If I want to use midi synths and instruments, is the upgrade to producer worth it for the extra instruments?

I would be mostly interested in addictive drums, the guitar and piano synths, but would these sound much better than Session drummer or the piano and guitar voices on my DGX 630?

Vab
If I want to use midi synths and instruments, is the upgrade to producer worth it for the extra instruments?

I would be mostly interested in addictive drums, the guitar and piano synths, but would these sound much better than Session drummer or the piano and guitar voices on my DGX 630?

I don't know anything about DGX630, but Addictive Drums blows Session Drummer away. I guess it depends what your upgrade cost would be.

I already managed to sell some old hardware on ebay to afford it which would usually be spent on PC upgrades.

No PC upgrades this year I suppose then.

Comparison chart here:
https://www.cakewalk.com/products/sonar/versions.aspx
 

I've literally been studying that for the last few days. The Addictive Drums, Trueamber piano and AAS acoustic guitar are the main things I want.

But the chart alone doesn't let me hear the differences, though I'm sure they will be better.

I also didn't realize that learning how to use synths would have been so effortless in Sonar. The tutorial videos and this forum made it too easy.

Vab
I've literally been studying that for the last few days. The Addictive Drums, Trueamber piano and AAS acoustic guitar are the main things I want.

But the chart alone doesn't let me hear the differences, though I'm sure they will be better.

I also didn't realize that learning how to use synths would have been so effortless in Sonar. The tutorial videos and this forum made it too easy.

 
AAS guitar is OK I guess, but not as good as realguitar IMHO. It's also lite version. That said, from my experience of Yamaha guitar sounds it's probably better than that.
 
There are free demos available for all of the things you are interested in, so I would suggest trying them first.

In addition to demos, XLN, TruePianos and AAS all have audio demos of their products.

Oh good, I'll look into trying out those demos first then.

FWIW, Addictive Drums alone is the full-blown package, and worth the price difference. The sounds are much more realistic and can be tailored much more than Session Drummer can achieve.
 
The TruePianos Amber I do not use often, but Dimension Pro has some very nice piano banks in it which I tend to default to more often. Again, the ability to tailor the sounds easily in Dimension Pro is the reason.
 
The AAS Strum Acoustic I have not used much, so cannot speak well to this, but their are videos on how to use it effectively.
 
There are videos on these items... check around in the CakeTV area a bit.
 
Edit: The demo recommendations are very good ones! Even better than a video!

Well if were going by Addidictive drums alone, on its own it costs £120, but the producer upgrade is £240.

But I see little point in going for addictive drums on its own when producer throws in lots of other stuff too.

I'll check out the demo versions of the synths for sure, and definitely would like to have the producer version, but just want to hear how the extra instruments sound first before spending that much.