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View Full Version : PA9 Upgrade to Sonar 2.0 XL


Nick Driver
06-21-2002, 09:26 AM
I've got the PA9 that came bundled with my Aardvark Direct Pro and am about to buy the Sonar 2 upgrade.

Cakewalk had the "Upgrade to 2.0 XL from Pro Audio" on sale a couple weeks ago for $199, but I missed it and it's now back up to $249 http://www.audioforums.com/forums/frown.gif

(The Sonar 2.0 non-XL upgrade is only $149)

Several other online vendors are right now selling something called the "competitive upgrade" for $199. Will this upgrade version work with my PA9 or does it specifically check for exactly and only the explicitly enumerated competitive products before it will install and work?

Yeah, I'm a cheapskate and only have about $200 left in my budget to buy software right now and really would like to have Sonar, but that extra $50 would keep me from paying the rent this months http://www.audioforums.com/forums/biggrin.gif.

Is the XL really that much more worthwhile over the plain non-XL version of Sonar 2.0? I'd really like to have those 64-bit Sonic Timeworks EQ and compressor features but are they really worth $100 extra?

Nick Driver
06-24-2002, 11:35 AM
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Called Cakewalk today and ordered the "Sonar 2.0 XL Upgrade from Pro Audio 9" for only $199 seems they're honoring the old sale price if you ask them to... but only until end of business day this Friday (June 28th) then it goes up to $249 first business day of July. Can't beat that deal with a stick.