Bub

Jlien X

I hate take lanes.

Another reason for my upgrading to X2 was........stability.

+1

That's exactly what I was going to say.

We got duped on both didn't we Jlien X? LOL!

Yep. Let's wait for X2b!

millzy


Interestingly, no-one has mentioned touchscreen support as a reason for upgrade, whereas Cake are driving that feature hard in their marketing.

As I recall, With the initial release touch screen was not talked about that much if at all. For me it was not one thing that sealed the deal but a combination of things. R-mix, TH2, Workflow enhancements like auto zoom, console emulator, the 99.00 dollar upgrade price, the free strings. a multitude of things really made it hard to say no. I had to upgrade.....even though I did not need to

sorry double post

Bub

Jlien X

I hate take lanes.

Another reason for my upgrading to X2 was........stability.

+1

That's exactly what I was going to say.

We got duped on both didn't we Jlien X? LOL!

Glad to hear you're still happy with X2.

millzy


Interestingly, no-one has mentioned touchscreen support as a reason for upgrade, whereas Cake are driving that feature hard in their marketing.

I saw it at NAMM, where Seth was demoing it. I can see it taking hold in a year or so. Ahead of the curve those Bakers are.

Bristol_Jonesey

John


Wait a second, I thought everyone hated take lanes. 

I think they're cool too. But I thought I was the only one.

My thoughts exactly.

I hate take lanes--a revolting development.  Layers were better.  Sonar is just conforming to other DAWs:  Cubase and Reaper already had take lanes in some form.  I've happily gone back to using X1

I saw it at NAMM, where Seth was demoing it. I can see it taking hold in a year or so. Ahead of the curve those Bakers are.

You've got to be running Win8 to take (full) advantage of the new touch features.
ie:  No multi-touch without Win8
That puts some folks on the "bleeding edge".   


I've got the 27" Planar model used in the Cakewalk videos (20 touch points)... and it is pretty cool/handy.
Note that touch isn't a complete mouse replacement... but it's very intuitive to use for zooming/scrolling/etc.  Especially if you've used a smart-phone (and most of us probably have at this point).


I'll also say that touch makes using Win8 a *lot* nicer.
Once you've navigated Win8 with touch, you can see why certain things are the way they are (seem more tedious with a mouse - but are quick/easy with touch)

When I've got a moment, I'll take a snapshot or video of my setup.
Got two 27" monitors (vertically) on a studio desk.


BTW, If you're using a touch-screen monitor in a multi-monitor setup, the touch monitor *has* to be monitor 1.  Otherwise, you'll touch/control monitor 1's content.

The upgrade bandwagon had me hoping for better things with X2.
It's was nice to put the whole X1 experience behind me. Mind you X1D did fix a lot of things for me.
X2 then X2a is like working with a silky smooth program in comparison.

I just like new features!    lol     Though the idea of RMix intrigued me. I've been using it quite a bit in my vinyl restoration projects of late.

I don't seem to experience the troubles that some others have. Cakewalk programs have always just "worked as advertised" for me. I've been with them since Version 2. I may not be a super power user, but everything I want/need to do in Sonar just works as advertised or I find a way to make it work for me.

I don't seem to experience the troubles that some others have. Cakewalk programs have always just "worked as advertised" for me. I've been with them since Version 2.

 
Same here, both on the overall lack of serious issues and using SONAR since v2.
 
Edit: For me it was auto-zoom, timeline zoom, PRV changes, lanes, new plugins, etc.   The whole was more than the sum of the parts in my case.