is that the 64-bit revolution is upon us, and alot of you need to get more RAM! (and that for most, X1 is running good, very good, or excellent)
96.3% Own X1 Producer
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99.5% Will upgrade to X1b
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59.8% Use Windows 7 64-bit
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44.8% Have 4GB system RAM
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55.3% Are using 64-bit OS and 64-bit X1
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88.3% Are using ASIO drivers
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85.7% Record at 24-bit rate
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62.9% Record at 44.1 sample rate
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42.9% Use VST synths and effects
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55.7% Do not use JBridge
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48.3% Have their DAW connected to the internet all the time
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39.0% Use a Firewire audio interface
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35.2% Have been a Cakewalk user since the Pro Audio days
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39.7% Record both audio and midi, depends on the song
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39.8% Use their DAW only for X1 and other audio apps
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77.0% Have X1a installed
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54.5% Are not using panup's .dll mods
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57.2% Are not using Benstats Sonar Plus add-on
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53.2% Want to know Who the hell are Benstat and panup
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39.3% Only use 32-bit plug-ins with 32-bit X1
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40.1% Have 1GB of video ram
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25.8% Have a 2 year old computer
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55.4% Have 3 or more hard drives
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71.2% Will wait for X1c if X1b doesn't fix their problems
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64.3% Like the look of Sonar X1
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26.0% Have 2 - 4 audio inputs and outputs
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69.1% Have 2 - 4 MIDI inputs and outputs
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57.5% Have 0 Crashes during 4 hours of use
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36.6% Like all new features in X1
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61.5% Are not using Sonar 8.5 anymore, only X1
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55.4% Have increase their Cakewalk forum use since X1 release
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76.3% Are running X1 on a Desktop computer
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36.2% Are using an Intel i7 processor
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52.3% Have 2 computer screens
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45.2% Interact with X1 using a Keyboard, mouse, and control surface
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30.1% Use several different Native Instruments products
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80.2% Do not know anyone who personally uses X1
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40.9% Own X1 for Semi-Professional reasons
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18.5% Would be using Cubase if they weren't using X1
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48.5% Have watched the Groove3.com's X1 video's
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52.4% Think Cakewalk should provide in-depth X1 videos for free
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46.3% Think the dude is Ehh, BUT 53.6% think he's kinda cool or better (the dude is Cakewalk's very own Brandon Ryan)
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59.4% Use X1 to record others as well as themselves
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53.9% Have their screen resolution at 1920 x 1080
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19.6% Use a 22" computer screen
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36.2% Consider bug fixes as most important for future versions of Sonar
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34.2% Rate the performance of X1 as "Very Good" on their system
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21.2% Have 11 - 20 plug-ins installed with X1
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29.7% Sometimes use Z3TA+ and Dimension Pro
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38.1% Have an average track count of 11 - 20 AND 38.1% have an average track count of 21 - 40
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33.0% Only have 1 MIDI controller
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49.0% Say that X1 changes everything (and apparently there are 8 Bapu's on the forum)
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56.2% Have not tried another DAW since getting X1
Thanks again!
post edited by A1MixMan - 2011/03/20 22:10:47