{"id":25833,"date":"2017-08-03T10:32:46","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T14:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/?p=25833"},"modified":"2017-08-03T10:32:46","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T14:32:46","slug":"sonar-2017-07-release-little-things-mean-a-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/2017\/08\/03\/sonar-2017-07-release-little-things-mean-a-lot\/","title":{"rendered":"SONAR 2017.07 Release: Little Things Mean a Lot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bus Pane Aim Assist<\/h2>\n

Aim Assist is a long-time SONAR convenience\u2014it draws a vertical bar across all Tracks to follow the mouse cursor position, while obeying snap settings. With Aim Assist, it’s easy to align edits across tracks.<\/p>\n

Until now, Aim Assist only applied to the Tracks Pane. Extending this feature to work in the Bus Pane has been one of our most popular feature requests from customers, and now it\u2019s here in SONAR 2017.07.<\/p>\n

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Bus Pane Aim Assist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With more advanced automation and routing, it’s now easy to use Aim Assist to align mix and automation settings visually across all tracks and<\/i> buses.<\/p>\n

Recently Used Plug-ins<\/h2>\n

We\u2019ve found that SONAR users often have their \u201cgo-to\u201d plug-ins that they\u2019re using over and over again. With SONAR 2017.07, we\u2019ve made it easy to insert any of your five most recently used plug-ins anywhere in your project\u2014no other setup necessary, it just works!<\/p>\n

Noteworthy Enhancements<\/h2>\n
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Drum Project with 100’s of little clips<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In projects with thousands of micro-edits\u2014for example, when using AudioSnap and Split Beats to chop and tighten drum tracks\u2014SONAR is now much more responsive.<\/p>\n

In our SONAR 2017.05 Update<\/a> we introduced Ripple Editing, and the SONAR community rejoiced. We\u2019ve continued to make improvements, and in this SONAR 2017.07 release, SONAR is now smarter about working with MIDI data while Ripple Editing<\/strong>. You can learn more about how in the 2017.07 issue of our monthly Tech+Music magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While using the Adaptive Limiter some of our customers noticed a ring modulation effect. Cool sounding? Yes. Intended? No. When using the 64-bit Double Precision Engine along with a 64 sample buffer size in SONAR some plug-ins\u2014including the Adaptive Limiter\u2014would misbehave. This has now been addressed in SONAR 2017.07.<\/p>\n

This issue had affected other plug-ins as well and could have caused some users to not be able to use 64-bit Double Precision in SONAR. With this update, we encourage users experiencing this issue to try using the 64-bit Double Precision Engine again<\/strong>. You can find this in Preferences under Driver Settings.<\/p>\n

Using Snap and the Smart Grid together is more visually consistent now between the Track View and Piano Roll View, and we have improved the look of grid lines while zooming out of a project\u2014no more confusing beat markers in the Time Ruler or stacked grid lines displaying on top of one another. We now always display the beat in the Time Ruler and the Snap subdivision in the view. This makes it easier to see the relationship between measure, beat, and subdivision while editing. See below for additional changes to this area.<\/p>\n