Whoa.... i'm about to release 1 of 4 albums and this changeover to Sonar is not at a great time! Will i have issues? Some posts indicate yes.

[rayray]

hello,  

i'm still wondering about my previous question below.   Will  i have issues in Sonar?  Some posts indicate yes.

I don't need to go through a big learning curve right now.  hopefully this Sonar is close enough to Cakewalk i can use it.  Otherwise, will have to switch DAWs.

anyway.....

Ok still need some questions answered.  I'm goin to use the free tier for now and eventually purchase.  I need to know before i update to Sonar if like my projects will be the same settings-wise when i open them.  I want the screens for Track View on certain songs and Console view for others.  Will they open the same?  Will all my current settings remain the same and do the exports and imports work the same?

Do cut and paste still work the same with selections and copy then position the cursor to paste from that point in the track on?

I was a little concerned when it said Cakewalk projects cannot be saved after a certain date.  No matter how old my cakewalk projects are, will i just be able to open them with Sonar when i get back to my older projects?  then will they save to the same folders ?  i don't want a huge learning curve just trying to search out my projects.  If the project list comes up as it does now in cakewalk when you start, then i hope if the Sonar projects save to a new folder area that it will know and manage my project list until all projects are switched over.  It would be nice if all the projects i currently have are recognized by Sonar and it will just present the list regardless of if it is still a Cakewalk project or Sonar one.

Or better yet, just ask to convert all my Cakewalk projects so i dont need to do anything but open Sonar.

 

UPDATE:  NO ANSWERS TO THIS YET?  

[Max Arwood]

You just open them. No conversions needed

[Max Arwood]

2 minutes ago, Max Arwood said:

You just open them. No conversions needed

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Just open a few projects. Always save under a new name just to be safe. I have tested many projects between CbB and Sonar with a ton of pluggins, no problems. I do see that a few people are having problems. 

[Colin Nicholls]

1 hour ago, rayray said:

I don't need to go through a big learning curve right now.  hopefully this Sonar is close enough to Cakewalk i can use it.  Otherwise, will have to switch DAWs

Where, somehow, there will be no learning curve? 

 

My experience shows that Sonar will open projects saved in CbB and there is no discernible difference. Cut and Paste work exactly the same. The only reason they would save to a different location is if you chose to do so with Save as..

If you register Sonar as the default application for opening .cwp files then they will all open in Sonar. 

12Tone/Cakewalk/BandLab have always put effort into ensuring that almost any version of their DAW can open a project saved with any other version, it's actually pretty amazing that they've done this. If there is a saved feature that is not supported, it just won't use that feature, and so long as you don't save, it will be retained in the project if you chose to then open it in a later version.

[Glenn Stanton]

i'd also spend the $ to get the "premium" Sonar (i.e. include it in my album budget) if i had 4 albums to mix and master, just to be sure.

[Brian Walton]

Just test it.  Workflow is basically the same, but I personally am having some plugin issues (select ones) that are not having problems on the same computer with CbB.  

Theoretically the switch should be fairly painless, but this is not the case for everyone.

[John Vere]

I wonder why people keep asking these same questions when it much easier to just try it for your self? 

[pedwal wally wally wha]

Read the post title, the op has stuff to do but now has a sudden one month cut off date for his current tool

[rayray]

25 minutes ago, pedwal wally wally wha said:

Read the post title, the op has stuff to do but now has a sudden one month cut off date for his current tool

yes a guy with a brain.  sorry other guy but kinda critical mass for me right now,  i'm gonna wait until the last week in july to jump.,  that way i have everything done for ECO/BMI/MLC as far as mp3 exports. they will be close enough.  

i love CW and now gonna love SONAR most likely.  i need to take a look at the interface somehow before i actually load it up to see what i still recognize.

the most concern when jumping platforms is will all settings follow and such.

i hope the nags to buy premium are not too intrusive. i will buy it eventually - i don't need to be nagged to death to do it.

i am readin the forums to see what issues are being found.  they are doing builds so i may as well just wait.

 

Edited Thursday at 07:53 PM by rayray

[Jeremy Oakes]

1 hour ago, pedwal wally wally wha said:

Read the post title, the op has stuff to do but now has a sudden one month cut off date for his current tool

Sooooo ?

Taking 10 mn to d/l install and fire up is not excessive time wasting ….. IMHO.