Sal Sorice Posted Monday at 07:05 PM Share Posted Monday at 07:05 PM I've been reading some good articles / tutorials about the Sonitus Suite of plugins that are (currently) still included with Sonar. Sound on Sound (SOS) magazine has some great articles. Groove3.com has wonderful content on them included in their (old but still very relevant) Sonar X1, X2, etc. tutorials. And, as always, Mike @Creative Sauce has some fabulous content about them (and about Cakewalk in general). Of course, there are also many videos about them on Youtube as well. I'm experimenting with the Sonitus Suite and must admit that, once you take the time to learn them, they are really powerful and sound great - sometimes rivaling other more "sophisticated" plugins. Since they are DX plugins my question to the Bakers (and I am tagging @Noel Borthwick here, since he may have some good insight) I'm wondering if they will continue to be supported as Sonar evolves. Will they be updated? Will they be converted (or whatever the correct jargon is, as I'm no programmer) to VST? Will they be deprecated? Comments please!! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgoRr Posted Monday at 09:39 PM Share Posted Monday at 09:39 PM I completely agree with your assessment of these magnificent, effective plugins from a famous brand! And I join the question (request) about continuing to use these plugins in future versions of Sonar. As for updating the plugins themselves, I have doubts, because this is a different team of developers, and as far as I understand, since then, this team has not released anything else. I heard somewhere that at some point, the plugins became 64-bit, but I have not heard about any more updates. It would be great if the company updated them in accordance with modern interface technologies and in the VST format! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amberwolf Posted Monday at 09:52 PM Share Posted Monday at 09:52 PM (edited) Are they still included? There was a topic a short while back discussing things that weren't, and those weren't, AFAICR. (and I think the company that made them is long gone) Maybe it was just the DX versions, and the VST was still included? (EDIT: was wrong--not VST, just 64bit?) Anyway, if you have them on your system from an old install, they should still work (I use them all the time in my ancient Sonar version, in every project, especially the Multiband Compressor and the Delay). EDIT: I can't find the thread now (was going to link to it and quote the relevant part), though there are a lot that mention Sonitus... I did find one of the 2024 Sonar threads by Morten Saether that specifically lists that at least one Sonitus plug was updated, so I guess they are still including and fixing them. https://discuss.cakewalk.com/topic/82965-sonar-202411/#comment-575840 Quote Refreshed Sonitus:delay plugin, resolving stability issues Fixed: Sonitus:delay crashes Sonar at higher sample rates like 96K when delay time is high Edited Monday at 10:07 PM by Amberwolf 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOOK Posted Monday at 10:04 PM Share Posted Monday at 10:04 PM The devs have said that the Sonitus plugins are slated to be ported to VST at some point - but that it's not super-high on their priority list. However, they did recently fix a long-standing bug in Sonitus delay. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noynekker Posted Tuesday at 05:00 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 05:00 AM When I need to add some delay (usually on vocals or guitars) Sonitus Delay is still my go to Delay Plugin . . . it just works, has great and well defined starting presets, and intuitive stereo controls. Would be great to keep it going. Here's my support chant: VST ! VST ! VST ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookiee Posted Tuesday at 11:53 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 11:53 AM @Sal Sorice Cakewalk purchased the rights to the Sonitus plugin suite years ago. They recompiled them for 64bit DX when they introduced 64 bit versions of SONAR. There has been talk of conversion to VST and a GUI overhaul, but I suspect that is on a back burner for now. As Cakewalk own them I doubt they will drop them. What would be nice to see would the return of the mastering plugings consisting of the Linear Phase EQ, MultiBand compressor and the Adaptive limiter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Borthwick Posted Tuesday at 01:03 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 01:03 PM 17 hours ago, Sal Sorice said: I've been reading some good articles / tutorials about the Sonitus Suite of plugins that are (currently) still included with Sonar. Sound on Sound (SOS) magazine has some great articles. Groove3.com has wonderful content on them included in their (old but still very relevant) Sonar X1, X2, etc. tutorials. And, as always, Mike @Creative Sauce has some fabulous content about them (and about Cakewalk in general). Of course, there are also many videos about them on Youtube as well. I'm experimenting with the Sonitus Suite and must admit that, once you take the time to learn them, they are really powerful and sound great - sometimes rivaling other more "sophisticated" plugins. Since they are DX plugins my question to the Bakers (and I am tagging @Noel Borthwick here, since he may have some good insight) I'm wondering if they will continue to be supported as Sonar evolves. Will they be updated? Will they be converted (or whatever the correct jargon is, as I'm no programmer) to VST? Will they be deprecated? Comments please!! The sonitus plugins will definitely be supported going forward. We're in fact currently working on some updates to the suite so stay tuned. 9 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sal Sorice Posted Tuesday at 01:43 PM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 01:43 PM 39 minutes ago, Noel Borthwick said: The sonitus plugins will definitely be supported going forward. We're in fact currently working on some updates to the suite so stay tuned. 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgoRr Posted Tuesday at 03:49 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 03:49 PM 3 hours ago, Wookiee said: What would be nice to see would the return of the mastering plugings consisting of the Linear Phase EQ, MultiBand compressor and the Adaptive limiter. These plugins can be installed today by downloading (or having) "Additional Content" for Cakewalk SONAR X... (old). You will just need a registry entry about "installed SONAR Platinum" so that you can run the installers from that set. You will not need to install SONAR Platinum itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Kelley Posted Tuesday at 04:09 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 04:09 PM Hell, I use them in other DAWs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookiee Posted Tuesday at 05:15 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 05:15 PM 1 hour ago, IgoRr said: These plugins can be installed today by downloading (or having) "Additional Content" for Cakewalk SONAR X... (old). You will just need a registry entry about "installed SONAR Platinum" so that you can run the installers from that set. You will not need to install SONAR Platinum itself. I know, I was not thinking of myself but other users. I have used/owned every Cakewalk flagship version since 1992. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Smith Posted yesterday at 09:32 AM Share Posted yesterday at 09:32 AM 17 hours ago, Terry Kelley said: Hell, I use them in other DAWs. That's interesting :>) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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