Shaan

Just did an update for the new version of Next, even after a successful install and update, Product Center still says update available Next already shows it got updated to version .317

I am seeing a misalignment of graphics in the Step Sequencer that was okay on the previous release. My settings are both Windows and Sonar set to 100% on display

Noticing a difference in the way Now Time cursor moves in the Piano Roll, it is not smooth almost crawling. In Track View it moves smoothly. Sorry, not able to take a video to show this at this moment.

These days pretty much most software, apps and plugins comes with the way of tagging things on their Browsers as 'Favorites' and this certainly help with the workflow. 1. Give us an ability to easily and intuitively tag plugins, instruments and etc in the Sonar Browser to create a 'Favorites" list and an easy access to display them. This will be an awesome addition to the Browser. 2. Other DAWs already displays plugin images, which we don't have in Sonar. But that is another way to easily identify the plugins especially when plugins are named creatively and/or at times in bizarre ? naming convention with new plugin manufacturers, it helps to identify them faster. A picture is worth a thousand words !

1. Displaying the Meter / Key Signature changes on the Track Time-line is needed especially when scoring for videos. This is missing in Cakewalk/Sonar. Most other DAWs (Paid and Free) already has this. The above pictured video is just under 2 minutes and has already 2 Meter changes, just imagine doing a 30 minutes to hours video and how difficult not be able to see the Meter changes on the Track Time-line while scoring. 2. A dedicated lane for Note or Marker Almost all other DAWs has a dedicated lane on Track View for Marker, but Cakewalk uses Time-Ruler area to display this. Unfortunately when we add more Markers (like a note) on the Time-Ruler it gets cluttered and hard to read unless zoomed in. In addition to the current Marker functionality, please give us a dedicated lane for additional Notes that can be put on the Track Time-line. Again, this is imperative one of those things needed for people who are scoring to videos to put in vital notes. Can be called whatever.... Note or Tag or Flag or Time-line Note or Mark or Label or Caption or whatever. The point is giving us an ability to put some sort of note on the Track Time-line. A color-coded label will be greatly appreciated. You have "Lyrics" Track in Cakewalk Next, even that dedicated lane can be used to put notes for people who are not writing songs. And it is color-coded as well ?. Like me, there are thousands of people who downloaded and adopted to the Cakewalk free version do some sort of video work. While it was being Free people may have ignored and learned to live with some of these missing features. But when there is a need to pay for it now then for sure people will be comparing different DAWs to see what fits them and all the available features and how it helps with their work-flow and of course comparative price point for those features as well. The above 2 requests may seem simple to people who doesn't do music for video, but these small changes make a big difference to the work-flow for those who do score for videos.

Thank you for the explanation, understood.

Wow ?.... thank you for confirming that . Looking forward to that build ?

10. Add a Sorting Option to the Quick Start screen > Local Projects Currently as a default it is sorted by alphabetical order, please add Date order as well. it will be very helpful especially when selecting "All" to sort by date order .

Thank you to Cakewalk Dev Team !! # 2 is fixed, confirmed. # 1 (Piano Roll - Track Strip) issue still exists in the new build too . #8 - Thank you for adding the "Tracks with Data" option ? ? ? Tested it with Projects that has only Midi clips, and also project with only Audio recordings and also with combination (Midi, Instrument Track and Audio)... it works great ? One thing which is missing... an indicator to show which option is selected Please add an indicator either like checkmark ✔️ or the indicator available in the Piano Roll - Track strip Filter Option

me too, not seeing any slider. I am with build 417. Only a check-box with "Enhanced Display Scaling" available. ? ...may be it is going to be on the up-coming build (?) ? ?

interesting stuff...

Thank you @msmcleod for the detailed explanation ?

Thank you for the explanation.

In the Piano Roll view there is a new Button, and the tooltip says "Live Articulations". Anyone knows how this works?

Wow... Loving all the UI refresh and refinements. Looks crisp, clean and unclutter and easy on the eyes. I noticed a few things, hopefully they get refined in the upcoming updates. 1. Piano Roll - Track Strip This happens when you have many tracks and need to scroll to see the rest than what got displayed in the default screen. Still the Buttons are available in the Track Strip, but the Track Header details disappeared and also the filter. When hovering the mouse over the Track Strips brings the details back, but when you start to scroll again it looses the details again. 2. Also noticed, in the "Dark" Theme, the Piano Roll - Track Strip background color doesn't match the Track View - Track Strip background color. They are different shades of grey colors. This may be just an oversight, because it seems this is only happening in the "Dark" Theme, but all other Themes Piano Roll - Track Strip colors matches the Track View - Track Strip colors. 3. Inconsistent scroll-bar colors Changing to different Themes gives correct color scroll-bar that matches the selected Theme only in the Console View, but Piano Roll - Track Strip and Browser's scroll-bar colors doesn't change accordingly. They are always white. 4. Track Pane Header > Track View Now Time Display - Need to increase the font size, it got smaller than before and hard to see Also, Add Track Menu needs some love with new UI overhaul. With all the new changes to the UI, this screen looks dated and doesn't match the new theming. 5. Non-segmented meter in Sonar can get some refresh. May be similar to Cakewalk's "Next", especially with the visual line separation in between the channels and also with the dark or a neutral background it will match the new UI Themes in Sonar. The old green background looks dated. 6. Piano Roll Keys Piano Roll keys with that 3d effect... looks odd now with the new flat looking UI Themes. May be same as Cakewalk's "Next" Piano Keys will look better with the new refresh. 7. Now that Sonar UI is scalable, can we see more tracks in the Track View? The above screen is from Cakewalk "Next" Track Manager. There are two Track heights (Short and Minimized), which allows us to see more tracks in the Track View in Cakewalk Next. Can these Track Heights (Size) feature be included in the new Sonar too? This is very helpful for people dealing with large number of Track counts to see more tracks in context in the Track View. 8. Track Manager - Show Only Under 'Show Only', give us an option to select 'Tracks with clips (or data)' in them. What you have included now are a very basic selection Again this is another issue people who deals regularly with larger number of track counts faces frequently... scrolling and jumping up and down and not be able to see all the tracks that has clips (or data) in them in context. 9. Track Manager - Track Presets The current way of creating Track Manager "Presets" require per project basis project management, this is manageable when we don't have a large number of track counts. Unless there is an ability to save the Track Manager Presets with the Track Templates this method requires a lot of work per project especially for people dealing with large number of track counts. Giving the ability to save the Track Manager Presets with the Track Template can benefit everyone who uses the Track Template to save time instead of setting things up again and again. Even though the new Track Manager functionality is limited, it is good now that we have the Track Manager feature part of the interface in Track Pane and having the ability to easily turn on and off the Track Filter. Well, hoping at least some of these get fixed, refined, refreshed and included before the launch.