Have I missed something....

[Tylermob2015]

Hi - I've installed the new Sonar program and I'm curranty getting to know it. I may be wrong but did I see advertised as a new feature that there were some new mastering option presets / templates for exporting audio? If so, where are they? Many thanks! 

[Trevor]

I am still looking for the "new" mastering features myself, but if you haven't tried them already there's Ozone 10 which has a ton of its own presets, and there are 6 pre-existing FX chain presets for mastering that you can add to the FX rack on your master buss if you want. Never tried those myself though 🤷‍♂️

[french macdonald]

On 7/1/2025 at 11:03 PM, Tylermob2015 said:

Hi - I've installed the new Sonar program and I'm curranty getting to know it space waves. I may be wrong but did I see advertised as a new feature that there were some new mastering option presets / templates for exporting audio? If so, where are they? Many thanks! 

I was wondering the same! I saw something in the update notes about new export/mastering presets for Spotify, YouTube, etc., but I can’t seem to find them either. Do they only show up for certain projects or track types?
 

Edited 23 hours ago by french macdonald

[Colin Nicholls]

This seems to be a comprehensive list of what is new or changed in Sonar over CbB, but it does not mentioned mastering anywhere.

https://help.cakewalk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002369593-What-s-the-difference-between-Cakewalk-Sonar-and-Cakewalk-by-BandLab

[Glenn Stanton]

maybe you're seeing something from a previous version with LANDR? so far as i can tell, aside from that, Sonar (and prior iterations) is a platform and you could use it and appropriate tools (and skills) to "master" a recording. there are any number of paid / subscription online "mastering" services now, so export a high res WAV, upload, select your options, download. rinse and repeat.

another option might be to upload into bandlab and use the features there. personally i have not tried it but i may sometime in the future since i have a membership (subscription) anyways. https://www.bandlab.com/mastering

for me - currently - i use the export function to export a generic WAV, a generic MP3, and a NOVOX version WAV by default in my custom templates. subsequently, i open the WAV file into a new "mastering" project which then has exports for lossless and non-lossless formats with Ozone 11 to set levels for different target music services (although mostly use the -16 and -14 settings), things like Netflix etc expect -23/24LUFS, and so on - so maybe 5-6 different exported files in 90% of my work. 

really a matter of workflow. export high res WAV file, use that as a source for the mastering project. export files as needed modified by Ozone 11 mastering tools. in the old days Ozone had a standalone app you could load up the files and easily compare and adjust your masters. using the Sonar app is not as convenient of if you templatetize yours, it's not hard to get repeatable results. between the Ozone AI features and a bunch of presets, you'll have pretty good results quickly.

Edited 14 hours ago by Glenn Stanton

[Trevor]

I don't speak for OP but by coincidence I had just completed my Sonar Premium subscription signup right before getting on the forum and seeing this post. When the website rattled off the list of new features I was getting access to, I specifically remember reading something about "new mastering features" something like that, and assumed that might have been what he was talking about. I don't know how to revisit that page without paying for another subscription 😁 so if any of you aren't currently signed up to sonar premium and then decide to later on, keep an eye out for that and let me know what you make of it.

[Base 57]

The mastering features are part of the Bandlab app.

[Noel Borthwick]

Correct that's likely what you saw. If you purchased a license you have access to mastering in the BandLab studio Web app. Just upload your mixes and you can use it there.