Project previews

[Skelm]

Hi,

I recall reading about project previews being one of the new features in Sonar (audio previews of in progress projects from the start screen), but I cannot find anything related to that anywhere. The documentation menu item in Sonar links to the old SONAR docs, which obviously won't have info on new features. Is this a new feature or was it part of a beautiful dream 🙃? Thanks.

[User 905133]

I haven't used it, so I looked it up in the Cakewalk Sonar Reference Guide. In the current manual it's described beginning on page 60.

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[Bristol_Jonesey]

35 minutes ago, Skelm said:

Hi,

I recall reading about project previews being one of the new features in Sonar (audio previews of in progress projects from the start screen), but I cannot find anything related to that anywhere. The documentation menu item in Sonar links to the old SONAR docs, which obviously won't have info on new features. Is this a new feature or was it part of a beautiful dream 🙃? Thanks.

This is available from the Start Screen. Without opening a project, you can preview by clicking the little play icon

 

[Skelm]

22 hours ago, User 905133 said:

I haven't used it, so I looked it up in the Cakewalk Sonar Reference Guide. In the current manual it's described beginning on page 60.

Thanks - that isn't the reference guide that opens from Sonar's Help/Documentation menu item - that menu item takes you to a website for legacy Cakewalk documentation. 

 

[Skelm]

22 hours ago, Bristol_Jonesey said:

This is available from the Start Screen. Without opening a project, you can preview by clicking the little play icon

 

Thanks Bristol_Jonesy, I sees you need to create the preview when exporting. Not sure why the new Sonar would link to the old Sonar's help docs when new help docs exist.

[User 905133]

3 hours ago, Skelm said:

Thanks - that isn't the reference guide that opens from Sonar's Help/Documentation menu item - that menu item takes you to a website for legacy Cakewalk documentation. 

FYI: You can also get to the Cakewalk Sonar Reference Guide from the forum. (See below.) I assume that the in-app / online documentation link and web pages might be in the process of being reworked.  So I tend to use the Reference Guide itself. It is readily available (and has been for some time.) 

If you prefer web-based documentation over manuals / guides, there's also an elaborate Help System accessible through https://help.cakewalk.com/hc/en-us.

Hope these additional avenues to access information help.

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[Bristol_Jonesey]

2 hours ago, Skelm said:

Thanks Bristol_Jonesy, I sees you need to create the preview when exporting. Not sure why the new Sonar would link to the old Sonar's help docs when new help docs exist.

I've never had to create a preview while exporting.

The play icons appear whether the project has been exported or not

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[User 905133]

Interesting.  Maybe the Reference Guide needs to be revised?   

[David Baay]

Ref. Guide does

1 hour ago, Bristol_Jonesey said:

The play icons appear whether the project has been exported or not

Bounce to Track(s) will also generate a preview file because it uses mostly the same code as Export. I have not seen a preview be available in the absence of one of those two events. A lot of my projects continue to be MIDI only while in progress and don't have previews until I bounce the Master bus to a 'Master Bounce' track.

[Bristol_Jonesey]

8 minutes ago, David Baay said:

Ref. Guide does

Bounce to Track(s) will also generate a preview file because it uses mostly the same code as Export. I have not seen a preview be available in the absence of one of those two events. A lot of my projects continue to be MIDI only while in progress and don't have previews until I bounce the Master bus to a 'Master Bounce' track.

Hey, you're right. Never noticed that before. Live & learn eh?

[Noel Borthwick]

Yes as long as you check the box in the dialog to render the preview it will save one whether its export or bounce to tracks.