Noel Borthwick

Hi Rob, this implies to me that your windows install is somehow compromised. What driver mode are you using in Sonar? The kernel streaming components are typically loaded when the audio device is loaded in WDM mode (and perhaps WASAPI) but I dont believe its used in ASIO mode. I’ve not seen this component crash ever.

This is expected behavior and is how it works from the prior version. The browser now auto focuses the currently selected tab and minimizes the other docked views. This is to make better use of the limited real estate available in the vertical docked section. You can now double click the header of the synth rack to restore it.

All cakewalk projects are backwards compatible down to versions of our software from 2003. Of course if you are utilizing newer features in the software those parts of the project wont be visible but the basics should still load. Re CbB its moot since there will be only a single version of Sonar maintained going forward.

Its not a new piece of software but compared to Cbb there are vast areas of the code that have been optimized and reworked to be more modern. Cakewalk Next on the other hand was built from the ground up over the last 7 years.

It has vastly improved multi-core support and optimizations. Many users have reported vastly improved performance with Sonar compared to Cbb when running large workloads. Here are some notes about multi-core low latency improvements and Plugin load balancing improvements. You are mistaken about newer runtimes making things worse. We use lots of tools and they are being frequently updated with bug fixes. We stay on top of it when we can to support current versions of the OS and also resolve known issues.

We can add the ability to view set lists in a future update.

Are you signed in to BandLab? BandLab sounds require an account to work. Also if you don't have a membership you currently can only preview sounds and not use then in your project.

Can you share a project that exhibits this?

This is initially a soft launch. More formal launch will follow with website updates etc.

ARM64 support is now available in Sonar 2025.06. If you have an ARM PC Sonar will automatically install an ARM optimized version rather than an X64 version. Read more about it here.

As mentioned it is sign in that requires the Internet connection. For normal use whether online or offline do not sign out, since that unlinks the machine from your license and you will have to sign in again to claim it. Only do that when you wish to use a different use account or intentionally want to remove your license from that machine. Certain alert notifications are forced, such as being signed out. Again, don't do that

Yes you can - thank Meng, it's not too good to be true indeed. Today, the core application itself is free to use with no track or effects limits whatsoever. Some new features, plugins and BandLab membership exclusives are behind the membership paywall. We do appreciate it however if you support future development by paying for a licence There are some great deals coming so keep your eyes out.

Well yes read my post again. Don't sign out

Sign in has absolutely nothing to do with being online, besides the online requirement during the sign in process itself. Signing in authenticates you. You are free to disconnect from the internet after that. Sonar now supports multiple licence tiers that can differ from user to user, so signing out removes the active license. TLDR don't sign out and you will be fine even if you go offline.

Its a track template not a clip template. Clip data is not included.

There isnt anything in the new build that would change sound quality of recordings coming from your audio interface.

Correct. They're is no such thing as input dithering. Dither is applied on playback at the final stages when the float mixed data is down converted to 16 or 24 bit audio. ////this also happens on export. During recording we write the raw audio data that comes from the audio interface.

Please read this article for guidelines about reporting crashes.

If you are getting issues with copy paste and move its likely something very data specific with your project, rather than your hunches about unstable code. The best way to to troubleshoot is to get us/support a copy of your project with some steps on how you typically repro it. Also in your video the app is closing without a message - that is typically the result of an unhandled C++ exception from the UI, or heap corruption. Check if a dump file got created by Windows at the exact time of the crash in the minidump location, and send it to us. If not, there are also more advanced troubleshooting steps that can be taken by running WinDbg to capture the crash. See this article for information about capturing minidumps.

Good troubleshooting. This should be reported to izotope. It's not a Sonar issue.

Not necessarily since the dll is still loaded and likely corrupt. Try closing the project and opening it again and then insert ozone and see if the problem persists.

We have been working with both Microsoft and Qualcomm for Snapdragon / ARM compatibility and now have optimized builds for both Sonar and Next that run natively on ARM64 processors. This is great for users who want a laptop solution that is powerful and yet battery efficient. Desktop solutions are coming soon as well. There are already some ARM64 ASIO drivers available and many other vendors have them in the pipeline. Later this year Microsoft will be releasing an inbox ASIO driver that will work with any USB2 class compliant audio interface so it will be more widely available even for older audio interfaces. Note that you can also use onboard audio through WASAPI and it works well with the Snapdragon builds of Sonar. See this great video that Qualcomm put out featuring us. If you already have a compatible CPU you can download an ARM64 build of Sonar from the above link.

Fundamental differences in the engine. Next was designed from the onset to support mixed sample rates in the project and do real time SRC. It can even stream compressed audio files.

Yeah cant switch mid project in Sonar. However you can in Cakewalk Next since it supports hybrid sample rates in the same project.

You can run all our products offline. They however require to be occasionally activated which requires an internet connection. We also have an offline activation procedure to facilitate this.