@vintagevibe... It seems really odd as so many people have asked for it. I was thinking maybe they could let a third party company develop a dockable add on for those who want it. Might sort out the issue once and for all.

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Beepster


@elffin... I'm a little surprised they didn't attempt to do something for the Staff View folks. Seems like people have been requesting this for a loooong time. I haven't fiddled with it too much yet but I'd like to. I haven't really run into TOO many issues but one thing that was glaringly messed up was the guitar chord diagram thingy. What is up with that? It's like it's on bath salts or something. SV is not exactly my preferred method of writing but I would like to use it when teaching.

Sadly Cakewalk doesn't care about the Staff View.  I've been wanting improvements for years and they just ignore it.

Who knows, perhaps the end of August may bring a miraculous surprise notice on this. The good thing is that these other people have their upgrade offer available until Aug 31st, so timing seems to work fine on my end. VST3 and score editing don't seem to be features they've elected to ignore, I guess for a reason. So I feel a bit like a big fool at this point having just sat on my bottom for this long......

Online help? Many studios keep their production machines offline.

I hope this doesn't imply offline help is gone!

@Beepster - If you buy it when it comes out, I would install it and start using it right away. X2 will be an improvement over X1 and will have a lot of enhancements that will speedup the workflow. Since you will already know your way around X1, the new features and enhancements shouldn't get in the way of your sessions. Plus, as you go a long - you learn something new each session. I doubt X2 will be as buggy as X1's release. Now if you plan on not upgrading then it makes absolute sense to keep using what you already have. If you upgrade early, even with a discount - it most likely will be cheaper by the time you decide to install it. So lets say you upgrade in Sept. for $99 which is the speculated for Expanded users price. By December, it will be on sale for $49 and by the Spring it will be $10. See what I'm getting at Beepster? Only get it when you're ready to install it and when there's a deal that fits your wallet.

Not only that, if you persist with and learn X1 thoruoghly, by the time you get round to installing X2, you might have to un-learn a bunch of stuff.

@skylightron... Well it may end up working out that way anyway considering how tight money is right now. There are some features in it that are intriguing to me like the automation lanes and the PC Console thingy (what exactly does that do?) but I am a little wary of stability so I'd like to see what others say about it first. If it will indeed drop in price in the manner you are stating then yeah... I'd wait for the ultra deals. I was just thinking about doing it the way I said because it was mentioned that upon absolute first release it might be significantly cheaper. I'll just have to see how everything plays out I guess.

@Jonesy... and that is certainly a concern as well. I'm also worried the forum will move on to mostly discussing X2 and I'll be stuck fiddling around with X1. It's all moot at this point anyway though because we don't even know what the pricing will be. Cheers.

Exactly.

@Beepster... "I'll just have to see how everything plays out I guess." Yes Beepster, the ball should always be in your court. And if the ball bounces and you're able to make plays... Play on! You can still learn everything you can about X2 through these forums and the Sonar University videos while X2 is updated with new patches. The good thing about X2 is that it's based off of X1 and is not a total revamp like what X1 was to 8.5. Next Fall, they will most likely release an Expanded version of X2 or X3 will be out. They've always offered an upgrade each year, last year was Expanded. So it's really up to you when you're ready to take the bite.

Looking great so far, excited about Automation Lanes and Auto Zoom.

But surely, the most important question is, will there be a Sonar coffee mug available to buy too??

Dammit I want that coffee mug!! ;)