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11-21-2017, 12:21 PM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Warrington, UK
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A quick question about updates...
Hiya Peeps,
Long time SONAR user here... I'm sure you are all hearing the latest news haha!
Anyway, a couple of years ago I installed and purchased Reaper, just to try, and I must admit that I found it reasonably easy to pick up, albeit the settings side of things were a bit of a pain, but not insurmountable.
The version I paid for back then was 4.78 so, the question is, do I have to pay another $60 (plus the usual taxes and stuff) to get back up to speed with the latest version.
I think I know the answer to that but I thought I'd check in here first.
cheers, and thanks,
andy
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11-21-2017, 12:23 PM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: May 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by synkrotron
Hiya Peeps,
Long time SONAR user here... I'm sure you are all hearing the latest news haha!
Anyway, a couple of years ago I installed and purchased Reaper, just to try, and I must admit that I found it reasonably easy to pick up, albeit the settings side of things were a bit of a pain, but not insurmountable.
The version I paid for back then was 4.78 so, the question is, do I have to pay another $60 (plus the usual taxes and stuff) to get back up to speed with the latest version.
I think I know the answer to that but I thought I'd check in here first.
cheers, and thanks,
andy
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I think if you purchased V4.x you are good until V5.99 aka V5 should work with your existing license.
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11-21-2017, 12:47 PM
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Human being with feelings
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Ah, right, thanks, so I should just install the update?
cheers, and thanks again :-)
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11-21-2017, 12:50 PM
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Human being with feelings
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Quote:
Originally Posted by synkrotron
Ah, right, thanks, so I should just install the update?
cheers, and thanks again :-)
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Do you have your license file from the original purchase email or in the folder of the old install or somewhere?
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11-21-2017, 01:19 PM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Norway
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Quote:
Originally Posted by synkrotron
so I should just install the update?
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Yes, and be sure to
- Install sws, and
- Reapack
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11-21-2017, 02:53 PM
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Human being with feelings
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Quote:
Originally Posted by G-Sun
Yes, and be sure to
- Install sws, and
- Reapack
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Erm... What are those?
I have now updated to latest version... All went fine and still registered to me, so thanks again Peeps
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11-21-2017, 03:11 PM
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SWS Extensions are like "power user" tools as an add-on, like macros etc (and more). http://www.sws-extension.org/
Reapack - had not heard of but it's like a download tool for add-ons.
https://reapack.com/
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11-22-2017, 12:22 AM
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Originally Posted by LCipher
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Thank you very much, I will have a look into those
I'm having a play... So much to unlearn, if you know what I mean... I'm a long time SONAR user and sometimes we just want other DAW to be, erm... SONAR haha...
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11-22-2017, 02:09 AM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Adelaide, South Australia (originally from Geelong)
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Hi Andy,
Good to hear you're all up to date with the latest version and the SWS and ReaPack stuff.
I clicked the link in your signature and see we share many of the same influences. Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, Jean-Michel Jarre and Vangelis are also major influences for me.
I have very limited Internet data at the moment so didn't get to check out your YouTube tracks but I did listen to Idyia and enjoyed it. Very nice touch with the Strat over the ambience.
When I have more data, I'll have to check out more of your music.
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11-22-2017, 05:05 AM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Feb 2015
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Andy,
Hi.
Long time Cakewalk user here too (albeit I jumped ship at Producer 8.53).
This PDF helped me cut over to Reaper at first...
https://www.reaper.fm/guides/SONARtoREAPER.pdf
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11-22-2017, 05:18 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ReaDave
Hi Andy,
I have very limited Internet data at the moment so didn't get to check out your YouTube tracks but I did listen to Idyia and enjoyed it. Very nice touch with the Strat over the ambience.
When I have more data, I'll have to check out more of your music.
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I'll have to check that out - similar influence and tastes.
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11-22-2017, 06:16 AM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Near Cambridge UK and Near Questembert, France
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Funny how many of us baled on sonar when they introduced the first X series....
FWIW there is a link on here somewhere to a file that supposedly helps Sonar users adjust but it is old and I was already fairlty well entrewnched iN Reaper before I found it.
Not sure how much use it would be to you, but at least all those excellent feree video tutorials on the downloads section should go a long way to getting you up to speed.
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11-22-2017, 08:32 AM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: May 2015
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ivansc
Funny how many of us baled on sonar when they introduced the first X series....
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I did too. I figured if I had to learn a whole new DAW I might as well see what else is out there. Saw Reaper's price and flexibility and never looked back.
Cakewalk seemed to have driven off a lot of loyal users with that move. I have been using it since Pro Audio 9.
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11-24-2017, 08:46 AM
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Human being with feelings
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ReaDave
Hi Andy,
I clicked the link in your signature and see we share many of the same influences. Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, Jean-Michel Jarre and Vangelis are also major influences for me.
I have very limited Internet data at the moment so didn't get to check out your YouTube tracks but I did listen to Idyia and enjoyed it. Very nice touch with the Strat over the ambience.
When I have more data, I'll have to check out more of your music.
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Thank you very much Dave.
Most of my stuff is beatless ambient lately... I find it much easier than creating conventional stuff haha! Especially as I am working on my own nowadays too.
I'll catch up with some of your stuff as soon as I get chance.
cheers
andy
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11-24-2017, 08:48 AM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Warrington, UK
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Originally Posted by uncleswede
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Thank you very much, I have saved that into my Reaper folder.
Much appreciated
cheers
andy
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11-24-2017, 08:50 AM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Warrington, UK
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LCipher
I'll have to check that out - similar influence and tastes.
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Well, let me know how you get on with that haha!
Most people, including myself, fall asleep before the exciting bits start (which they don't )
cheers
andy
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11-24-2017, 08:52 AM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Warrington, UK
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ivansc
Funny how many of us baled on sonar when they introduced the first X series....
FWIW there is a link on here somewhere to a file that supposedly helps Sonar users adjust but it is old and I was already fairlty well entrewnched iN Reaper before I found it.
Not sure how much use it would be to you, but at least all those excellent feree video tutorials on the downloads section should go a long way to getting you up to speed.
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Thanks, I will have a good poke around.
I must admit that I quite enjoyed the switch to Sonar 6PE to X1. I found the new GUI better for working on a single screen.
cheers, and thanks again,
andy
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11-24-2017, 08:56 AM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Warrington, UK
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Soma Jones
I did too. I figured if I had to learn a whole new DAW I might as well see what else is out there. Saw Reaper's price and flexibility and never looked back.
Cakewalk seemed to have driven off a lot of loyal users with that move. I have been using it since Pro Audio 9.
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Yeah, perhaps things would have worked out differently but at the time I wasn't aware of Reaper. Or, more to the point, I support, I already had Sonar and thought that I'd stick with that.
It will be an interesting few months ahead, for sure... I am still sitting on the fence, I guess, not quite knowing whether to jump entirely onto Reaper or stick with Sonar and hope a solution is found. Trouble is, I have developed my own particular way of working within Sonar and, like a lot of peeps, I hate change.
Might be best if Sonar just packed in on my laptop, save me faffing around... haha
cheers
andy
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