Humm...  I can't get Sampletank 2.5.5 to install under Windows 8.  I guess Microsoft is a Bust.

GLen

I can't get Sampletank 2.5.5 to install under Windows 8.

Did you Run As Administrator?

Deleted duplicate.

I have old CD's, DVD's and a couple of hard drives of old plugin and application carcasses that have been unable to keep up. Survival of the fittest in the soft synth world, and Sampletank died an inglorious death here quite a while ago. Not even installed currently.
I agree with all those who said IK is lagging for an update - but at some point you just have to make the decision to move on and pick something else that you feel will be around for a while.
 

Sonar X2 is a Bust

Naw, mate, that's not a bust.


THIS is a bust:

HeeBeeJeeBee


1. Why does it take 30 days to get a response from the Cakewalk Help now that Roland has bought them? 2. Why when I tell them that this works in X1 Producer but is broken in X2 Producer do they tell me that it must be the other VST parties so ask them? I point out that it works in X1 but is broken in X2 and they still blame the other companies. 3. Why does X2 Producer break down after 24 tracks. After 24 VST and audio tracks, suddenly the keyboard is playing 5 tracks instead of the one chosen. Again I load 30 tracks into X1 and it works perfectly. 4. Why is the last X2 bug fix from 2012? 5. Is it possible that Roland wants to not compete in the professional DAW market so they are killing Sonar Producer? That is what it looks like to me. 6. I have been with Cakewalk since before Sonar, 1998...Cakewalk 5. Now I have to learn a new technology because of this. It is making my spirit sick.

Tech support with CW is laughably slow.  Sometimes I get a response months after my inquiry.  On the contrary, MOTU has greatly improved its tech support, I often get same-day or next-day answers.
 
Roland does seem to be ruining Cakewalk, or so it appears.  I hope I am proven wrong.  Are you absolutely sure you've exhausted user-error possibilites? 
 
JG
www.jerrygerber.com
 
 

While I won't go that far to say its a bust....X2 has so many weird things happening in so many places that I am moving towards that conclusion.

slartabartfast

Sonar X2 is a Bust

Naw, mate, that's not a bust.


THIS is a bust:

Do all upgrades look like that?

If I'm not mistaken, Sonar has phone support. Maybe that would be quicker than waiting for an e-mail response.

It seems that more companies have user forums (just like this), I think, to encourage its own customers to support each other without paying them. How dare customers interrupt support staff doing less work? Shame!

jamesyoyo


While I won't go that far to say its a bust....X2 has so many weird things happening in so many places that I am moving towards that conclusion.

I used it on one of my little machines for quite a while just to make sure it was ok. It seemed ok so I added it to one of my big recording boxes. I've had so many weird things happen, I can't even remember them all nor do I know where to start. Thank God it's not crashing on me or anything, but man....+1000 on "weird things"! If there is an Xxx whatever they come up with next, the first thing off my box is X2. Not because it doesn't work...it's just too weird to comprehend.
 
One of the things that bothers me right now....record a punch in. Slip edit one side. Go to edit/undo, it will say "undo recording" instead of "undo crop". If you click undo recording, it un-does the crop....but I'm finding little weird things all over that are just freaking me out.
 
Would I call it a bust? Absolutely not. It's been incredibly stable for me and let me tell ya, I work these programs to death. But to me, "weird" describes X2....it's not a bust at all.
 
-Danny