I can't say I feel ripped off: $99 is a totally reasonable price for an upgrade. I do like the changes to the Piano Roll View and the ability to plug FX Chains into the Pro Channel is pretty cool. Other than that, though, most of the changes (particularly Smart Tool functionality in the Track View) just don't feel like that much of an improvement. More like they just moved stuff around.

Thanks for your feedback.  I'm sorry you feel that way.  However, I urge you to let the new stuff sink in a bit.  We put a lot of thought and research into the changes and feel confident that they make a powerful cumulative difference.  Maybe once you use X2 for a week or so, try moving back to X1 and you may see that X2 is much more ergonomic and intuitive. Also, check out the video Seth made.  It's a sticky at the top of this forum.  This should help eliminate "growing pains" and make the transition a bit easier.   

Apart from anything, just how much different to you expect a new version to be? It's always going to be built upon the same core program. I upgrade Quickbooks and Outlook and Photoshop every couple of years, not because I'm expecting a whole new program but because I appreciate all the subtle improvements and fixes and general all-round polishing. 

Thanks, Bill. I will keep at it. X1 certainly grew on me and I hope to be pleasantly surprised again. Time will tell.

I dont feel this way at all..
I do not use Sonar for a profession, but time is still money and the very best of DAW simply gets out of the way and lets you work on the music... Sonar X2 does this much better than X1 and while it could be argued churlishly that the smart tool should have looked like this in X1 the first place, I will simply say that the efficiency improvements in usage alone makes this well worth the money for the upgrade.. not to mention rapture, breverb and rmix and the PC enhancements.

sharke


Apart from anything, just how much different to you expect a new version to be? It's always going to be built upon the same core program. I upgrade Quickbooks and Outlook and Photoshop every couple of years, not because I'm expecting a whole new program but because I appreciate all the subtle improvements and fixes and general all-round polishing. 

That's a fair point, sharke. Perhaps after what a big change X1 was, I was unlrealistically expecting more from X2.

Mystic38


I dont feel this way at all..
I do not use Sonar for a profession, but time is still money and the very best of DAW simply gets out of the way and lets you work on the music... Sonar X2 does this much better than X1 and while it could be argued churlishly that the smart tool should have looked like this in X1 the first place, I will simply say that the efficiency improvements in usage alone makes this well worth the money for the upgrade.. not to mention rapture, breverb and rmix and the PC enhancements.

Glad you're having such a positive experience with it, Mystic38. So far, for me, it doesn't feel that much more efficient. I hope my impression changes over time. We'll see.

ive noticed considerable improvemenets in the engin itself.
like being able to turn on/off the metrodone while playback is rolling.
certain things lioke this lead me to believe alot of these improvements you cant see but can hear and are present in the flow per say.

I have to say it's the best purchase this year for me, the Pro channel is now a dream, no more Fx bin. Things just seem to make more sense now.No complaints here so far.

Cheers
Steve.

chuckebaby


ive noticed considerable improvemenets in the engin itself.
like being able to turn on/off the metrodone while playback is rolling.
certain things lioke this lead me to believe alot of these improvements you cant see but can hear and are present in the flow per say.

Hey, Chuck. That is a nice feature.