I wasn't going to do it, but have changed my mind. Cake pre-sales support verified that if one can find a site still selling X1, they will honor the free X2 upgrade through 10/31.

MF still has X1 in the pipeline and I just ordered:


http://www.musiciansfriend.com/pro-audio/cakewalk-sonar-x1-producer-retail-upgrade-from-sonar-8.5-producer

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/derivates/25/001/719/154/DV040_PDF_Copy_SONAR-X1-Upgrade1-103112.pdf

It has often been said outside of USA that Americans have a strange view of what exactly  "the world" is.  I don't know if this is true or not, but Musicians Friend definition of "worldwide shipping " seems to back this up. Here is the list of countries included in "worldwide" shipping ..

• American Samoa
• Guam
• Marshall Islands
• Northern Mariana Islands
• Palau
• Puerto Rico
• United States
• US Virgin Islands

Just saying  to save anyone not from any of these place the trouble of going through the process.