the ability to drag drum samples onto rows of the stepsequencer and hence eliminate the need to use a vst plug-in and have to map everything.

1...I totally Love to see a cleaner track view with automation lanes separate of the track lane, I hate grabbing an automation line by accident and changing it.. Just to cluttered .
2. Audiosnap 3.0 
3. Step sequencer needs to be totally redone.. 
4. SD3 needs wave editor built in..
 BUT THIS WOULD BE THE FEATURE WE ALL NEED IF IT COULD BE DONE!!!

HOW ABOUT HAVE TRACK LANES WORK AS A SAMPLER LANES INSTEAD, THATS ABLE TO READ MIDI ,AUDIO ECT.. 
How I like to see it work would be grab a loop , make a loop, ect drag it into track lane where you want it, Transients are made up automaticlly with a push of a button, you can make set points and drag out , stretch out on time . sampler tools to edit the sample, Just like have NI Kontakt but with out opening any 3rd party program.. all in the track view window , How sweet would that be, we can zoom into edit it now but why not make the track lane a sampler lane with sampler tools.. 

...wicked


So, I'm assuming there's been no response to this effort yet?

Correct, no formal response since I mailed in the hard-copy letters and we sent emails and posted to the standard feature request system. At the beginning of the effort, we did get a nice initial response from Willy at Cakewalk with a request for more detail, which we provided. I consider that a good first start, so now we just await a "formal" response from the Cakewalk folks named in the letter -- Greg, Noel, Alex, Brandon, Carl and Steve.

I hope to hear from them at least shortly after the holidays and they get back into the groove after the new year.

Best, James

Please add me to the list too, Great ideas and suggestions! Thanks for taking your personal time to do this.
Tommy

I was thinking the same thing, that's it's probably because of the holiday or maybe their resident pet dog (Baker) ate it (letter)?

But you never know, we might get a response in January or February.

They might need more time to drool go over all the details before responding.

I do know a moderator or two has browsed this thread!

If Cakewalk decides to keep it under wraps until the new Sonar release then it will be a very long wait, that does not seem practical because even if the letter stated no response is necessary it might make some people here feel that they are being discourteous.

.

Oh, no doubt that Cakewalk has read this thread and knows about it.  But I personally don't expect them to respond, except with actions :-).  I mean, all they can really say is that they appreciate our efforts and will consider the features that have been requested.  Other than that, they can't really say much more.  So, if they decide to respond, it'll probably be a generic answer like that.  There's no way they'll say that they will seriously consider these features even if they want to.  That would compromise them and put them on the spot.

I agree entirely with what Jose said, this is most definitely not a demand, and I do hope we can all continue to keep the tone positive, which I think everyone who has posted in this thread has been pretty darn good at. I just can't help myself and say THANK YOU again for all the support!

I've been very inspired by the great forum members that I've come to know a bit better here, both publicly and privately, and I'm positively blown away by the great ideas that have been posted in this forum by many killer Sonar users over the years. I know Cakewalk reads the forum and by extrapolation they have certainly read the feature request list and letter by now. I'm positive Cakewalk will respond when they feel it is appropriate for them. I want to be very optimistic what that response will (eventually) be... and certainly actions speak infinitely louder than words. So if we have to wait until fall of 2010 to get our sweaty hands on the install disks, so be it. (Although, I'm *hoping* for a "response' much sooner than that.)

I'm actually a little relieved that they didn't respond too quickly. In the PR world, that's often a sign of damage control or playing politics, and not necessarily getting at the heart of the issue. I hope they take all the time they need to seriously analyze the list and the nature of this effort so they can make the best possible decisions. It's got to be a very complex decision matrix that they must go through and I have every hope that they'll make use of all the good will presented here in the best possible way.

Heck, I hope they take it all the way and use this and other threads here as major marketing bullet points in the next release... about how much they listen to their userbase, etc., etc., etc. :)

And yes, I do "hope" for a formal response (whatever that means) soon but obviously no one here is asking Cakewalk to show their poker hand... they surely can't detail their entire development schedule for the next X months or years. But they can acknowledge the feature request list and positive effort, maybe drop a couple of hints :) maybe reveal a general area of focus.... :) After all, good PR is good marketing, and good marketing makes for good sales, and good sales... well, you get the picture. Cakewalk is a business after all, and if they can profit from ANY of this, more power to them. If they actually do implement some of the key requests here, well, you don't have to take advanced marketing courses to understand what type of synergy and momentum they could develop. Win-win, you know. :)

BTW, I've now added Tommy (Tommy01) and Dilaco1 to list! Thank you for your support!

Happy New Year everyone!

   eratu: I agree entirely with what Jose said, this is most definitely not a demand

You agree with Jose but not me?

Of course it's not a demand, it's a matter of respect, a lot of customers are supporting that letter and contributed not only on this thread but other threads and of course I and others paid for SONAR instead of stealing it (piracy). At the least we deserve a 'little' respect, a little  acknowledgement.

   Wicked.... Well maybe that Ableton thread will give them the courage to speak up about updates.

Maybe! I have seen threads where some have outspokenly stated they did not update because they feel a little disappointed, issues such as envelopes ring a bell? looks like Cakewalk has some catching up to do.


Come on guys, Sonar is all powerful and feature packed to the brim but there are some things that have been left to gather dust in favour of adding new toys. That's the reality!!!! Don't deny it.

On another post I said, Please Cakewalk, give us an exclusive update.

After the issue I had with the eStore it gave me time to reconsider upgrading, I have decided to 'wait'n'see'.


Wishing everyone great prosperity for the new year :-)

Cheers!

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Jose7822


I mean, all they can really say is that they appreciate our efforts and will consider the features that have been requested.

I think Cakewalk should hire you for a PR tutorial.

I like the suggestions on the previous page. Simple and elegant yet powerful.

UnderTow

I'm coming very late to the party.  Where do I sign up?
 
Did Vari-Speed make it to the list of feature requests?   That is top of my list.

SongCraft


Jose; I mean, all they can really say is that they appreciate our efforts and will consider the features that have been requested.

And that's all they need to say ;-)

Exactly! :)

UnderTow

UnderTow

Jose7822


I mean, all they can really say is that they appreciate our efforts and will consider the features that have been requested.

I think Cakewalk should hire you for a PR tutorial.

I like the suggestions on the previous page. Simple and elegant yet powerful.

UnderTow

 
 
:-P

Eratu,

It's all good! I hope my post does not steer this thread in a negative direction as that is not my intention.

I feel that everyone has their preferences, their own preferred workflow. But at the very core of the program we all want the same; enhanced, uninterrupted workflow.  Along with that Sonar has proven to be flexible, to accomidate more than one workflow, I think that's a good thing! It's great to have various options.

What SONAR series should ALL have in common is at the core, have exactly the same GUI and workflow enhancements, overall even-more user-friendly and uninterrupted workflows with continued focus on optimisations, greater stabiliity/quality control and greatly enhanced workflow that includes what's been suggested on this thread particularly the later part (PRV+Trk-View GUI Enhancements and improved Envelope workflow)  I much prefer Cakewalk moves in that direction.

It's funny that little simple enhancements such as; 'solo/unsolo without stopping playback' and the newly suggested 'PRV+Trk-View',  would go a long way to greatly improve workflow.

Please ad my name to the list!

Ludwig Bouwer
Music Producer/Sound Engineer
One Big Room Studios
South Africa

Please add me to the list, and thank you for taking the time to do this, it is really appreciated.

Cheers
Mike