While there have been hundreds of fixes and enhancements added to SONAR since X3, we’ve compiled this list of the ones we think X-Series users will be particularly fond of.
Recording
- Fixed clip & metronome placement during loop record
- Fixed complex looping scenarios
- Fixed MIDI issues during audio loop recording
- Mute Previous Takes no longer interferes with Comping mode
Editing
- Improved transient detection
- Speed improvements when editing MIDI in PRV
- Improved drag selection
- Improved editing with the Smart Tool
- Improved Lasso for audio transients at all zoom levels
- Edit > Select > From/Thru no longer clears selections
- Fixed Delete Hole issue when selecting empty measure in Track View
- Fixed issues with Shift+Click on audio clips
- Improved clip behaviors when using auto crossfade
- Improved clip dragging graphics and offset handling
- Improved note selection in PRV
- Improved Melodyne behavior after setting region
Mixing
- Sends now feed side-chain on project open
- Fixed jumps when rewriting automation
- Fixed VST3 behaviors in Clip FX bins
- Improved console view EQ display
- Fixed Dim Solo issue when using instrument tracks
- Fixed plug-in output errors
- Fixed plug-in removal issue on Simple Instrument Tracks
Chris Broderick has been focusing on his band Act of Defiance and their new record on Metal Blade Records. “We recorded all vocals, cello, lead, rhythm, classical and acoustic guitars at Ill-Fated Studio’s in Los Angeles, CA on SONAR Platinum. The features we gained upgrading from X3 to Platinum really helped us capture this new record.”
Audio / MIDI Engine
- Fixed intermittent crash when switching driver modes
- Fixes to Bounce to Clips for MIDI
- Fixes to the Arpeggiator Preset workflow
- Improved MIDI input port detection
UI
- Fixed layout issues when removing icon from header
- Fixed muted waveform drawing
- Fixed waveform draw with tempo changes
- Improved waveform draw on Groove Clips
- Fixed waveform redraw on cropped clips when dragging
- Improved clip fade waveform
- Improved scroll in Console View
- Improved Timecode unification in all views
- Improved Track Folder grouping
- Improved workflow when changing a Screenset
Norman Matthew of the band Murder FM not only used Platinum on his recent record produced by Beau Hill, but his band is also using it live on tour. “Platinum is ridiculously stable. Our show has developed into something more dynamic–and we like triggering some sounds that we used on the record on tour. SONAR Platinum works so well for us on stage as well as in the studio.”
PRV
- Controller pane no longer resets size when switching tracks
- Drum Pane now persists when re-opening PRV
- Fixed PRV piano keyboard collapse when PRV maximized
- Fixed right-click snap in PRV
- Fixed Show/Hide state in PRV Track Pane
Other Views – LCV / Lyric / Marker / Meter etc.
- Fixed orphan window in projects opened from Playlist
- Fixed Screenset recalls
- Fixed Take Lane rearrange on undo
- Fixed vertical zoom behaviors when hiding tracks
- Improved double-click behaviors on MIDI clips in Track View/PRV
- Improved Step Sequencer behavior when using a clip assigned to a drum map
Misc.
- Fixed bounced clip time base reset problem
- Fixed Now Time marker movement when pressing Pause
- Fixed silent drum map note issues after tempo changes
- Fixed a crash when trying to open a moved project from recent file list
- Fixes to BitBridge which could cause a project to hang on closing
- Improved recall of Remote Control for synths
Javier Colon, winner of NBC’s The Voice continues his lifelong musical journey with a new record deal and album coming out on Concord Music Group this spring. “I’ve been using SONAR for a long time, but going from X3 to Platinum was the best upgrade I’ve had. Platinum was like a writing partner for me with this new record.”
