x2 file checksums ?

let me guess----> SONAR X2 Producer.Part1

Checksums would be nice.  IMO they ought to be a given for any large download. 
 
That said, after getting burned with a corrupt download that took all night to get, I installed the free DownThemAll DL manager addin for Firefox, and have not had a single bad download since.  (Any reputable DL manager will do, as it compares the checksums for you).
 

and cakewalks own info is wrong / misleading *IF* you have say 32 bit installed and try to do the 64 bit install .. it won't install part 2+ on it's own (given that part 1 was just installed) , as per their info on the support page.. 
    

 it asks for the previous file.. which makes finding a problematic file more "fun"

They recommend using a download manager if you're using IE. 

We ran checksums when uploading everything and of course tested the integrity of all files. If any corruption is happening, it sounds like it would be on the download side of things.

Here are the official MD5 checksums for the files hosted for download that you can use for comparison:

02_SONAR_X2_Producer.part1.exe

f7406ba9af35a75b03b91dc464aec3dd



02_SONAR_X2_Producer.part2.exe

f9a4c437fb26e7afddbdff9e02e2204a



02_SONAR_X2_Producer.part3.exe

8d627745dc542cd2573c9addf2cd2c69



02_SONAR_X2_Producer.part4.exe

a67975e72a2ddf8e68b3912cc2dbf415



05_SONAR_X2_Producer_Additional_Content.exe

2e6933f03a86c38f11eee0be7d2e5515



03_Loops_And_One_Shots.part1.exe

88d95167cc5a34add2e348658fd698a5



03_Loops_And_One_Shots.part2.exe

f32f8f2f4b852906bf54ebaf29998df5



03_Loops_And_One_Shots.part3.exe

22e5ad5efd0f2db5c0076f0359b43031



04_Dimension_Pro_1_5_Setup.exe

86701254801a9889e12545adb279fdba



02_SONAR_X2_Studio.part1.exe

77298f93bcea65dd547ee6a25d8854f7



02_SONAR_X2_Studio.part2.exe

83b769be0103d53132abdbb43d21fa34



02_SONAR_X2_Studio.part3.exe

cca1f476150893bf8239d26c5b922489



02_SONAR_X2_Studio.part4.exe

af202228ed1c5ea1c1c417734a5ec80e



02_SONAR_X2_Essential.part1.exe

1450b3b836c21f9ddeac8cf6632e63ca



02_SONAR_X2_Essential.part2.exe

30616f2f63413d9b7eab137a001dbd96



02_SONAR_X2_Essential.part3.exe

b69f292abe03eafc69d82debbb00eaee

jma


I've spent nearly 7 hours now downloading, extracting, redownloading. I'm using Firefox with the built-in download manager. I download large files all the time and I've never had problems with corrupt downloads before. I keep getting the error "please download and run previous packages". I'm ready to give up and just order the damn box.

In what stage of the installation is this happening? How far do you get? Do you see an "Extracting..." dialog or does it just fail right at the start? What operating system are you on?

It sounds like this message would be triggered right as you get to Part 2 and it attempts to extract the next set of .bin files.

My recommendation would be to try wiping out the temporary files and then run part 1 again. You can find them by going to the Run Prompt in windows and typing in %temp%

SONAR X2 Producer extracts to %temp%\SONAR X2 Producer
SONAR X2 Studio extracts to %temp%\SONAR X2 Studio
SONAR X2 Essential extracts to %temp%\SONAR X2 Essential

Just delete the entire SONAR folder in the temp location and then give it another go. Hopefully that helps but please let us know.

Fog

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 if 32 bit is installed, it won't allow you do do the 64 bit exe's 1 at a time.  

That's correct. At the end of the actual Setup Wizard it cleans up all of the temporary files (so you don't end up with double/triple the data on your hard drive). If you want to run the installer again (as 32-bit or 64-bit) you'll have to start over from Part 1.

Fog


I always find it funny there isn't an option to install both from 1 click... and just get it to loop twice or say a more automated one with default options.. that is silent prompt / click wise

Yeah, I'm definitely no expert on the subject but from what I've seen of building installers, scripting that would be a complete nightmare. Too many corner case scenarios with different OS architectures.

Who knows, maybe I'm completely wrong. All I can say for sure is that with THIS particular installer, it is designed to clean up after itself at the very end of the actual setup wizard. If you want to run again, you unfortunately have to extract again, which would explain why "Part 2" wouldn't start.

If you DO run Part 1 and it fails to find Part 2 after, you actually can pick up from Part 2. If you're really bored, rename the files and give it a shot. Personally, I'd prefer to jam out with TH2 though 

I finally got all the files downloaded with correct checksums by using Chrome instead of Firefox. Even with valid checksums, the Loops and One Shots install is giving me a LOT of individual corrupt file messages. Any ideas? I'm ready to throw in the towel and pay the extra $$ for the box.

+1 for FDM! I always use it to download large files and it has always worked well.

Sixfinger


So how does one go about checking the checksum?

http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.aspx?m=2667287

last post by me :)

I'm in the same boat.  Using Chrome I downloaded all the files last week, thinking I'd do the X2 install this weekend.  When I tried the Part1 install and got a 'package integrity check failed' message I stumbled onto this forum thread.  I'm now using FDM (performing checksum checks after each download) and am on download attempt #6 on Part1 since every checksum check hasn't matched to this point.  What a waste of a weekend...

     Followup 10/7/12:  Turns out I needed to be on the one machine in the house that's hard-wired to the internet. 

                                       Downloading over my wifi resulted in lost packets.  Install was easy after that.