pbognar
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X2 / X2a advice needed
I purchased X2 Producer as an upgrade from X1.
I've got a 64bit Windows 7 desktop dedicated to making music. It is not connected to the internet.
Currently it has Sonar X1d Producer installed and little else.
I have nothing which I really need to keep, so I am in a position to scrub the machine, re-install Windows 7, update display drivers, interface drivers etc. and then install X2 and patch up to X2a.
Should I apply any Windows 7 updates - or are there certain Windows 7 updates I should steer clear of prior to installing X2 and patching up to X2a?
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brconflict
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Re:X2 / X2a advice needed
2013/05/03 15:34:42
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I don't know of any Windows 7 updates to avoid, specifically. I have them all updated. The only issue I run into is really just the slight performance hit I took moving from X2 to X2a and Waves plug-ins crashing the DAW, which was always an issue, even in X1d. That's all for me.
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pbognar
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Re:X2 / X2a advice needed
2013/05/03 16:08:03
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brconflict
I don't know of any Windows 7 updates to avoid, specifically. I have them all updated. The only issue I run into is really just the slight performance hit I took moving from X2 to X2a and Waves plug-ins crashing the DAW, which was always an issue, even in X1d. That's all for me.
My concern is that I don't want to screw something up by having a less than optimal Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable library installed which could affect the behavior of X2a.
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brconflict
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Re:X2 / X2a advice needed
2013/05/03 16:20:42
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Cakewalk's recommendation is merely to have the latest. That came from them when I was troubleshooting my Waves issue.
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bentleyousley
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Re:X2 / X2a advice needed
2013/05/03 16:24:56
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I have nothing which I really need to keep, so I am in a position to scrub the machine, re-install Windows 7, update display drivers, interface drivers etc. and then install X2 and patch up to X2a.
I don't know why you would want to reinstall Win7 before installing X2. I would suggest that you first try installing X2 on your current system (should be able to coexist with X1) and see how it runs. Otherwise, you may be investing a lot of time for no real return.
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pbognar
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Re:X2 / X2a advice needed
2013/05/03 16:32:49
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bentleyousley
I have nothing which I really need to keep, so I am in a position to scrub the machine, re-install Windows 7, update display drivers, interface drivers etc. and then install X2 and patch up to X2a.
I don't know why you would want to reinstall Win7 before installing X2. I would suggest that you first try installing X2 on your current system (should be able to coexist with X1) and see how it runs. Otherwise, you may be investing a lot of time for no real return.
I have nothing invested in X1. I would like to install X2 / X2a with a virgin registry and directory structure.
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Bristol_Jonesey
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Re:X2 / X2a advice needed
2013/05/03 18:08:25
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There is nothing quite like running the software of your choice on a freshly formatted/installed OS
And of course you have the benefit of being able to burn system images at any point during/after the install meaning you can always get back to a stable system at various points
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Re:X2 / X2a advice needed
2013/05/03 19:09:42
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I don't blame you for wanting a clean reg. I do I from time to time.
do all the updates. I have before I upped to win 8.
ran great.
congrats on the upgrade, youll see, it runs great (x2)
then you can eat crow :)
but serious, congrats on the upgrade mr bognar.
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