- #SAMPLITUDE PRO X3 SUITE CROSSGRADE INSTALL#
- #SAMPLITUDE PRO X3 SUITE CROSSGRADE UPDATE#
- #SAMPLITUDE PRO X3 SUITE CROSSGRADE MANUAL#
- #SAMPLITUDE PRO X3 SUITE CROSSGRADE WINDOWS 7#
As far as I'm concered it's unusable, and it looks like we won't get a patch. One of the main reasons I upgraded to S7 was for the external hardware delay compensation. Hey, Larry, I recognize you from the SONAR forums. It's one thing to sit there and read but quite another to see it in action. I watched them all - over and over and that really helped a lot. But I will end with this: it was Kraznet's videos that helped the most.
That sort of helped but eventually it seemed that the best way was to just go through each and every menu and find out where things were located and what they did.
#SAMPLITUDE PRO X3 SUITE CROSSGRADE MANUAL#
I spent quite a few nights reading through the manual (yes I made a hard copy). But I was determined to press on because one important thing I noted was that Samp seemed way more stable on my machine than the other programs I had been using. Everything seemed somehow counter-intuitive to me.
And then, it seemed, I had to learn a new vocabulary. Application help sometimes lead you nowhere. I remember the index page numbers didn't even match up the correct pages which made the whole thing even more confusing. I remember sort of complaining about the lack of meaningful information in the user manual at the time (I think I came on board around Ver 9). It took me WAY longer to learn Samplitude than Sonar (for example). Just as a general response to some of your original comments - I came to SamP via a couple of other DAWs (not PT) and I found Samp's learning curve to be very steep. But since then I've recommended it to some of my younger clients who ask about what they should buy for their own use. So I looked and then walked away from it. I don't need two DAW's for any reason at all. I saw nothing there that was compelling me to jump ship from Samplitude. As far as the functionality - my needs are fairly simple. If you were coming at this brand new (your first DAW) you'd end up spending the same amount as Samplitude to get all the better VST's.
But since we all probably have the better stuff already most people wouldn't even bother with that I guess. I'm so used to the "realistic" designs of today's VSTs I don't think I could like working with that very much. I'm sure that means it's snappier though. maybe the plug-ins are on-par with more expensive stuff but it all looked like late 90's design. The framework for a nice DAW is there but the stuff that's bundled in is almost a joke.
#SAMPLITUDE PRO X3 SUITE CROSSGRADE INSTALL#
With a lot of internet downloads you get nothing but a small install program first. At first I thought I had maybe missed something when I saw the file size. It's a good bang for the buck type program considering the price (<$100). I spent a little more time investigating this second pass. Actually I had looked at it some years ago but I forgot everything about it. I looked at Reaper last year - just mostly out of curiosity. Why it didn't show up as an important (or even optional update) is unclear. If you do a search on KB3125574 you'll find a number of references to it already (I found it on Gearslutz and Avid and Sweetwater websites). Might take a few minutes to download and install the complete bundle. This is a large "convenience rollup" package.
#SAMPLITUDE PRO X3 SUITE CROSSGRADE UPDATE#
There is a sort of "hidden" update numbered KB3125574 that has to be installed before you can update iLok Manager. Seemed as though I had the latest of everything. So I run the Windows update utility and waited for it to show all the important and option updates I was missing.
#SAMPLITUDE PRO X3 SUITE CROSSGRADE WINDOWS 7#
When I tried to install it, I got a cryptic error message saying my version of Windows 7 was not up to date. This morning I received an update message through my iLok Manager program. This was an odd problem and so I thought I would share it here.