pbognar

arachnaut


I'm a bit confused about what's in the ProChannel suite in Sonar X2 Producer.
I have Sonar X1 Producer Expanded and just bought the upgrade to X2 with the pre-sale special today. 

I have most/all of the ProChannel tools, but not the extra Softube iLok stuff.

So, are there going to be new versions of the ProChannel devices or will the install of X2 Producer automatically give me a version of X2 Producer 'Expanded' with my current ProChannel stuff.

Or will the 'expanded' term just get dropped going forward?

Another question is about the download, when it comes. I hope it will be in pieces because I already have Dimension Pro, and Rapture (and Zeta 2) full versions, so I don't want to have to download all their samples again if I can help it. 

In other words, will the download be split in such a way that we can bypass anything we already have and not miss anything?

Otherwise, I might just order the box to get the DVDs and skip all the downloading...

EDIT: Please make sure that the main Producer software, at least, is isolated, so that we can download that quickly, and maybe get the boxed version later.

I believe Seth mentioned that "Expanded" will be dropped for X2.  Just Essential, Studio, and Producer.

..and also; expanded was something that came later on for x1. even though there's no expanded-version of x2 at the moment, it may be something they'll introduce when  new PC-modules get out there and so on..

You can still buy the PC-modules that you get in X1 expanded seperate and use them in X2

Subjacent


Iam oh so confused!, so does this mean i spent money upgrading to expanded for nothing,
Or is their a discount for expanded user when we move to x2 ?

thanks.

There's a discount. X1 Producer to X2 Producer is $119 and X1 Producer Expanded to X2 Producer is $99.
 
In the mean time you have helped funding the development of X2 by buying the Expanded upgrade for X1.

Form what I have read and from the Webinar last night I got the impression that the Pro Channel flexibility introduced in Expanded has now been included in Producer.  However the extra modules are not.

Wookiee's have been known to incorrect though.

Buy you'd never tell him he was wrong - or beat him at chess.

Bristol_Jonesey


Buy you'd never tell him he was wrong - or beat him at chess.

And wise people exist in the West Country

ProjectM

Subjacent


Iam oh so confused!, so does this mean i spent money upgrading to expanded for nothing,
Or is their a discount for expanded user when we move to x2 ?

thanks.

There's a discount. X1 Producer to X2 Producer is $119 and X1 Producer Expanded to X2 Producer is $99.
 
In the mean time you have helped funding the development of X2 by buying the Expanded upgrade for X1.

Thanks for info Project M
And Bristol Jonesey_Sadley i cant afford to pre order just yet

Hey guys ... I'm very new to this Cakewalk forums. I have a question regarding the Cakewalk SONAR X2 Producer (From X1 Producer Expanded). Is this a stand alone program? ... or is it an add-on to an existing release that wont work without the first one already in your computer? I see that Sweetwater has it for sale for just $99.00(although currently out of stock). Do I have to have an earlier release of this program, and THIS one just upgrades it? ... or do I just install and run? Thanks for any input! ... :-) G

It's not clear from your post whether or not you currently own a Cakewalk product

If you do then you'll qualify for an upgrade at a cheaper price than the full version.

The upgrade is a full installation and not an add on to a previous product.

If you do have a current product, leave it on your system - don't delete it (ever!) if you're going to install X2 - there are shared folders which X1 & X2 need in order to function properly.

Guitarzan... If you do not currently own a version of Sonar you have to pay full price. I'm not sure what the going rate is but it's like $400-500 for X2 Producer which is the flagship product. The $99 is for current users.  

Welcome to the forum.

BTW you can buy the more basic versions of Sonar like Essentials or Studio for significantly less. They will give you quality recording capabilities but don't have all the extra goodies. Check out this comparison chart to see what will work best for you...

http://www.cakewalk.com/p..cts/sonar/versions.aspx