I feel a bit ripped off lately honestly. there are still major bugs with X2 and they have already released X3? what about getting take lanes working properly in X2? as far as i know this is something that hasn't been resolved.. I submitted it to CW and they said "submitted to development" and never heard back, now apparently the only way to get them to work is to spend another 150 bucks? seriously, that's an awful thing to do to your customers.. I have been a customer for 3 generations now, but this is awful. I expected at least to have this thing working by now.... so my choice is either go back to x1 or upgrade to x3?
 
I hope somebody can help me figure out this thing.
 
x2a build 351
 

elijahlucian
I expected at least to have this thing working by now.... so my choice is either go back to x1 or upgrade to x3?
 

[You mention 150$ so I'm presuming you own X2 Producer.]
 
Unfortunately, X2 is dead in the water.  To minimize your pain, I suggest you wait for X3P to go on sale, probably right before X4.
 
You'll get a bunch of bugs fixed, and a whole lot of other really great stuff...
 

wow.. i hope CWs response isn't as bad. No offense I know you are only trying to help, but seriously.. their product is not working... if this is the answer i might leave the family... 

> their product is not working...
I notice lots and lots of tracks on your website, are all these done with bust X2?

Anyway please dream on and move on if you so wish.... I wasn't too happy with the X2 situation either, I have now moved on, and it looks like X3 is now turning into the product we always wanted...
The reality is that X2 had a few annoying things but it wasn't broken (otherwise you would have zero songs on your website).
There is zero chance of X2 being patched.
 
Cheers...

Edit: Dayum! In the time it took to type this there were two other responses!
 
+1... I truly understand your point (since I had issues with X2 that made me step away from any DAW for months)... but I did jump on the X3 bandwagon and found it incredibly stable. Unfortunately, there is no "solution" here... X3d will be out this week, so will see soon where it stands.
 
FWIW, X3 adds a LOT of things worth the upgrade... stability, VST3, ARA, and all the goodies... so the price is worth it IMHO. You can jump up to X3 Studio and keep the ProChannel, etc., without jumping to "Producer."

no they were not all done in X2.. actually most of those were made in FL Studio... all but a few actually. I have found X2 frustrating to work with in regards to 'fuller' productions (where you comp vocals etc) i typically use Sonar for doing full band type stuff live off the floor, however there have been a few workflow issues with FL that i can't get past anymore in regards to my pop productions. 
 
I'm sure x3 is stable. however. I have already invested in a product that I had believed would be fixed at some point... if you buy some headphones that have a rattle you typically can get them fixed for free provided... sure you can still LISTEN to music.. but that rattle is very annoying. same thing applies here. this rattle has been there from the start, and has still not been fixed.
 
I am not exactly inspired to keep giving my money to CW here... thats $150 that can get me that much closer to another DAW.. perhaps one that is more stable than Sonar.. as I'm kind of tired of being a beta tester. 
 
anyways. thanks for the replies.. honestly if it works for you then use it... this kind of thing is just hard for me to swallow from a customer service perspective.. I would never let my customer keep a defective product. But that's just me. 

>I would never let my customer keep a defective product.
 
All software is defective. Even the windows you are using has updates once a month because it is defective. The planes you fly on can have defective software. Fork out your $150 or go to Cubase or Pro Tools, which is also defective (just defective in different ways), your choice.
 
Cheers...

That is simply choice... no worries... if you have already found your utopia, why post here? (just curiosity)
 
I truly doubt you can find another user who detested X2 (and this is not an understatement) more than I... so it is difficult for me to understand your last post.

Everybody want to have their Cakewalk, and eat it too...

Yes. All software gas bugs. However. Big functional issues are dealt with promptly.

Anyways. Pointless to post about it anymore.