Agree with the comments above.  Especially those of gcolbert.  Make sure you check your plugs and that W8 hardware drivers are available for your gear.  I recently got a new W8 PC and installed X2a 64.

Unlike some other threads I've yet to have a crash or other significant anomaly.  Last night I had was tracking a song with about 30 tracks: 6 independent Omnisphere instances, 2 DimPros, EZD and a number of wavs plus FX plugs and the PC on every audio channel.  Ok so this is a powerful workstation with loads of cpu and ram, but no drops outs, glitches or anything so far.

Hi,

I also agree.
I switched to Windows 8 (64-bit) because of the better performance and I was right to do it. I´m running Sonar X2a with an VS-100 and have no crashes belonging to Sonar or my VS-100. But be sure you have W8-drivers for your hardware to get this performance.

T. Finkbeiner

I looked at W8 and ran it's compability scanner. It says it is not compatable with Guitar Rig and a few other things I don't remember... now it could be that I need to update GRig... still, if you use it I would check it out.

IMO, if you go 64bit, go ALL 64bit... and by all means... do get an Octa-Capture. YMMV. You can keep X1 alongside X2 just in case. I wouldn't overwrite X1 or anything.


Good luck to you. Yeah, I like X2.

J

You better check into your M-Audio C600. It doesn't look like there's a Win8 driver available.

Yes, but now you've missed the $40 bargain for Windows 8 that expired on 1/31/13.

Win 8 32bit 2gig ram X2A very stable for me. Took some head scratching to get there though.

I use GTR Rig everday. No issues here.

jbow


I looked at W8 and ran it's compability scanner. It says it is not compatable with Guitar Rig and a few other things I don't remember... now it could be that I need to update GRig... still, if you use it I would check it out.

IMO, if you go 64bit, go ALL 64bit... and by all means... do get an Octa-Capture. YMMV. You can keep X1 alongside X2 just in case. I wouldn't overwrite X1 or anything.


Good luck to you. Yeah, I like X2.

J

MelodicJimmy


I have recently received a little bit of cash and I'm going to buy a new laptop. The laptop is a Toshiba (quadcore, I7, 6 gigs of ram upgradeable to 16, etc) has Windows 8. I'm thinking about also upgrading from X1 Producer Expanded to X2. The problem for me is that I've been reading all the horror stories about X2 and it's making me a little nervous. X1 has been ROCK SOLID. I don't want to spend money on something only to find out that I have to spend more time getting it working than I'd spend making music. So, should I go for it? The laptop isn't a touch screen, by the way.

You should try the trial as was suggested. If your system is running X1 fine, you should be ok with X2. Normally I wouldn't comment on this but these horror stories you are reading may not be legit. We are looking into this issue.

I just bought a new computer as well. Acer 1.7 I3. 6gb Ram and Sonar X2a and so far I have not had a problem.

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Andrew, thanks for your response. I ended up buying a different laptop that has Windows 7. It's a Toshiba Satellite .... 64-bit, 6 gigs of ram (upgradeable to 10), I7 processor, solid state drive, Windows 7, etc. I had to get the laptop first, but Sonar X2 is next on the list. X1 has been completely solid for me....so, I'm gonna go with X2.