Hello all, I've heard from everyone everywhere that this is the best place to get answers, The Cakewalk Foums....DOH!
 
 
My problem is not unique, I'm sure, but I want to make sure what to do, so I don't mess up registering my product.
 
I bought; SONAR X1 PRODUCER From Studio Direct on 12-Sept- 2011 (yes, it is NOT a typo), I bought it as part of their "Quad capture and Producer upgrade"  (have sales reciept to prove it).  I am a disabled Vet, and had to save pennies for a long time to buy it.  Then I've saved much longer to buy the perfect computer for it, which I finally did.  
 
The Problem; from looking at all the reviews and things elsewhere, I have seen absolute horror stories of people trying to register if just 6 months has gone by.  As you can see mine is much longer than that. So, I need the best way to go about this.
 
Problem two; I do not want the computer I bought for the DAW to be anywhere near the net, I am virus-phobic (the one I'm using here is my Play/work computer). I pan on scuttleing any files I've already put together for Producer on flash drive or DVD.
 
As you can see, right now I am "up the river..."  Any help, or pointing in the right direction for help will be a Blessing.
 
I thank you sincerely;
Greg   aka KODA JYNX
 
 

I am not sure why elapsed time would affect the ability to register - your code is good.

Not being connected to the internet is more of a thing though.  You should consider keeping your Windows up to date, for product maintenance, and would certainly need to connect to the internet for that.

I believe you can register Sonar offline - but I think you might want to consider connecting to the internet at least long enough to accomplish the registration online.

As long as you have some sort of antivirus software running, you should be fine - you are only going to Windows Update's site and to Cakewalk.com - you should be just fine.

Bob Bone

By the way - you may want to go through the process of removing any bloatware on the new computer you saved up for buying for use with Sonar.

Typically, pre-built computers have a bunch of junk on them, including free versions of stuff, trial versions of other stuff, and all kinds of gidgets and such that you just do not need for a dedicated DAW.

In addition to excess software, there are also likely to be a bunch of background services installed that will all compete for memory and other resources.  You may want to go through the process of optimizing the new computer to disable a bunch of those background services.  Sweetwater has a guide on this, also Black Viper has outstanding information, as well.

There is a free program out there called DPC Latency Checker that you can download and run for free on your computer - unless it is running Windows 8, because the timer values for it do not display correctly for Windows 8 machines.  Anyways, the DPC Latency Checker will let you know if your computer is beefy enough to do audio streaming, such as with Sonar.

Bob Bone

I agree with Bob. There should be zero problems getting Sonar registered, but an idea of your system spec would be a great idea.

Laptop or desktop?
Self build/off the shelf/custom build
OS
RAM
Hard drive numbers & setup


As much as you can think of really

it is;
HP 17.3"  laptop   with the i-7core (i7-26700QM) (second generation)  off the shelf

windows 7 home premium

1 TB hard drive

8192MB DDR3 SDRAM

with  BEATS AUDIO

and all the goodies

You could just go in MY ACCOUNT at the cakewalk store, 
then register your serial .. then it's supposed to email you back your registration code ...

note that on a piece of paper .. keep the email for future reference ... 

Should be simple as that no ? I don't think you need anything else really... 

BTW, I have great respect for Cakewalk, who don't go crazy on copy protection, 
that tells me that Cake trusts me and their users, and don't charge me for copy protection methods, unlike Steinberg or Avid...

Cheers ! 

V

UPDATE;   I was so scared of doing the wrong thing (because of the stories I've heard) that I almost heldoff again.  But, VLAB's way seemed simple enough....so I tried it...I ended up having to call, but the support was tremendous, in 15 minutes I had all the numbers I needed, it was late yesterday, so I haven't tried them yet.....but I am positive and excited.   CAKEWALK SUPPORT ROCKS!

thank you to all that helped with your suggestions.


When I do it (Sonar installation) is there anything I need to look for to put the registartion numbers in, or does it just send me there.   Sorry, while not new to computers, DAW is very very new to me.

I do not know if it is still required, but I always run the installer as Administrator, and when I finish the install and am ready to start Sonar for the first time, I also right-click on it and always run as Administrator.

One of the first things it does is to go through the registration process, and it seems to want to be running as Admin for that.

I actually always Sonar running as Admin.

Anyways - great news on getting all set with all but the install and the learning process.  There are lots of tutorials, often helpful doc, and then there is the forum folks when you get stuck and need assistance with things gone South. :)

Bob Bone

You guys were so helpful before, I'm hoping to get a couple or three helps here;

1) My purchase of "PRODUCER" came with 4 DVD- ROMS,  It installed the first one, even let me register the product, listento the demo song..etc etc etc.  But I am confused, as it NEVER asked me for the next disc, nor did I put it in.

2) I had it give me the 64 bit version (per my computer) could this be the problem/reason it doesn't need the other three discs?  Do I need to install the other 3, even though it never asked for them?

I thought learning my old VS-1680 was a trip( still can only do 1/2 of what it can do),but this thing is like the Enterprise, in love with it totally.....I see the learning curve will be very steep, like the why/wherefore's of these other three discs.

any help would be greatly appreciated.

thank you;
KODA

I don't have any X series discs but the other discs are probably installers for virtual instruments such as Dimension Pro.  You probably didn't get asked for the next disc because you don't need it to run Sonar. Pop it in see what it is and if you are unsure go to the Cakewalk site to get more info on what it is. You are on your way!