The Early Access Program is Now Live for the Upcoming Release of SONAR 2016.06

The new features for this release are as follows. More details can be found in the SONAR Documentation.

• Smart Swipe
  • With a single click and swipe, you can now engage or disengage multiple track controls across multiple tracks in one gesture. Solo or mute an entire drum set, all your guitars, or all your background vocals. With Smart Swipe you can quickly enable/disable controls on multiple tracks by simply clicking a button in one track, then dragging across adjacent tracks without releasing the mouse button. Only buttons that match the clicked button’s state will change. This is possible in both the Track and Console view using a variety of controls including lanes.
• TH3 3.2.2 (Updated in the Boutique installer for Platinum, core installers for Artist and Professional)
  • 4x faster plugin loading time
  • Sound chain overview panel for easier navigation
  • Midi Learn functionality now works properly
  • Cabinet IR in now included
  • VST3 Category is now assigned properly
• Theme Fixes:
  • Tungsten: Track view & Console view track name labels text were different colors
  • Tungsten: Track view drag move indicator didn't match theme
  • Tungsten: TV meter label & tick mark colors improved
  • Tungsten: Video pane UI updated
  • Tungsten: Navigator pane scroll buttons updated
  • Tungsten: Step Sequencer UI updated
  • Tungsten: PRV Track Pane Text/Focus match the rest of theme
  • Tungsten: Fixed drawing artifacts at bottom of ProChannel
  • Tungsten: "X" to close view tabs in multi-doc are nearly invisible
  • Tungsten: Pro Channel FX Chain UI updated
  • Tungsten: MSR button handling improved when archived
  • Mercury: Tabs in Track view and Console view UI improved
  • Fixed unreadable menu items on systems customized in X3.
• Fixes & Enhancements:
  • Resolved crash adding Instrument Tracks in projects that contain large amounts of edits
  • Resolved issue where Global Solo/Unsolo breaks signal flow with Patch Point Routings
  • Fixed Nowtime placement not follow snap settings (or Aim Assist) in automation lanes
  • Bounce to track settings now persist correctly
  • Fixed drawing artifacts when moving Console View separator
  • Resolved issue where WAI was stuck in Console view
  • Fixed broken documentation link with "MIDI Device Failure" dialog
  • Resolved a possible crash when deleting Take Lane

 
 
To participate, you can obtain the Early Access release via:

• Cakewalk Command Center under the Rollback menu. Steps:
  • Start Command Center
  • Click the Settings button
  • Click the Check Now button
  • In the Connected Products list, right-click on the product or suite name you want early access to
  • Choose Rollback > Early Access 2016.06 from the context menu
• Or through your products download page, under "Available Downloads." Click the "Show Other Downloads" button to reveal the link.

If you encounter any critical issues prior to official public release, post them to the Problem Reports Forum. Please include SONAR 2016.06 in the post title, and refrain from including issues not related to SONAR 2016.06 as they may get missed. We’ll do our best to lock posts as we confirm the reports.
 
Thank you for your participation,
Cakewalk