{"id":23120,"date":"2015-11-19T17:32:28","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T21:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/?p=23120"},"modified":"2015-11-19T17:32:28","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T21:32:28","slug":"5-major-speed-optimizations-in-upcoming-sonar-kingston-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/2015\/11\/19\/5-major-speed-optimizations-in-upcoming-sonar-kingston-update\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Major Speed Optimizations in Upcoming SONAR Kingston Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23140 alignleft\" title=\"SONAR Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SONAR-Logo-150x150.png\" alt=\"SONAR Logo\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As we work to perfect SONAR, we&#8217;ve focused not only on useful new features, but also improvements to the core program. This month, we targeted our efforts on streamlining SONAR in major ways that will help hobbyists and power users alike.<\/p>\n<p>For the upcoming SONAR Kingston update, CTO Noel Borthwick ran a few benchmark tests to compare, apples-to-apples, exactly\u00a0<em>how much\u00a0<\/em>better SONAR is performing now versus SONAR X3. In every case, the SONAR Kingston update showed marked improvements over SONAR X3 to perform the most common tasks.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23265\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23265\" style=\"width: 557px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Benchmarks1.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-23265  \" title=\"SONAR Kingston Benchmarks - Click to view Full-size\" src=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Benchmarks1.png\" alt=\"SONAR Kingston Benchmarks\" width=\"557\" height=\"109\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23265\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>*Tests performed on a Haswell Core i7 5960X with 16 GB RAM running 64-bit Windows 8.1<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Want to feel the effects of this progress for yourself? <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.cakewalk.com\/1244\/catalog\/category.60460\/\" target=\"_blank\">Upgrade<\/a>\u00a0or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cakewalk.com\/Products\/SONAR\/Try-SONAR#start\" target=\"_blank\">try SONAR free today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>SONAR is officially supported on Windows 7, 8, 8.1, and 10.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" cellspacing=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<th colspan=\"2\">You might also like&#8230;<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/anatomy-of-a-sonar-project-replacing-the-placeholder\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-23042\" title=\"Anatomy of a SONAR Project - Replacing the Placeholder\" src=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Image-11-150x150.png\" alt=\"Anatomy of a SONAR Project - Replacing the Placeholder\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/5-ways-sonars-rolling-updates-are-working-for-you\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-23083\" title=\"5 Ways SONAR's Rolling Updates are Working For You\" src=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Drum-Replacer_950x425-150x150.png\" alt=\"Drum Replacer Cakewalk\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/anatomy-of-a-sonar-project-replacing-the-placeholder\/\">ANATOMY OF A SONAR PROJECT: REPLACING THE PLACEHOLDER<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/5-ways-sonars-rolling-updates-are-working-for-you\/\">5 WAYS SONAR\u2019S ROLLING UPDATES ARE WORKING FOR YOU<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we work to perfect SONAR, we&#8217;ve focused not only on useful new features, but also improvements to the core program. This month, we targeted our efforts on streamlining SONAR in major ways that will help hobbyists and power users alike. 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