{"id":517,"date":"2006-10-05T23:59:14","date_gmt":"2006-10-05T15:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/http:\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/archives\/2006\/10\/2006_10_05_2359.php"},"modified":"2006-10-05T23:59:14","modified_gmt":"2006-10-05T15:59:14","slug":"sonar-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/10\/05\/sonar-6","title":{"rendered":"Sonar 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\n<a rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/96\/261355140_545763eedd_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"You may click on the image for more details\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/96\/261355140_545763eedd_m.jpg\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>Just like iTunes 7 introduced significant feature additions compared to the previous version, Cakewalk has rolled out some enhancements to their flagship sequencing sofware that <em>Sonar<\/em> users would definitely appreciate. If you&#8217;re a <em>Sonar<\/em> user and were always wondering when a good time to upgrade was, I&#8217;m telling you that <strong>NOW<\/strong> is the time!<\/p>\n<p>And from the features I&#8217;ve listed below&#8230; I&#8217;m now escalating my view of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/10\/2006_10_03_0951.php\" title=\"view entry\">my previous post<\/a>, from &#8220;I want this&#8221; to &#8220;It will be mine.&#8221; &#8211; last time I said that was for the T5&#8230; hehehe. <strong>It will fucking be mine!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I just hope it would be out by the time were in the US (they say it might be released Jan next year <em>pa<\/em>)<\/p>\n<!--more-->\n<p>Here&#8217;s a rundown of the new features according to the site. Enhancements which I personally liked and have been waiting for are in <strong>boldface,<\/strong> personal notes are <em>italicized<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Active Controller Technology (ACT): dynamically re-maps effect, mix and instrument parameters to hardware controllers<\/strong>\n<em>I haven&#8217;t tried this, but from what I understand, it seems that you can use a limited surface controller and expect say a fader to affect a specific paramerter depending on which plugin\/track\/etc. you&#8217;re focused on. Which is a perfect excuse for me to get that AlphaTrack controller<\/em><\/li>\n<li>AudioSnap&#8482; Multitrack Audio Quantize<\/li>\n<li>AudioSnap suite of tools includes:<\/li>\n<li>Non-destructive audio quantize<\/li>\n<li>Lock multiple tracks into the same groove<\/li>\n<li>Apply seamless tempo changes to audio<\/li>\n<li>Convert audio beats to MIDI<\/li>\n<li>Slip-stretch clips to a new time or length<\/li>\n<li>High-quality time stretching algorithms including iZotope Radius&#8482;, Percussion Mode, more<\/li>\n<li>VC-64 Vintage Channel&#8482;&#8212;warm sound, dual EQ and compressor stages, analog component modeling, presets by professionals\n<em>I&#8217;m not sure if this is even in the same ballpark with the SSL busmaster plugin quality, but it&#8217;s free, so I&#8217;m not complaining.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Session Drummer&#8482; 2 instrument with professional multi-sampled drum kits, hundreds of live-recorded, vital patterns<\/li>\n<li><strong>New Synth Rack makes managing, controlling, and automating your instruments simple<\/strong>\n<em>I accidentally killed the &#8220;icon&#8221; on the racks and I can&#8217;t seem to get them back! But otherwise, this is a cool update<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Console view redesigned for ergonomic mixing\n<em>I can&#8217;t really say that it&#8217;s more &#8220;ergonomic,&#8221; Its just a matter of what layout a person prefers, so this is really subjective. Given the way I use the console view, whatever &#8220;improvements&#8221; Sonar 6 had didn&#8217;t really affect anything.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Modular Transport provides easy playback control and vital visual feedback<\/strong>\n<em>I&#8217;ve been waiting forever for this one. Honestly I think this is subjective since you have a transport strip above (in the toolbars) anyways, so &#8220;visibility&#8221; isn&#8217;t an issue (it&#8217;s always visible) &#8211; but all other DAW software have it, so it&#8217;s more of a &#8220;tradition&#8221;&#8230; like having a lava-lamp in your studio.<\/em> <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_517_1('footnote_plugin_reference_517_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_517_1('footnote_plugin_reference_517_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_517_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">1 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_517_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Speaking of which, I better put that on my wishlist.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_517_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_517_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/li>\n<li><strong>Analyst spectrum analyzer<\/strong>\n<em>I haven&#8217;t seen this yet, but I&#8217;m stoked about it! I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;ll be awesome. The fact that it <strong>has<\/strong> a spectrum analyzer now is already cause for celebration.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Clip editing enhancements including lock to time, clip data lock with options for specific atributes (position, duration, both)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Work seamlessly with VST plug-ins&#8212;VST support is now integrated into SONAR 6 and no longer requires an external VST to DX adapter<\/strong>\n<em>I hope this doesn&#8217;t mean I have to re-install the plugins I have for it to register properly (bypassing the old wrapper, which I think is uninstalled now&#8230; I guess I&#8217;m just being OC)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Automation enhancements: read\/write controls for tracks and plug-ins, enable automation during playback and record, visual automation cues, more<\/strong>\n<em>Now <strong>this<\/strong> is really awesome&#8230; one of the first things I&#8217;ve noticed when I fired Sonar up. Another useful feature especially for those who have control surfaces.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fast Zoom enables fast, precise edits without losing your place<\/strong>\n<em>I have yet to try this out, <strong>I&#8217;ll be the judge<\/strong> wether or not it allows precise edits without losing my place hehehehe<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mouse wheel support for parameter control and zoom<\/strong>\n<em>I guess the mouse wheel is the next best thing from an actual tactile fader (for those without control surfaces). I&#8217;m all for that!<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Crash Recovery safeguards your projects against faulty plug-ins and other sources of crashes<\/strong>\n<em>Yes, you can set it to save a-la Microsoft Office (at a set time, or set number of changes), also, read the next feature:<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Automatic file versioning: back up projects with time\/date stamps for easy access to old versions<\/strong>\n<em>&#8217;nuff said.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Customizable user interface: put favorite features right at your fingertips<\/li>\n<li><strong>User-customizable plug-in menus for easy organization and grouping<\/strong>\n<em>Oh thank you Lord! I have so many plugins\/instruments that I often find myself frustrated when navigating to instantiate the plugin\/instrument I want.<\/em> <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_517_1('footnote_plugin_reference_517_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_517_1('footnote_plugin_reference_517_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_517_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">2 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_517_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Especially Waves plugins, which has multiple versions of a single plugin. Example: There are SINGLE plugins which have Mono\/Stereo\/etc. MODES. Applying that fact to 5 plugins automatically entails at least 10 separate versions to choose from &#8211; that&#8217;s just too much clutter for plugins you can choose from.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_517_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_517_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/li>\n<li>Friendly driver naming (user-customizable audio hardware port names)<\/li>\n<li>Custom color schemes with saturation, hue, and brightness controls and color categories for easy customization<\/li>\n<\/ul><div class=\"speaker-mute footnotes_reference_container\"> <div class=\"footnote_container_prepare\"><p><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_label pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_517_1();\">Notes<\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"display: none;\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_517_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_517_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_517_1\" style=\"\"><table class=\"footnotes_table footnote-reference-container\"><caption class=\"accessibility\">Notes<\/caption> <tbody> \r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_517_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_517_1_1');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_517_1_1\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8673;<\/span>1<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Speaking of which, I better put that on my wishlist.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_517_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_517_1_2');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_517_1_2\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8673;<\/span>2<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Especially Waves plugins, which has multiple versions of a single plugin. 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