I am currently running 8.5 Studio, as I have problems with Producer. I am wondering about the updates that are available on the product page. One is 8.5.2, which I have downloaded but not installed. The other is 1.7 GB. Does anyone know if this is an update, or the entire program (in case you lost the  installation DEV)?
 
Thanks,
Mike
 

Look at the "about" screen in the help menu. It will show you which version you are running. If it's lower than 8.5.2, then 8.5.2 is an update.

sharke
Look at the "about" screen in the help menu. It will show you which version you are running. If it's lower than 8.5.2, then 8.5.2 is an update.

I already know I am running Studio 8.5, because I just installed it from the DVD a few days ago. So obviously 8.5.2 would be an update. My question is, the 8.5.2 update took around 15 minutes to download. The other update, however, is 1.7 GB (more than a two hour download). What exactly is this update? The same thing that is on my DVD, or a massive updated version of the entire program? I don't want to download and install such a large file if I don't know what it is. I would ask support if that was still possible, but of course that has been a joke for months now. I was hoping someone on the forum would know this.

I suspect the 1.7GB download is the 8.5 installer.  If you have that on disc, you're covered.  But you will also want to DL the 8.5.2 and 8.5.3 updates for Studio.

This is kind of funny as you got my curiosity about the 8.5 versions. 
So I google Sonar 8.5 and t his was the top of the search. 
http://forum.cakewalk.com/CakewalkSONAR85ProducerEdition-download-m2536807.aspx
 
So Bit, now you have the power to get this guy  :)  
We soon forget how good it's been here since we adopted the Forum Host system. 
 
Funny how google works, it will put the most popular search at  the top so the most popular search for 8.5 is 8.5 FREE. Probably more pirated versions than legal were in use back then. 
 
Any How version  8.5.3 I think was the last so might be what that download is about. Just sit thight , some one here with a better memory than me will chime in. 

I'm in no rush, I already downloaded the 242 MB 8.5.2 update. The 1.7 GB is another story. It's a "setup file." Is this what you mean Jon D by it being an installer? The DVD file is over 2GB. that's what confused me. I thought it was a massive update. There is no 8.5.3 update for Studio as far as I can see. Unless the info on my account is incorrect. I'll google just in case. Who knows, it may take me to the old announcement of updates to 8.5. I did install both Producer patches. But Pro is not working right, which is why I am trying to get Studio going. My only problem is Kontakt. The sound cuts out now and then. I can get it back by hitting ! button on the Kontakt Player, but unless I can figure out why it's happening, I may have to shelve Kontakt. There go my best strings, Cinematic Strings.
 
Addendum: Did some Googling, I don't see an 8.5.3 for studio, it appears 8.5.2 may be the only one. One site I went to took me to a place called Sonar Music, with a cute girl smiling at me, and everything in Russian. Needless to say, I got the hell out of there asap.

Cakewalk does not issue patches. Instead updates are delivered as complete files. Given the size of the update, it would appear there are changes to most of the the application. Whether you want to run the last version of the 8.5 is your decision but failing to download it while it is still available may not be very wise.

michael diemer
The 1.7 GB is another story. It's a "setup file." Is this what you mean Jon D by it being an installer? ...
 
There is no 8.5.3 update for Studio as far as I can see.

Yes, the setup file is the installer.  No way to know if it includes the latest update though.  Best to do what scook suggests and download it anyway.
 
Here is the Sonar Studio 8.5.3 update (Download link at the bottom of the page):
 
https://www.cakewalk.com/Support/Knowledge-Base/2007012920/SONAR-8-5-3-AudioSnap-Update

I recently re-installed Studio 8.5 on my computer (just in case SPLAT stops working).
If I remember Sonar Studio 8 was sold as a DVD (boxed) but 8.5 was a download update. It only worked if 8 was already installed on the same computer. The other files are additional updates, bug fixes, and extra content which need to be installed in order for them to work. Yes, they are big files, and they install like fresh installations.

I suspect that it has to do with an instrument library update(the 1.7gb).
You can do a custom install for just the Sonar installer. It is best to install all updates to 8.5.3.

In your other thread you mentioned problems with the Pro version and the Vst scans, was that updated to 8.5.3? If not you may want to update that to see if it corrects the issue you had with that.

8.5 did come as a boxed disc set, that os the way that I have it and there was no need to have 8 installed.