Can I disconnect many soft synths at once

[gmp]

At times, I may have 10 or so soft synths open and which to disconnect or temporarily disable them. I have to click each button, some take a while to turn off. Is there an easier way?

[57Gregy]

4 hours ago, gmp said:

At times, I may have 10 or so soft synths open and which to disconnect or temporarily disable them. I have to click each button, some take a while to turn off. Is there an easier way?

Turn off so you don't hear them or turn off so all their processing stops?

[gmp]

1 hour ago, 57Gregy said:

Turn off so you don't hear them or turn off so all their processing stops?

V-Vocal will crash if there are any soft synths open. Not sure what  processing stops are. 

[Noel Borthwick]

In the synth rack menu there is an option to disconnect all synths at once.

[gmp]

52 minutes ago, Noel Borthwick said:

In the synth rack menu there is an option to disconnect all synths at once.

It works perfectly. I long had wished CbB had this feature. 

 

Thanks

[dougalex]

[57Gregy]

9 hours ago, gmp said:

V-Vocal will crash if there are any soft synths open. Not sure what  processing stops are. 

Your reply unintentionally answered my questions. You want to stop the computer from processing the soft synths so you can more easily manipulate V-Vocal.

So processing stops happening on the synths. 🙂

[Noel Borthwick]

13 hours ago, gmp said:

It works perfectly. I long had wished CbB had this feature. 

 

Thanks

There are numerous other workflow improvements like this in Sonar compared to CbB, particular for those using lots of instruments in a project. For example you can choose to archive related tracks when disconnecting synths, which saves some more cpu since the track data wont get processed. See the same menu for that option.

Additionally clicking on an instrument track will now highlight the active synth in the rack.

Updated docked Synth Rack and new bypass functionality

There are several improvements to the synth rack to allow managing large synth projects more efficiently. This allows you to quickly bypass and free memory and CPU resources allocated to synths, or create templates with bypassed synths and bring them online on demand.

The docked version of the Synth Rack now shows a synth Bypass button. By default, the Bypass button unloads the synth when the instrument is bypassed, and also archives all related tracks to save CPU. The synth will be reloaded again and tracks unarchived when the synth is unbypassed.

The preset picker has been removed from the docked Synth Rack to save space (the preset picker is shown when undocked or when docked in the MultiDock). This control is largely obsolete because most instruments handle preset management inside the synth UI.

The Synth Rack menu and the synth strip context menus have been redesigned to show the relevant functions:

Replace Synth is now available via the synth context menu.

Bypass All Synths and Unbypass All Synths can be used to quickly bypass all instruments in the Synth Rack. Note that bypass/unbypass can take a while on projects with large numbers of synths if they are big. The progress is shown in the Control Bar Transport module. You may cancel a long bypass/unbypass operation by pressing the ESC key.

Unload and Archive preferences can be set in the synth rack menu.

 

Performance optimizations for projects with many synths and effects

Sonar has been greatly optimized to handle high virtual instrument counts, managing the load more efficiently and using minimal CPU resources. In a real-world orchestral template with 250 Kontakt instances, the base template will now run efficiently at 128 samples with very few late buffers. In prior versions such a project would only run at 1024 samples or higher.

General plugin performance in FX racks has been improved, allowing you to run workloads with high plugin counts more efficiently.

Sidechaining for VST instruments in the Synth Rack

Sonar has supported side-chaining for effects plugins, satisfying the traditional and primary use case for sidechaining. However, a growing number of VST instruments now support sidechaining, therefore support has been extended to support such instruments, in addition to effects.
 

To specify the sidechain input for a VST instrument:

Open the VST instrument's property page.

Click the VST2/VST3 drop-down menu  in the VST plug-in toolbar, point to Sidechain Sources, then select the desired input source:

Choosing a source creates a send from the chosen track/bus source to the instrument's sidechain input

Choosing a checked menu item removes that send to the instrument sidechain

Support for instruments with a single aux input

Sonar can now handle synths with a single aux input and expose it as a sidechain.

 

Plugin Browser drag and drop enhancements

You can insert or replace synth, and convert regular audio and MIDI tracks to instrument tracks with the following drag and drop gestures:

To insert a synth:

In the Plugins Browser, select the Instruments tab , then drag a synth to a blank area in the Track pane or Clips pane. 

To convert an audio or MIDI track to a simple instrument track:

In the Plugins Browser, select the Instruments tab , then drag a synth to an audio or MIDI track to convert the track to a simple instrument track.

Note: Audio tracks will only be converted if empty.

To replace a synth:

To replace the synth in a simple instrument track with a different synth, drag a synth from the Plugin Browser to the existing instrument track.

[gmp]

1 hour ago, Noel Borthwick said:

There are numerous other workflow improvements like this in Sonar compared to CbB, particular for those using lots of instruments in a project. For example you can choose to archive related tracks when disconnecting synths, which saves some more cpu since the track data wont get processed. See the same menu for that option.

Additionally clicking on an instrument track will now highlight the active synth in the rack.

Updated docked Synth Rack and new bypass functionality

There are several improvements to the synth rack to allow managing large synth projects more efficiently. This allows you to quickly bypass and free memory and CPU resources allocated to synths, or create templates with bypassed synths and bring them online on demand.

The docked version of the Synth Rack now shows a synth Bypass button. By default, the Bypass button unloads the synth when the instrument is bypassed, and also archives all related tracks to save CPU. The synth will be reloaded again and tracks unarchived when the synth is unbypassed.

The preset picker has been removed from the docked Synth Rack to save space (the preset picker is shown when undocked or when docked in the MultiDock). This control is largely obsolete because most instruments handle preset management inside the synth UI.

The Synth Rack menu and the synth strip context menus have been redesigned to show the relevant functions:

Replace Synth is now available via the synth context menu.

Bypass All Synths and Unbypass All Synths can be used to quickly bypass all instruments in the Synth Rack. Note that bypass/unbypass can take a while on projects with large numbers of synths if they are big. The progress is shown in the Control Bar Transport module. You may cancel a long bypass/unbypass operation by pressing the ESC key.

Unload and Archive preferences can be set in the synth rack menu.

 

Performance optimizations for projects with many synths and effects

Sonar has been greatly optimized to handle high virtual instrument counts, managing the load more efficiently and using minimal CPU resources. In a real-world orchestral template with 250 Kontakt instances, the base template will now run efficiently at 128 samples with very few late buffers. In prior versions such a project would only run at 1024 samples or higher.

General plugin performance in FX racks has been improved, allowing you to run workloads with high plugin counts more efficiently.

Sidechaining for VST instruments in the Synth Rack

Sonar has supported side-chaining for effects plugins, satisfying the traditional and primary use case for sidechaining. However, a growing number of VST instruments now support sidechaining, therefore support has been extended to support such instruments, in addition to effects.
 

To specify the sidechain input for a VST instrument:

Open the VST instrument's property page.

Click the VST2/VST3 drop-down menu  in the VST plug-in toolbar, point to Sidechain Sources, then select the desired input source:

Choosing a source creates a send from the chosen track/bus source to the instrument's sidechain input

Choosing a checked menu item removes that send to the instrument sidechain

Support for instruments with a single aux input

Sonar can now handle synths with a single aux input and expose it as a sidechain.

 

Plugin Browser drag and drop enhancements

You can insert or replace synth, and convert regular audio and MIDI tracks to instrument tracks with the following drag and drop gestures:

To insert a synth:

In the Plugins Browser, select the Instruments tab , then drag a synth to a blank area in the Track pane or Clips pane. 

To convert an audio or MIDI track to a simple instrument track:

In the Plugins Browser, select the Instruments tab , then drag a synth to an audio or MIDI track to convert the track to a simple instrument track.

Note: Audio tracks will only be converted if empty.

To replace a synth:

To replace the synth in a simple instrument track with a different synth, drag a synth from the Plugin Browser to the existing instrument track.

Thanks Noel this is very helpful. I printed it and will study it more. I've been using CbB, so I haven't paid much attention to the new Sonar until now. Is there a fairly concise view of the new features and improvements going from CbB to Sonar?

[Noel Borthwick]

Its all in the main post release notes. Its a ton of changes - read the entire thread.