I have a real bottom of the line graphics card in my rig and I haven't had this problem ever (the ripple effect)
if you mean the tracks jumping when clicking on a tracks focus, yes but only when that track is near the border.
I seem to know this so I just don't click on things near the border of my view.
ive actually had really good performance with x2a and have been very productive.
im creating tutorials with it and haven't been let down much, matter of fact at all.
just a few things id like to see better, like take lanes, staff view.
besides that, very productive, a lot better than x1d in my eyes.
 
but that's the crazy thing, I hear many different things from many different people.
which leads me to believe its got to be everyone os running a different set up and those elements come in to play as well.

glad to hear you are having success with X2 Charlie. Good to hear. Its the PC lottery!:) Frustratingly I run a Z420 from HP - which is one of the approved/recommended desktops for sonar compatability on Cakewalks website

If you think you're having troubles with your graphics card, you can disable it and go with windows default drivers and see if that helps.

dorism


glad to hear you are having success with X2 Charlie. Good to hear. Its the PC lottery!:) Frustratingly I run a Z420 from HP - which is one of the approved/recommended desktops for sonar compatability on Cakewalks website

im sorry to hear that man. I hope things work out for you.
maybe I shouldn't have posted.
I don't want to seem like the guy saying,"sorry im fine"
hope it didn't come out that way.
 
my best to you in this world of madness sir.
 
good luck :)

chuckebaby

dorism


glad to hear you are having success with X2 Charlie. Good to hear. Its the PC lottery!:) Frustratingly I run a Z420 from HP - which is one of the approved/recommended desktops for sonar compatability on Cakewalks website

im sorry to hear that man. I hope things work out for you.
maybe I shouldn't have posted.
I don't want to seem like the guy saying,"sorry im fine"
hope it didn't come out that way.
 
what are you using as a soundcard ?
 
my best to you in this world of madness sir.
 
good luck :)

Hi Charlie, not at all. Always good to hear good news. :) I'm using a Focusrite LE. I reported a bug to Cakewalk. I've noticed some of the track icons are not displaying properly. My gut feeling is I have a corrupted project. It would explain some of the weirdness. cheers Michael

rodreb


On the Quad Curve EQ, moving a node up goes pretty good til I get near the top of the range then, it goes wonky!

Just a thought - The EQ plot has an auto scaling feature that will zoom as appropriate, depending on how much gain you're adding/subtracting.

Are you sure you're not seeing this?

Gong back to X1 or 8.5.3 means losing functionality and some cool new features I am now accustomed to

Michael
I appreciate what you are saying here and it is one of the reasons that I went back to X1 almost immediately after installing and trying X2 for a week or so way back in September last year.
For me some of the graphics bugs were a real deal breaker.
So back to X1 for stability issues and also so I wouldn't get use to anything I might like in X2!!!
When the first patch came out, I installed it right away, but to be frank, it didn't seem to improve things much, so back to X1!


I have now owned X2 since September 2012 - like yourself I am a very long term Cakewalk user - I started with Guitar Tracks many many years ago.


I do feel Cakewalk are dropping the ball with this lack of bug fixes - I know some are weird and almost seem machine specific, but enough people are reporting the same sort of things that Cakewalk should / must be aware that they need to do more with regard to these problems.
X2 is a PREMIUM product both cost wise and feature wise.
It is being let down by sloppy "after sales" care so to speak.
I never thought I would say this, but I am becoming  a little concerned that Cakewalk's customer care / support could be following the Native Instruments model!!!!!!!!
I think they need a rethink. There are other options available and whilst I have no desire whatsoever to swap DAW's just like that, this lack of support from Cakewalk would most certainly preclude me from purchasing any paid upgrade / new version of Sonar at the moment.
If they do not fix X2, this will probably be my last Cakewalk purchase.
X1 works for me and I shall just keep to that and investigate other products.

Nigel

I find X2a 64bit to be very stable provided you don't use 32bit plugs. I notice graphical bugs here and there but they are just annoying. Sometimes I have to switch screensets back and forth to get the inspector to change to the highlighted track and some draw issues in the CV. I don't recall having the QCEQ line problem lately but have noticed it in the past. I'm glad that jumpy CV stopped. That was the most annoying of all.

Fortunately I still have my older 32-bit 8.5.3 system running and ready to go when I need it.