The 64 bit XP due to 8 gig of ram parts of this thread are not relevant as the OP never stated he had 8 gigs of ram on his Sonar PC.
Just saying.

Grum.

It's Microsoft that desperately wants XP to go away, not application vendors. Cakewalk is closely aligned with Microsoft, and pretty much has to dance to their tune if they want to keep putting the Windows logo on the box. Is there any technical reason for abandoning XP as a DAW platform? No, not really. When you see Reaper drop support for XP, then you'll know that milestone has been reached.

wasn't windows xp a joke from microsofts part anyway?

*in the microsoft office*
- So.. What should we call this version of windows? Give me some suggestions!

- Well.. All these smileyes we see on the internet are kind of popular these day. Maybe we could call it Windows :) ?

- Hm.. Cool.. but no.. A smiley like that.. It's just too lame. And we all know that most users won't be happy most of the time using windows either...

- Ok.. Let's try a few others..
  Windows =D
  Windows ;P
  Windows XD

- HEY! Stop it right there! Let's try a combination of no. 2 and 3!

- Windows XP?

- Yeah! That's it!!! That's what it's all about, isn't it!? Cheers people! We've done it again!

grumbleweed4162


The 64 bit XP due to 8 gig of ram parts of this thread are not relevant as the OP never stated he had 8 gigs of ram on his Sonar PC.
Just saying.

Grum.

LOL....touche.... overwhelming angst comes over me remembering anything related to XP x64....days I wish I could forget. Sorry, I should have slowed down and reread the OP....haha

APC3

grumbleweed4162


The 64 bit XP due to 8 gig of ram parts of this thread are not relevant as the OP never stated he had 8 gigs of ram on his Sonar PC.
Just saying.

Grum.

LOL....touche.... overwhelming angst comes over me remembering anything related to XP x64....days I wish I could forget. Sorry, I should have slowed down and reread the OP....haha

It isn't your fault. The damage started before your post.


Grum.

I never went XP 64 bit. Now I'm glad I didn't. BTW CW pulled XP 64 bit support quite a while ago. I believe they did that when Windows 7 came out.


I was under the impression that XP 64 was not that well supported. Where XP 32 bit had all the glory. 

vs100 does have windows 8 and windows 7 drivers.

http://www.roland.com/support/article/?q=downloads&p=VS-100

Freddie is slightly incorrect in regards to all other DAW's not working on XP. Studio One still runs perfectly under XP as do all their latest updates as well. Also they allow you to use either 32 bit or 64 bit versions which is also cool. This is rather great actually as it means you do not have to go out and update your computer or OS in order to keep using their latest software.  Maybe it is better being independent from Microsoft and as a result you can still make this happen easily.

I do think it is good thing to update your computer and OS but if you cannot right at this moment then it is rather reassuring you can still run the latest version of Studio One on a 32 bit XP computer and yes it does run rather perfectly well even on that machine with no issues whatsoever.  Seriously great projects can be created on an XP 32 bit OS machine and so the myth continues on that you have to have 64 bit to make a final mix that is just so much better. That is just totally inaccurate. Great person driving the project = great final mix at the end of the day. Not much to do with what is in between. The memory thing is of course good with 64 bit but if you are someone like me who has a few serious hardware samplers forming part of the sound generating process the demand on the computer goes away under those conditions. 

but if you are someone like me who has a few serious hardware samplers forming part of the sound generating process the demand on the computer goes away under those conditions.

 
I wouldn't mind having some really nice hardware to do that, but alas, $$ says it's soft synths all the way for me.  And I'd wager it's more common than not.   So yeah, I guess I'm with Freddie when it comes to 64bit.   
 
 
 
 
PS...   I still have my XP machine running SONAR X1 for older projects that require older plugins.   I'm certainly not ready to give it up, but I definitely don't have the same feel for using XP since Win7.  And that's only about a year for me. 
 

Jeff Evans

I do think it is good thing to update your computer and OS but if you cannot right at this moment then it is rather reassuring you can still run the latest version of Studio One on a 32 bit XP computer and yes it does run rather perfectly well even on that machine with no issues whatsoever.

Reaper runs on Windows 98 32bit on up to Windows 8 32bit.

Cakewalk has never supported XP 64bit. It's always been 'Run at own risk'.