Transitioning from 8.5 to X2 help

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2013/04/05 12:31:42 (permalink)

Transitioning from 8.5 to X2 help

I just purchased X2 and have a session tomorrow. I've been a Sonar user since Cakewalk version 1 and have lots of hours using it. I was wondering if I can have both of them installed on my PC at the same time. I'm hesitant to have only X2 installed when I need to get some work done right away. I'd like to have some time to get used to the new interface. Any recommendations would be much appreciated.

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    robert_e_bone
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    Re:Transitioning from 8.5 to X2 help 2013/04/05 13:16:35 (permalink)
    There are no problems having multiple versions of Sonar installed on the same machine.

    When you DO install X2, make sure you also apply the X2a update.

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    Re:Transitioning from 8.5 to X2 help 2013/04/05 15:20:50 (permalink)
    Also, you will gain absolutely NOTHING by removing 8.5.3 even after you've installed X2 and it's running ok for you.

    Leave it installed and forget about it

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    Re:Transitioning from 8.5 to X2 help 2013/04/05 15:23:53 (permalink)
    It's going to take some time to get accustomed to X2 (from v8.53)... so I'd leave it installed.
    If you switch mid-session... it'll slow things down to a crawl.
    As has been mentioned, there's no harm in leaving 8.53 installed...
    You can always uninstall 8.53 in the future


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    Re:Transitioning from 8.5 to X2 help 2013/04/05 15:29:42 (permalink)
    very important to save your old projects from 8.5 with a new name if your going to open them in x2a
    because if you don't you will be saving it as a 8.5 project as an x2a project and if something fails because of a compatibility issue, bye bye project.

    here's something to catch you up to date a little bit:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw5z9BKWD-I

    even though this is transitioning from x1 its still helpful.

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