Upgrade from Home Studio XL v.7 to X1 Essentials?

if you are serious at all about doing music in the future,just upgrade to X1 period. I did from hS6XL, and I wonder why I didnt before.

Cian

Usually just an email will provide you with a new link for your download as they do have a time limit on them.

If you need the virtual Instruments why not go the whole hog and get Producer. the advantage is that once you're at that level the upgrade is always minimal. especially now that they are doing these small addons that are only available with the Producer version.

Producer wil give you everything you need in one package without having to have any other fx or instruments. Especially now that DIM Pro 1.5 comes with it and it has over 7 GIGs of sounds. Check out the comparison between the different versions on the Cakewalk site here

I had Sonar 7.0 studio this time last year and I can say the upgrade was worth it to me just for the added vsti's that you get in producer versions. If you have some growing pains in X1 and still working in 7, you will be able to use the synths and effects, except PC, in 7.

I bought the MP3 encoder addon sometime back.  I am assuming that this will still work on other Cakewalks products regardless of which I decide to buy?  I will do some more research/comparisons on the X1 family, but I am fairly certain that I would be best served buying the X1 studio version.  As I improve and increase my knowledge on this software then I might make the jump to Producer or whatever high end version they have out at the time.
 
Thanks for your input, whack.  I really appreciate it.  These forums are very impressive.  Everyone seems really knowledgable and nice and, most importantly, they seem willing to help.  You can always tell the strength of a product by the community it serves. 

ohgrant


I had Sonar 7.0 studio this time last year and I can say the upgrade was worth it to me just for the added vsti's that you get in producer versions. If you have some growing pains in X1 and still working in 7, you will be able to use the synths and effects, except PC, in 7.

Wow, so you jumped straight to Producer as well?  Nice.  And I am assuming you have no regrets?  I am racking my brain trying to figure out which way to go.  I guess it is a good position to be in, but I want to make sure that if I am going to spend some $ that I get something that works for me.  I have really enjoyed HSXL7, but as I am improving in it I am realizing that it lacks the features I am looking for.  I work with local musicians adding lead vocals to the instrument tracks that they send me (.WAV format) so I wasnt really looking to use the virtual instruments until I started writing songs for some people and thought it would be a good thing to have them so that I could convey the "tone" and "mood" of the song to the others so as to set them in the right direction.  That is when I realized that I would have to spend $50 to get the instruments for HSXL7 and thus the debate began. ;-p  I guess I will look a little deeper into the X1 family and see if I can find anything to justify spending the $300.  Thanks much for taking the time to respond with your thoughts!

ohgrant


Yes, I had to buy the newer one for Sonar 7, I had an older one from Guitar tracks 2.0 days that does not work in current versions, but the new one that I bought with Sonar 7 still works in X1. Hope that helps.

It sure does.  Thanks again!

StarTekh


X-1 full all the way !!!

 
Heh!  I am seeing a pattern with these responses!  I think I found a compromise, my friend.  I am going to buy X1 Studio for $100 and try it out for a bit.  If I find myself "wanting" then I can upgrade to X1 Producer for a reduced price of $200.  Either way I look at it I am gonna have to shell out $300 for producer.  Doing it this way gives me an opportunity to try out a "thinner" version to see if it fits me.  Thanks for your input.

StarTekh


try the demo its free...

Definitely!  Thanks. 

Kewl.  Thanks for the confirmation on the MP3 encoder.  And I agree with you about trying the demo.  BTW, I checked out your site.  Very kewl, man.  Listened to Fingerprints and Back Home Again.  Great work.  Back Home Again is a damn tear jerker.  The vocals are spot and the still shots are perfectly placed.  The song just reaches in and robs you of your emotions whether you want it to or not.  Well done!