Jonathan Sasor Posted 10 hours ago Share Posted 10 hours ago New in build 31.06.0.034 What's New Sonar Free Tier Native ARM64 Support Track Manager Jump-to-Track BandLab Sounds Integration Color Theme Improvements Cakewalk Product Center Update Sonar Tier Comparison Introducing the Sonar Free Tier We are thrilled to announce the launch of a comprehensive free tier for Cakewalk Sonar, making its powerful and robust core features widely accessible to a broad and diverse community of music creators. Aspiring artists, hobbyists, and professionals alike are free to experience the acclaimed workflow without any initial investment. The free tier provides a solid foundation for recording, editing, mixing, and mastering, ensuring that creative ideas can be brought to life with professional-grade tools. For those seeking to unlock the full potential of Cakewalk Sonar, including advanced tools, an expanded library of content, and a host of exclusive benefits and more plugins, we offer a premium tier accessible with a BandLab Membership. This premium offering is designed to cater to the needs of dedicated producers and engineers, providing an unparalleled creative environment to push the boundaries of their musical endeavors. Native ARM64 Support In a significant leap forward for performance and efficiency, Sonar now boasts native support for ARM64 and Snapdragon® powered PCs. This exciting development means that users with compatible processors can experience Sonar running with unparalleled optimization and responsiveness. When Sonar detects an ARM64-compatible processor on your system, it will automatically offer you a dedicated ARM64 product update. This native build is optimized to take full advantage of the unique architecture of these CPUs, resulting in improved performance compared to an X64 emulated build. You can expect faster loading times, smoother playback of complex projects and dramatically improved battery life. Track Manager This release introduces significant enhancements to track management to improve workflow and efficiency, especially in projects with numerous tracks. The Track Manager appears as a new module in Sonar's browser panel. Track Manager View: listing of all project tracks with an integrated Track Filter. This allows users to easily filter and select groups of tracks for bulk operations such as archiving, MSR state changes, I/O routing, name/color changes, meter adjustments, folder grouping, copy/delete, and sorting. Track Filter presets are shared between the Track Manager and the main Track Filter component. Track filtering: Perform live filtering of displayed tracks by name, number, MSR states, and track types Fluid track management: Quickly make group adjustments to track properties and apply commands in bulk Track Filter Presets: Save and load track filter configurations on a per-project basis to quickly recall frequently used filters Jump-to-Track Located above Sonar's track headers, a jump-to-track search box provide allows quick navigation to specific tracks by typing a name or number. BandLab Sounds Integration Sonar puts 160,000+ royalty–free loops and one–shots on tap, directly in its Browser panel. Kick start and enhance your tracks with a catalog of samples covering a massive range of genres and styles. Preview loops at project tempo Drag-and-drop samples from the browser into your tracks New sounds and artist packs are delivered every week Color Theme Improvements This build introduces numerous improvements for all currently available themes. Cakewalk Product Center Update Cakewalk Product Center has been updated to 1.0.0.087, providing updates for the new Sonar tiers and related entitlements, as well as presentation improvements. Cakewalk Sonar Tier Comparison Feature Membership Free Core features Unlimited Audio and MIDI tracks ✅ ✅ Unlimited Instrument Tracks ✅ ✅ Unlimited Arranger Tracks ✅ 1 Arranger Track Articulation Maps ✅ ✅ Project Interchange to/from Next ✅ ✅ ProChannel ✅ ✅ AudioSnap ✅ ✅ ARA Support ✅ ✅ Plugin Load Balancing ✅ ✅ Plugin Oversampling ✅ ⛔️ Track Manager ✅ ⛔️ Jump-to-Track ✅ ⛔️ Elastique Pro stretch mode ✅ ⛔️ POWR Dithering ✅ ⛔️ BandLab Integrations BandLab Project Integration ✅ ✅ BandLab Sounds ✅ Browse and Preview only Fixes Crash on Project Open with user project Ripple All has unexpected results in project Solo Button not responding to MIDI from External Controllers Preview At Host Tempo does change toggle setting on sample after it has been initially loaded Crash on Undo of Ripple Drag Sysx View opens scrolled to Bank 1 Aim Assist fails to display correctly in PRV Right click on Duplicate Track button can fail to respond as expected Pasting Tempo Nodes not as expected in user project Crash When Lasso Select Reaches MIDI Piano/note names in PRV Opening Start Screen should suspend Media Browser Preview Unexpected behavior/crash with Ripple Edit Envelope can become corrupted after deleting node Arranger Section type indicator has no border Clicking on Preferences Colors tab causes errors when not using English Crash on track auto focus in PRV Collapsing track folder containing active track causes TV to scroll unexpectedly Unreadable text in Mercury Theme Crash on playback with prochannel plugins on surround bus Text Cut off in Matrix View Preset Field in Export Audio not drawing correctly Resizing In Browser Can Have Unexpected Results Poor Contrast in Matrix View with Light Themes Low Contrast for text in Step Sequencer in Lighter Themes Please give us feedback on this release. We hope you like it. PS: The easiest way to get the latest version of Sonar is by downloading the Cakewalk Product Center application. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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