Monitorizer in Kingston Update
Taken from the Preview Whitepaper
Monitorizer FX Chain: This send FX Chain is specifically for those who use headphones and want a more “monitor-like” experience. It emulates the crosstalk that occurs naturally with left and right channels, as well as some room characteristics, to tame the unnatural, “super-wide” headphone sound.
Other new features
After the feature-laden Jamaica Plain release, this month we’ve turned our attention to optimizations, increased stability, and fixes. But of course, there are goodies as well—like the new Rapture Session virtual instrument that sells for $29.95 but is free to SONAR members, the “Monitorizer” FX Chain that makes listening on headphones more like listening to monitor speakers, an eye-opening article about the effort required to make a high-quality loop library, the monthly product review (this time around, it’s for fans of things that are loud), and the latest BlogBeat with useful articles from the Cakewalk blog. And what do we have in store for next month? You’ll find out soon enough! – Bill Jackson and the Cakewalk Team
Performance and Speed Optimizations: Whether you’re inserting or cloning tracks, using instruments with multiple outputs, or dealing with large track counts and projects, these optimizations result in significant speed increases.
There are also multiple VST3 enhancements, as well as support for VST 3.6.5.
Rapture Session: This new virtual instrument is a cross-platform, “greatest hits” version of Rapture Pro, with a 4 GB library consisting of 450 hand-picked sounds— all easily accessible from the Rapture Session browser. Although it doesn’t have Rapture Pro’s deep editing options, it retains the popular real-time control page. Start Screen List View: You wanted to be able to see more projects at once in the Start Screen, so now you can choose between either the icon view or list view. Even better, you can still expand individual projects in List View for checking out the project details.
Monitorizer FX Chain: This send FX Chain is specifically for those who use headphones and want a more “monitor-like” experience. It emulates the crosstalk that occurs naturally with left and right channels, as well as some room characteristics, to tame the unnatural, “super-wide” headphone sound.
3 | P a g e Workflow Enhancements and Fixes: In addition to all the optimizations, Kingston includes 58 bug fixes and enhancements. From improving selecting and bouncing, to eliminating MIDI crosstalk once and for all, to ending graphic refresh problems and more, SONAR continues to become ever more stable. Anatomy of a SONAR Project—Creating the “Rock Guitar Anthems” Loop Library: It’s easy to create a loop library—it’s just hard to create one that meets truly professional standards for sound quality and stretching. This article gives insights into the Loop Library creation process, along with useful tips and techniques.
Review | IK Multimedia iLoud Bluetooth Monitor Speaker: Apparently IK Multimedia didn’t get the memo that Bluetooth speakers have to sound bad, because the iLoud sounds very good indeed—it’s voiced more like a studio monitor than the usual consumer speakers.
BlogBeat: A roundup of a few of the Cakewalk Blog’s “greatest hits.” Speed up your workflow, unravel some microphone mysteries, find out the answers to five questions on effects placement, hear what LA producer Luigi Gonzalez says about Patch Points, and get more out of Mix Recall.
