Windows 8 and Sonar....Could be great.

I am guessing with a 17" Tablet display  we will actually be able to do "touch mixing" on a tablet on the Mix screen while using the non touch displays for  tracks and other windows functions...

Anyone think this is far fetched? 

A real touchscreen tablet controller?  The pieces are in place with Windows 8...

CJaysMusic


Yea, you just need someone smart enough to the write code for it.

So are you implying that no one at Cakewalk is smart enough to do that?

I am more inclined to wonder if they will make it an update for X2 coming out soon. I am pretty sure they see the possibilities given W8 is a touch based ready OS out of the box.  I have decided to wait to upgrade my hardware after learning more about W8. 

SO it looks like Sonar has to be written to use "Metro" in order to use a touch screen display as a RT controller


"According to here are two classes of applications that can be built and run on Windows 8 PCs and tablets. One is "Metro Style" applications. These are the modern, immersive applications that are going to get front-and-center billing. ("Metro" is the name of the design language that Microsoft pioneered with Windows Phone 7.) Developers writing Metro Style apps can code them in C, C++, C#, Visual Basic, HTML5/JavaScript and/or using XAML. The inclusion of XAML here implies "Jupiter," I'd say, even though Microsoft officials never used that codename during our prebrief yesterday. Jupiter is the XAML/UI layer on top of Windows 8 that enables Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) apps to work on the platform.
The second class of applications that can be built and run on Windows 8 PCs and tablets is called "Desktop" applications. These are applications that users can access by clicking on the Desktop tile in Windows 8. They don't have to be immersive; they can look and feel like classic Windows applications that don't assume that users will want/need to rely on touch as the primary way that they interact with them. Examples of existing Desktop apps that will work on Windows 8 are things like Photoshop or Intuit.
Microsoft's execs are emphasizing that Windows 8 is a no-compromise platform. They are positioning it as an operating system that can be all things to all people. But make no mistake: Microsoft sees Metro Style apps as the future. If you don't believe me, browse through the just-released list of sessions for Build.

The metro apps will run on a "real" PC computer.  Real PC programs (like SONAR) won't run on metro software which is designed for tablet users w/ slower processors.  MS is releasing two "tablets," one is metro powered the other more like a laptop w/ real intel chips.

Cake already stated that SONAR X2 will be Windows 8 compatible but won't run on metro.  So yes, it can be controlled by toucscreen.  Whether this works as well as theory is another question.

I hope that one could have a regular ole big screen to look at while doing channel control, console control or effects/synth on a touchscreen in your lap/desk in an expanded view.  That would be cool - if the touchscreen would show a popup version of the plug.  I'm not sure how good virtual faders would be compared to motorized faders w/ their tactile feedback.  Maybe I'm a dinosaur but I like the feel and feedback of a real fader under my fingers.  Otherwise, just about everything else could be touchscreen enabled.

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I think a tablet for "remote control/locator" type functions would be great.

I wouldn't want to use any touch device for super detailed adjustments.
Gimme real tactile controls or a mouse for that purpose.