Ah you must have missed lanes for tracking and for automation. Not to mention auto zoom and a new and better now time. Plus I'll call it auto snap. Not to mention a lot of other stuff that to me is very welcomed.

Good points John!
The new improvements will be a great aid in tracking (myself) playing guitar/bass.

Yep - my conclusion as well Paul.

What to do......................

Jim Roseberry

Ah you must have missed lanes for tracking and for automation. Not to mention auto zoom and a new and better now time. Plus I'll call it auto snap. Not to mention a lot of other stuff that to me is very welcomed.

Good points John!
The new improvements will be a great aid in tracking (myself) playing guitar/bass.

The lanes feature seem like a VAST improvement over layers, and the TH2 seems much more usable than GR, which I always struggled to get something decent out of.

Massive improvements to things that have bugged me for years. I already like X1 but X2 Producer for $99 is a total no-brainer. The now time focus (or whatever it is called), improved midi timing, PC FX chains, take/automation lanes (plus the added area for notes about takes), auto track view expansion and so many other under-the-hood workflow tweaks is making X2 look promising. Very promising. Not to mention the Console Emulation, updated Linear Phase EQ & Multiband Compressor, plus the full version of Rapture. Wow! Been with Cakewalk since ProAudio 5 and this looks to the best update I've seen from Cakewalk yet. Sonar X has indeed matured very quickly. Great job Cakewalk! P.S. I stopped regularly doing midi in Sonar a long time but now I just might be back. The new midi editing enhancements look great. For audio work Sonar has always led the pack and I see X2 extending that lead to a greater margin. T.

Chrisma


Massive improvements to things that have bugged me for years. I already like X1 but X2 Producer for $99 is a total no-brainer. The now time focus (or whatever it is called), improved midi timing, PC FX chains, take/automation lanes (plus the added area for notes about takes), auto track view expansion and so many other under-the-hood workflow tweaks is making X2 look promising. Very promising. Not to mention the Console Emulation, updated Linear Phase EQ & Multiband Compressor, plus the full version of Rapture. Wow! Been with Cakewalk since ProAudio 5 and this looks to the best update I've seen from Cakewalk yet. Sonar X has indeed matured very quickly. Great job Cakewalk! P.S. I stopped regularly doing midi in Sonar a long time but now I just might be back. The new midi editing enhancements look great. For audio work Sonar has always led the pack and I see X2 extending that lead to a greater margin. T.

Agreed.  It does sound like a very decent set of improvements and features.  The lanes was something I had wanted a while ago and I've always wanted to have a place to put notes in the takes (although I simply just create a dummy midi clip for this sort of thing now which serves me pretty well)

Sadly, thanks to poor broadband out here in the sticks, I missed most of it.
 
What did they have to say about the console emulation?  What did people think of it?  I know it's subjective, I'm not looking for a "It had a two dB boost between 98 and 622.25 Hz and a 4dB cut between 1.046KHz and 3.135KHz", just your impression.
 
Loved the PC FX chains, from what little I saw.
 
How did the BReverb look/sound?
 
Really p****d I got to see so little of it.  Ho hum..

Sorry I missed the webinar. I am looking forward to seeing it when it is posted up later on. Sounds like midi was greatly improved which I would love. I am looking forward to seeing the ProChannel effects chain integration. That alone is worth the price of admission to me.

I like the general idea of getting the strings for Dimension Pro but just don't see how it would be useful since I have Kirk Hunter's string libraries already. Anyone care to comment that has both?

Ken

inaheartbeat


Sorry I missed the webinar. I am looking forward to seeing it when it is posted up later on. Sounds like midi was greatly improved which I would love. I am looking forward to seeing the ProChannel effects chain integration. That alone is worth the price of admission to me.

I like the general idea of getting the strings for Dimension Pro but just don't see how it would be useful since I have Kirk Hunter's string libraries already. Anyone care to comment that has both?

Ken

I would also be interested to hear from people who have already downloaded the DSF strings.  What do you think?
 
It's hardly a deal-breaker, just would like to hear your thoughts.

The strings aren't bad but I'm spoiled. I already have East West's Symphonic Orchestra Gold Complete program which has awesome strings in it, so I'd probably still use that. If you need a string sample program these aren't bad for free.

djwayne


The strings aren't bad but I'm spoiled. I already have East West's Symphonic Orchestra Gold Complete program which has awesome strings in it, so I'd probably still use that. If you need a string sample program these aren't bad for free.

Well I was reading on another thread that they sounded like a DX-7! That would definitely not work well for me. I don't even use Dim Pro anyway. I would rather have an additional cash discount but at least they are making a gesture.