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Mark, thanks for responding. I sent a project file to Lois at Support earlier today along with a new screenshot. Will send copy to Jonathan. BTW, the second time I initiated Sonar after my upgrade to build 084 it crashed (my first crash with Sonar). I have the mini-dump file, but will need to use something like Drop Box and I don't have an account with them yet.

I downloaded and installed the new 084 build today, but as soon as I initiated Sonar and selected a project several problems appeared in Track View: corrupted volume envelopes in some clips, corrupted jump line after the last node in the tracks instead of a smooth row of dots. black bar at top of clip is messed up, in the time or measure line at the top of the Clips Pane, both the numbers and tick lines are corrupted. See the attached screenshots. Maybe something went wrong with the download; please advise.

I've been using the MIDI Activity Monitor on the taskbar for years with both CbB and with Sonar running with Windows 10 and now Windows 11 and I 've never seen it fail. Not sure what the problem could be; hopefully one of the bakers will respond soon.

Often when working with MIDI and Instruments tracks in Track View and Piano Roll View you end up with two or more tracks whose notes have the same or very similar color. You can easily change the color of the notes (foreground color) in one of the tracks using Track Inspector, but the color will remain unchanged in PRV. If a way could be found to sync the color selected in the Track Inspector with the color of notes in PRV it would make editing, drawing, and arranging notes in PRV much easier.

Local Help/Off-Line Help should always be available as an integral part of Sonar just as it was in CbB and SONAR. For many of us, keeping our DAW or studio computer constantly online causes problems. Additionally, I don't appreciate and don't need the constant reminders, toast messages, that my computer is off-line. BandLab/Cakewalk has not provided a way to turn these off and these unnecessary reminders are a nuisance and a drag on workflow. Please correct this in the next version.

For me it would be Igor Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring). I was awestruck by it the first time I heard it nearly sixty years ago and am still awestruck when I hear it played today.

Jack, Many thanks for your feedback. Sorry for not having checked this post in a while, but the band wanted you to know they greatly appreciate it. Also, I should have mentioned this earlier; Sun's Muse is a strong and active supporter of independent filmmakers. It can often be difficult and quite expensive for independent producers and directors to acquire and pay for the music they need for their soundtrack. If anyone out there is looking for soundtrack music, please let us know ... Sun's Muse license or fee is ridiculously low.

Also listen on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpkOXAq7LYo&list=OLAK5uy_nRHiWHirBYpTnqibnUH7yxfkIuTjtSaMg

Thanks for responding guys. I had accidentally unchecked Big Time when I created the workspace you see in the screenshot and I'm now using that workspace most of the time. Problem solved.

Can someone explain what happened to Big Time in Sonar? It's supposed to be under the Views menu and is mentioned on three different pages of the Sonar Reference Guide (170, 199, and 1812), but I can't find it. Please see screenshot below.

Check out my post on October 10th. Data in the Time field above the track headers and in the Transport module need to be sharper and easier to read. These are areas that you read frequently as you work on a project.

I'm not an expert on the code for Windows, but isn't there a relationship between C++ Redistributables and Windows systems software? If so, would it be helpful to run the systems integrity check, sfc /scannow, every few months or before installing a Sonar update or is it totally unrelated to the redistributables problem?

My first post in the Song section, hope I get everything right. Music for the Dark Parlor is Sun's Muse' first album. They compose primarily ambient music, mostly electronic. I did the mixing and could be considered the producer. Here is the link: https://sunsmuse.hearnow.com The album is also available on CD. Please contact info@leonineproductions.net for more information. l

I enjoyed reading about everyone’s experiences with acoustic pianos. We have and continue to play our Steinway upright that is now about 54 years old. The original felt hammers and dampers are in very good condition, everything works, it still holds its tune, and I had to replace one string when it broke about forty years ago. I am not a good pianist and have never worked as a professional musician, but I love the sound of the instrument. Back in the seventies I had the opportunity to play a Steinway Concert D grand piano. The piano tuner at a local college music department was a friend of mine and after he had finished tuning the instrument for a recital to be held later that evening, he noticed me standing off to the side on the stage and said, “Why don’t you sit down and give it a whirl?” So I did. I didn’t have my sheet music with me so for about 20 minutes I played whatever I could remember—a little Debussy, some Rachmaninoff, a short piece by Scriabin, and a little jazz. It was incredible—not my playing--the sound of the Concert D. It was made for this stuff--think of the opening bars of Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Piano Concerto. When you play a grand piano, the fundamentals of the lower keys are much more prominent (owing to the longer strings used for these notes), and you feel these low frequencies through your fingers and arms, even through your feet as they rest on the floor. My impression was, WOW, this is a REAL piano, everything else I’ve played sounds like a toy. For those who like pianos but haven’t had a chance to play a concert grand, I hope you get the opportunity soon; it’s an extraordinary experience.

David, With regard to annoyance 2, I didn't explain this clearly. I was referring to the pane to the right of the Drum Notes pane where you have the time grid with the colored rectangles representing notes, except in this case they represent beats or hits on the various percussion instruments when you've selected Show Notes with Duration. If you select Session Drummer 2 from the New Drum Map list and Show Note Names, the colored rectangles contain the names of the various drum kit pieces e.g., Bass Drum, Snare, High Conga, etc. When you select Session Drummer 2 Default you get the Drum Note pane on the left, and the rectangular notes on the time grid to the right, but it will not show the names of the kit pieces even when you've checked Show Note Names. My point was if the Bakers could find a way to do this it would make editing the drum beats easier, like it does when you're editing notes in a MIDI track. With problem 3, your solution is a good one, I've done something similar with my Templates folder. I'm grateful to Starship Krupa for bringing the Drum Map feature to everyone's attention in the Forum. I hadn't worked with Drum Maps for more than a year, but I remember the fun I had working with it back when I was using SONAR X3, and I began to get some new ideas for using percussion in some of the compositions I've been working on. That's why I think it's important for the powers that be in Cakewalk to make some improvements here. If the feature is fun to use and fairly easy to learn it will attract more users and new customers.