just ordered my v-studio 20 last night/anything i should know ?

dont think ive ever been more excited..i know its only the v-s 20 but still no more using hands to punch in..and no more using w to rewind.can anyone give me some info on some things i should know.?..im using it with x1..ive heard i shouldnt use the daw that comes with it for it can cause a conflict with x1..is this true..any insight would be awesome thanks.

 
Congratulations on your purchase Charlie
 
The included software is a 'lite' version of Guitar Tracks 4 - it's a perfectly good piece of software to help new users to start recording straight away, but it doesn't compare to SONAR in terms of sophistication.
 
It shouldn't cause any conflict with X1 though - I have my VS-20 set up as a controller for all my Cakewalk software and it works great. They all play nice with each other too.
 
I love using it for mixing, as well as the hardware buttons for controlling the transport - I'm certain you'll be very happy with your new toy.
 
 

steve maybe if you dont mind when i hook it up if i have any bumps i can ask you a question or two?i promice not to be a pain in the azz.ill private message you once if its an emergency and that all i swear.
let me know?
thank you steve.

I just purchased a V-Studio 20.  I hadn't even considered it before, since Guitar Tracks Pro is severely limited except for raw beginners, IMO....

However, I own both Sonar X! Producer and Ableton Live 8.2.2.  I had assumed it would work with Sonar X1, but to my surprised it is a great all-in-one audio interface for Live - its control surface is very flexible (although you can't control more than one bank of controls with sliders using MIDI Learn - Bank A is all you get), but it controls more than enough for live performance.

For example, I have track 1 slider devoted to Guitar Volume (a bit redundant, since I can also control it with the Input control), with track 2 controlling basic rhythm loop, and track 3 controlling an additional loop.  Track 4 and 5 sliders control Reverb Hall Size and Mix, Track 6, 7, 8 control crash cymbal volume, and Bass drum EQ and volume.  Midi Backup know controls Tempo, and DAW output controls Master volume of Live, with  Output Level controlling overall output  (I don't use the internal effects of V-Studio, so Direct Monitor is all the way off, as is the COSM effect.

Anyway, I had been using Korg NanoControl, but the V-STudio allows me to control my rhythm backing as well as use guitar effects from Live (reverb) in a single USB unit on my Netbook....  (I use the keyboard to trigger loops and the arrow keys to move around in the Session View)...

So the V-Studio is well worth the money for me as both a control interface and an audio input.  Of course, it works seamlessly with Sonar X1b........