How about they include a good tuner

...like the Peterson tuner.
 
Option to locate on the control bar and when it was "on" would be functioning for the active track.
 
 
 
 
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I suppose you could put it on a bus, like how the metronome works. Weird, I never thought of that.

Put up your hand if you play bass or guitar and don't have a tuner! 
I rest my case. 

stevec
I'm not sure a plugin could be nested in the Control Bar, but I certainly like the idea!
 
Voted.
 

Perhaps make the Control Bar module appear as a tuner, but in reality is like a whole new hidden track, with one select-able plug-in field (no audio output needed). If you Solo a track, it enables the tuner (plug-in). As soon as you un-Solo the track, the tuner goes away or turns off. Perhaps even the Control Bar module only appears when you click a Solo button.
 
You could insert ANY one plug-in. Perhaps you want to simply add a special-use meter plug-in that's visible when literally any track is Solo'd, but it's inactive and disabled when all Solo's are off. Benefit being that you don't have to insert one into each track. Win!

lawp
i would prefer they work on the daw itself tbh, rather than adding things that are already available as plugins /2c

In a sense, it could *default* to one, but if you want to simply use another type meter, you could choose that instead, perhaps. Or a tuner that's always there, much like the now-time, but if you want, you could add another analytical plug-in, perhaps. I do agree, it would be pretty amazing to see a meter in the Control bar that looks  very much like the meter of the 4K Buss compressor, with a few LEDs below it and a tiny digital read-out to show string # or note. Only, in this case, it would be even cooler to light it up like in the Easter egg. :)

Kev999
It's not just about tuning up a guitar before a take. You might need to verify that something already recorded is on pitch. Softsynths that use samples are not always on pitch. Or sometimes you might even want some notes to be sharp or flat by a fixed amount and need to check it.  An onboard tuner is a handy tool.

All versions of TH2 have a tuner. It's not as sophisticated as Peterson's, but don't forget that Peterson's deluxe version costs $100 and the basic one costs $50. Not sure people would want to see that get built into SONAR's price, especially for Artist (whose TH2 version has a tuner).

The best tuner for me is MeldaProduction's MTuner that has a ridiculously simple look (I don't need a complicated one ). And I have a dedicated Tuner track (with MTuner inserted) whose Input Echo and Mute buttons are always on. In addition, my screenset for recording guitar has the MTuner window in the lower-right corner of the screen and I can simply show/hide it by hitting just Num 0 (which is the closest key to my right hand's middle finger) to which I assigned the "X-Ray All FX/synths" command. This works perfectly for me. So, no vote from me. 

yes please! I don't care about the Peterson thing, but sometimes, as a songwriter, you need to get to the point where you record the idea with as little extra clicks as possible.
Ideal workflow is made of a hundred little things like that.

I think its a great idea.
But why not take it a step further. If it's a pro channel plugin, then why not add a noise generator as well. That helps with monitor setups. If it also had a ping generator, you could use it to better position acoustic tiles. Just saying, the Platinum level is meant to be for producing, why not add some studio setup aids.
 
The tuner would be an artist integrated utility, and the generators would be professional and platinum integrated utility.

Until this happens, GTune is ok.
http://www.gvst.co.uk/gtune.htm
Comes as 32 bit and 64 bit VST plugin.

swamptooth
Thought that this video popping up in my youtube feed this morning was funny...
http://youtu.be/tILlZRLhBJE?t=9m52s

What a great find,
I hope Cakewalk is reading this. What a perfect example of how our suggestions are on the right track, if only we would be heard. I know it may be easier said then done, but we would appreciate at least an acknowledgement that Cakewalk is hearing us.

I've been using the TB Strobe tuner. It is a stand alone app but it behaves like an old fashioned strobe tuner and will show the harmonics as well as the fundamental.
 
I got it for $5.00 and i really like it.
 
It would be nice to have inside the daw so I could check the samples or soft synth to make sure everything is on pitch.
 
It's not a deal breaker but sure would be nice to have a good tuner built in.