Adding programs to the SONAR Utilities Menu - a new tool (Updated for CbB)

The process for adding audio editors is described here https://www.cakewalk.com/Support/Knowledge-Base/2007013099/Adding-third-party-audio-editing-software-to-SONARs-Tools-menu
 
Noel went into more detail here http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/1850413
 
Based on these links I created a new utility program, SONARToolsEditor (this link still works for the old SONAR version but users of 64bit SONAR or CbB should use the newest version). The most recent direct link is here. Rather than using direct links a better source is here, a page containing the links to the current versions of everything.
Old SONAR info:
Most only need SONARToolsEditor.exe. It should work on 64bit Vista and newer maintaining the tools section of the Utilities menu for both 32 and 64bit SONAR running on 64bit Windows. SONARToolsEditor32.exe is intended for 32bit Windows only.
 
Edit1: v2.1 updated to new version. Now has command line arguments to override drop down defaults. It is packaged as a zip, including both 32 and 64bit versions and a Readme.pdf
 
Edit2: v2.3 minor UI reformatting
 
Edit3: all software updated for CbB. A new tools editor was created. The initial release of the new editor is v1.1.

Thank you, scook!

That's an RX setting, where it re-loads the previous thing you worked on. Have a look through the preferences in RX; I can't remember what it's called, but you can switch it off.

Many thanks for your great contribution Scook! this is a wonderful and useful application. I think you'll make Mudgel very happy, as he has been asking for this. Great job and many thanks.

Thanks Steve.
 
You ARE the Force!

Nice Tool many thanks and it works great.

Beautiful ... such a time saving piece of software.
 
You Steve, are a King among men! lol
Thank you very much!

Red4Con1
What do this new tool do?

It allows you to add external programs to the Utilities menu in Sonar, or edit existing ones, so that you can open them without leaving Sonar and without manually editing the registry to add them.
 
Steve, This works great.
I had several to add, but in bites because of the tedious entry.
Thanks for this!

Nice!!!    Downloading now...

Thanks Steve! For this and for all that you contribute here. Much appreciated.

This looks really great...can't wait to get home from work and give it a try.
 
Am I correct in assuming that if I select a clip in Sonar and launch another app through the Utilities (Audition, RX3, etc.), any changes I make to that selection in the third-party app will then be reflected in Sonar?  In other words, the Utilities function is a destructive editing feature that replaces that actual source file as opposed to making a copy of it somewhere?
 
Or would I need to replace that clip in Sonar once I'm done fussing with it in the external app?

I have read some versions of Audition work, some do not. I do not use Audition and have not tested the program.
 
I believe iZotope RX series require the RegionFlag option be set to No. It is the only case I am aware of which requires that setting.

I did a sound mix for an indie film a few years ago, but because Sonar's video implementation didn't really cut the cake for that sort of thing, I ended up using Audition as the host and RX3 as an outside app to clean up the dialogue tracks.  And boy, what a hassle that process was.  I had to export the clips and manually open them one at a time inside RX3, making sure to save the processed audio with the same file name so it would refresh correctly within Audition.
 
I'd mostly use RX3 and maybe Audition in some scenarios, so I guess we'll see how that workflow goes!
 
Thanks for the info, looking forward to trying it out.