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Jonathan Sasor

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Hi all - please use this topic to post feedback specific to the Sonar 2025.09 release. Release-specific feedback is valuable to us, and consolidating it in a single topic is extremely helpful.

We request that  discussion in this thread be restricted to issues directly concerning this release, to make it easier for us to assist users. For other topics, kindly use the feature request section or create new posts.  Off topic messages will be deleted.

Thanks in advance!

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I am a cakewalk youtuber from China, aiming to provide Chinese users with better free DAW

After the latest 2025.9 (Build032) update, I am unable to use the free sampling library mentioned in the update log. In the browser on the right, I can see the "Free" icon, but when I drag the free samples into the track, it prompts me to "get membership" 


我是一名来自于中国的cakewalk视频博主，旨在让中国的用户用到更好的免费DAW
在最新的2025.9（Build032）更新后，我无法使用更新日志中提及的免费采样库。在右侧的浏览器中，我能够看到有“Free”标识，但是当我将其中的免费采样拖入轨道中时，会提示需要“get membership”

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Just updated and when I start Sonar I get:

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I'm English in the UK so I cannot see how I can reset it back to English.

UPDATE: I managed to "guess select" a different language (turned out to be Portuguese) which, after a restart, allowed me to see and select Ingles so I can now see what I'm doing again in English.

I also noticed that it took much longer to start up than normal.

Thanks

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1 hour ago, xiao wenn said:

I am a cakewalk youtuber from China, aiming to provide Chinese users with better free DAW

After the latest 2025.9 (Build032) update, I am unable to use the free sampling library mentioned in the update log. In the browser on the right, I can see the "Free" icon, but when I drag the free samples into the track, it prompts me to "get membership" 

Yes this wasn't intentional. We'll investigate and fix it soon.

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Jonathan Sasor

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4 hours ago, xiao wenn said:

I am a cakewalk youtuber from China, aiming to provide Chinese users with better free DAW

After the latest 2025.9 (Build032) update, I am unable to use the free sampling library mentioned in the update log. In the browser on the right, I can see the "Free" icon, but when I drag the free samples into the track, it prompts me to "get membership" 


我是一名来自于中国的cakewalk视频博主，旨在让中国的用户用到更好的免费DAW
在最新的2025.9（Build032）更新后，我无法使用更新日志中提及的免费采样库。在右侧的浏览器中，我能够看到有“Free”标识，但是当我将其中的免费采样拖入轨道中时，会提示需要“get membership”

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Please try build 033 that we just released. This should resolve the issue. 

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This is a doozie, after installing the latest release, bounce to tracks on completion did not display the bounced audio track, regardless the bounced track was in the project audio folder. I followed up testing with new projects using no FX, a single synth (Track Folder, Midi Track, 1st Audio Out) and various Source Categories & Render options. Only in one instance did I see the bounced audio track which could not be reproduced. This occurred with & without headphones, I even rebooted the computer to no effect with the same the results. I’m on the latest W10 update with Realtek audio device (I know, not the best audio).

 

This did not happen with the previous release, I only hope there’s a hot fix, I don’t believe it’s my system...

This is a doozie, after installing the latest release, bounce to tracks on completion did not display the bounced audio track, regardless the bounced track was in the project audio folder. I followed up testing with new projects using no FX, a single synth (Track Folder, Midi Track, 1st Audio Out) and various Source Categories & Render options. Only in one instance did I see the bounced audio track which could not be reproduced. This occurred with & without headphones, I even rebooted the computer to no effect with the same the results. I’m on the latest W10 update with Realtek audio device (I know, not the best audio).

 

This did not happen with the previous release, I only hope there’s a hot fix, I don’t believe it’s my system, the same tests on CbB , which is still operative, work just fine!

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Jonathan Sasor

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2 hours ago, xiao wenn said:

Thank you to the Sonar development team for urgently fixing the bug. Now, free sampling is available! However, the synchronization project speed function under the sampling library does not work.

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They import as a standard non-stretched audio file. You can then make them time stretch to your project by enabling looping on them (select the clip, then CTRL + L)

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5 hours ago, Tez said:

This is a doozie, after installing the latest release, bounce to tracks on completion did not display the bounced audio track, regardless the bounced track was in the project audio folder. I followed up testing with new projects using no FX, a single synth (Track Folder, Midi Track, 1st Audio Out) and various Source Categories & Render options. Only in one instance did I see the bounced audio track which could not be reproduced. This occurred with & without headphones, I even rebooted the computer to no effect with the same the results. I’m on the latest W10 update with Realtek audio device (I know, not the best audio).

 

This did not happen with the previous release, I only hope there’s a hot fix, I don’t believe it’s my system...

This is a doozie, after installing the latest release, bounce to tracks on completion did not display the bounced audio track, regardless the bounced track was in the project audio folder. I followed up testing with new projects using no FX, a single synth (Track Folder, Midi Track, 1st Audio Out) and various Source Categories & Render options. Only in one instance did I see the bounced audio track which could not be reproduced. This occurred with & without headphones, I even rebooted the computer to no effect with the same the results. I’m on the latest W10 update with Realtek audio device (I know, not the best audio).

 

This did not happen with the previous release, I only hope there’s a hot fix, I don’t believe it’s my system, the same tests on CbB , which is still operative, work just fine!

Unable to reproduce this on our end. If waveforms aren't drawing, that's usually either an issue with the audio driver or the picture cache. Double check that you're using the correct driver for your device. You can clear the existing picture cache which defaults to C:\Cakewalk Projects\Picture Cache and it will redraw all of your waveforms.

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It seems like a good update, with a speedier load - although is there any way of bringing my old Sonitus FX DX plugins back? They've now disappeared. I know they're being replaced by the VST 3 ones, but on some of them (the compressor and reverb) I much, much prefer the old interface. It would be nice to keep the choice. I tried adding them back in with the plugin layout settings but they simply no longer appear.

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25 minutes ago, Cognessence said:

It seems like a good update, with a speedier load - although is there any way of bringing my old Sonitus FX DX plugins back? They've now disappeared. I know they're being replaced by the VST 3 ones, but on some of them (the compressor and reverb) I much, much prefer the old interface. It would be nice to keep the choice. I tried adding them back in with the plugin layout settings but they simply no longer appear.

You need to uncheck both of these in preferences, and do another VST scan:

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18 hours ago, Jonathan Sasor said:

Unable to reproduce this on our end

Well, the picture cache is empty and it produces the bounced audio files. the driver setup is identical to CbB  using WASAPI Exclusive, with no issue in CbB! Further  there's another quirk, the Bounce to Tracks popup appears, but the Include Project Preview is greyed out, and in order to make it selectable the Source outputs have to be deselected  then reselected. After, if Include Project Preview is selected the bounce will produce at least by the 2nd try (so far) the visual audio  waveform track of bounced audio file (which exists). The test projects are simple, only producing one bounced track, regardless this seems extremely flakey to me not to mention time consuming & frustrating when I just want to get on with my projects. I've no idea if this behavior is consistent or would work with more complex projects or bounce options. I hope there's something that can resolve this 

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3 hours ago, D Gorod said:

I noticed that the numbers on the indicator started disappearing

If you're talking about the dB scale on audio tracks, track 7 is un-zoomed and showing the default full scale. It will show more subdivisions below -3dB if you increase the track height. Tracks 8 and 9 are zoomed so dB values above -12dB (i.e. closer to 0dB peak) are off the scale.

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