Just have to give a HUGE thank you to cakewalk for

The qwerty keyboard,this has always been an issue for me,i bought an interface(ua-25)and a huge casio keyboard with midi but it was so big sometimes it would be a hassle.Then I got a few other midi keyboards and controllers but at some point the usb midi ports on all my controllers started going in and out and eventually not making the connection at all.And I wanted  QWERTY midi key function so bad,like when your at a coffee shop and don't want to bring a midi controller.
And now it is here!
So what I am trying to say is thank you,this user truly appreciates it!

Very cool addition! I've always wondered why you couldn't use your qwerty keyboard for midi.

Up to date? What's missing?

TomHelvey

Bflat5
Up to date? What's missing?

Duplicate, Warping, Chord Tracks, Notation functionality, Grouping, check the feature request forum for more.

Collapse/expand all track take/automation lanes at once, better active track highlight... :)

TomHelvey

Bflat5
Up to date? What's missing?

Duplicate, Warping, Chord Tracks, Notation functionality, Grouping, check the feature request forum for more.

What do you mean by "duplicate" and "grouping"? You can clone tracks and group clips, group parameters, and quick group parameters for multiple quick changes, so I suspect you mean something else.
 
As to missing features, although it would be convenient I doubt any program will ever incorporate all features from other programs...you could come up with a list of things SONAR has that other programs don't have, and consider those programs to have "missing" features. For example Cubase does have a chord track feature, but it doesn't have a Matrix View, doesn't offer FX chains, can't create or edit Acidized files, etc. Are those "missing" features in Cubase, or simply features SONAR has that Cubase doesn't? Reason has a really nice sampler and SONAR doesn't, but does that mean SONAR has a missing feature or that SONAR gives you the option to use the 3rd party sampler of your choice? Is Live not doing comping a missing feature, or is it not as necessary to Live's paradigm as advanced warping, which Live does have?
 
The people working at these software companies are creative folks, and will always be coming up with new features. They do this to try and differentiate their programs and have unique selling points. I highly doubt there could ever be "one DAW to rule them all" although if there is, I'd be okay with it being SONAR 

John
I love the new keyboard. It is very handy!

+1    I honestly had no interest when it was mentioned, but I've quickly found it's a great way to audition VSTi patches.  Much more ergonomic for me than trying to play a real keyboard off one side while twisting in the other direction to mouse click through patches. 

stevec
I honestly had no interest when it was mentioned, but I've quickly found it's a great way to audition VSTi patches.  Much more ergonomic for me than trying to play a real keyboard off one side while twisting in the other direction to mouse click through patches. 

I've been using a third party virtual midi keyboard and while I find it handy try out simple things and audition patches, it's not very useful for creating actual music.  The problem is that the minute I click on a softsynth to adjust a parameter with the mouse the virtual keyboard loses focus and has to be clicked on again to get it back.  A note can get stuck on in the process.
 
With the new Sonar keyboard, can you click and manipulate things in a softsynth with the mouse while still playing the synth through your computer keyboard ?

I'm using it all the while while remote debugging :)
I frequently connect to my work PC to do stuff and I can now easily do realtime MIDI input via remote desktop using this.

Yeah, really useful feature. I've got a nice full size keyboard about five or six feet to my right that I use for serious playing. But I've already been using the virtual keyboard for tapping in basic patterns for things. Really handy to be able to do that right where I'm sitting.

Noel, I've already been having good fun. It's going to be used regularly by me. I think it was a genius addition and takes great advantage of the multi-touch!!
 
Bravo!

letyourlightshine
When someone wants new features,or other features users should not take it like it is personal.I find that so frustrating about the internet in general.I love sonar,but it isn't infallible,don't give it god status.It is my favorite DAW but there are definitely things that many people could use,features i mean.If you disagree that is ok,but don't start defending sonar when no one is attacking it.

Of course SONAR could use new features...that's the whole point of the Membership program, to make them available sooner. However, it does seem the comment "There's still a lot of work to do to bring Sonar up to date" could be said about any DAW, because a lot of them don't have features SONAR does have...but that doesn't make them not up to date. It makes them different.

Paul P

stevec
I honestly had no interest when it was mentioned, but I've quickly found it's a great way to audition VSTi patches.  Much more ergonomic for me than trying to play a real keyboard off one side while twisting in the other direction to mouse click through patches. 

I've been using a third party virtual midi keyboard and while I find it handy try out simple things and audition patches, it's not very useful for creating actual music.  The problem is that the minute I click on a softsynth to adjust a parameter with the mouse the virtual keyboard loses focus and has to be clicked on again to get it back.  A note can get stuck on in the process.
 
With the new Sonar keyboard, can you click and manipulate things in a softsynth with the mouse while still playing the synth through your computer keyboard ?

Good question...   I've only used it so far to audition patches so I'm really not sure.  I will certainly have to try that though.

I'm going to have to either learn how to use my computer keyboard or operate my mouse with one of my feet!