From X1 to Platinum : Plugins & Soft Synths : A Comprehensive List

* Discontinued after X1
** Discontinued after X2
*** Discontinued after X3
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INCLUDED IN SONAR X1
 
AUDIO PLUGINS
- Alias Factor
- Analyst (**)
- Boost 11
- Bit Meter (**)
- Classic Phaser
- Channel Tools
- Compressor/Gate
- FX2 AmpSim (**)
- FX2 TapeSim (**)
- Guitar Rig 4 LE (*)
- HF Exciter
- LP-64 Multiband
- LP-64 EQ
- Modfilter
- Multivoice Chorus/Flanger
- Para-Q
- Perfect Space Convolution Reverb (***)
- Pitch (**)
- PX-64 Percussion Strip
- Reverb (**)
- Sonitus fx: Compressor
- Sonitus fx: Surround Compressor
- Sonitus fx: Delay
- Sonitus fx: EQ
- Sonitus fx: Gate
- Sonitus fx: Modulator
- Sonitus fx: Multiband
- Sonitus fx: Phase
- Sonitus fx: Reverb
- Sonitus fx: Surround
- Sonitus fx: Wahwah
- Tempo Delay
- TS-64 Transient Shaper
- TL-64 TubeLeveler
- V-Vocal (Part of main program installation) (**)
- Vintage Channel (**)
- VX-64 Vocal Strip
- DSP-FX: Chorus (32-bit only) (**)
- DSP-FX: Delay (32-bit only) (**)
- DSP-FX: EQ (32-bit only) (**)
- DSP-FX: Flange (32-bit only) (**)
- DSP-FX: Studioverb (32-bit only) (**)
- CW-Reverb (Mono) (**)
- CW-Delay (Mono) (**)
- CW-EQ (Mono) (**)
- FX1 Dynamics Processor (**)
- Parametric EQ (**)
- SpectraFX (**)
- Stereo Delay (32-bit only) (**)
- Stereo Reverb (**)
 
MIDI PLUGINS
- MFX Arpeggiator
- MFX Change Velocity
- MFX Chord Analyzer
- MFX Echo/Delay
- MFX Event Filter
- MFX Quantize
- MFX Transpose
 
SOFT SYNTHS
- Beatscape 1.0.2 (Separate installation) (*)
- Cakewalk Sound Center
- Cakewalk TTS-1
- Cyclone
- Dimension Pro 1.5 (Separate installation)
- Dreamstation DXi2 (32-bit only) (***)
- Dropzone VSTi
- Pentagon 1 (***)
- PSYN II
- Rapture LE VSTi (*)
- Roland Groovesynth
- RXP REX Player
- Session Drummer 3
- Square I
- Studio Instrument Suite
- SFZ Soundfont Player
- TruePianos
- z3ta+ VSTi
 
 
NEW IN SONAR X2
 
AUDIO PLUGINS
- Breverb SONAR
- R-Mix SONAR Edition (**)
- TH2 Producer
 
SOFT SYNTHS
- Rapture 1.22 VSTi
 
 
NEW IN SONAR X3
 
AUDIO PLUGINS
- Blue Tubes FX (Multiple)
- Melodyne Essential
- Tone2 BiFilter2
 
SOFT SYNTHS
- Addictive Drums 2 (Separate installation)
- Strum Acoustic Session
- Lounge Lizard Session
 
 
NEW IN SONAR PLATINUM 2015
 
AUDIO PLUGINS
n/a
 
SOFT SYNTHS
n/a
 
 
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Fine Print:
A lot of people (myself included) have asked over the last few years what plugins and soft synths are the same (and therefore can be skipped) when installing one version of SONAR's X Series on top of the last. Well I wanted to be sure I had all of my bases covered when installing X3 recently, so I went through each version's installation setup and made up a little list of each one's contents, noting what was new or discontinued from one version to the next.
 
With all of the help that I've received on this forum over the years, and seeing as I'd already taken the time to put the list together, I thought I would share it here, in the hopes that it might come in handy for another person or two who find themselves in the same situation of figuring out exactly what they need to install from each version.
 
If you spot anything that looks amiss, or if you'd like to help out and contribute the appropriate info from newer versions of SONAR, please chime in and I will be happy to update the list.
 
PS: This list begins at X1, as that's the earliest SONAR version that I have on my computer, and I'm assuming that most people who would be migrating from 8.5 or earlier have probably already done so.
 
PPS: This list covers the Producer editions of each version of SONAR. Some plugins may not be applicable if you are using a version of SONAR other than Producer.
 
PPPS: Some plugins/synths may have received minor updates between one version and the next. Check Cakewalk's support pages for each product to be sure.
 
PPPPS: I made this list up before stumbling across fret_man's much more elegant spreadsheet (http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/3217211), but this one can perhaps be more easily modified, and without leaving the forum, to include any newer additions/subtractions.
 

Thanks for the heads up about V-Vocal, Mike. I've adjusted the list to reflect its inclusion in X1.
 
Regarding users who are still behind the X series, do you think there are enough of them to warrant adjusting this list to reflect what was included in even older versions than X1? I can use fret_man's spreadsheet to go back as far as SONAR 8, but beyond that I would need more input to know what was what.
 
And if I'm not mistaken, the ProChannel has been a part of the X series from the very get-go. I believe it was just the additional modules that were first introduced with X1 Expanded... Either way, do you think it ought to be included in the list as well? I didn't bother before because I figured that it's a feature that's unlikely to ever go away in SONAR from this point forward.

mudgel
While your efforts are admirable, by the time your thread moves off the front page, like many threads it will get forgotten. Until someone asks which plugin was included when. Then someone might remember your thread and point to it.

I think it would be nice if someone curated the information on these forums. Almost every possible problem, workaround, shortcoming, or feature explanation has been addressed here at one time or another. If the information were categorized, indexed, tagged, and easily searched (fuzzily, a lot of times people trying to do something for the first time don't know what it's called), that would be cool.
Just a thought.
 
P.S. If something is broken, feces happens. Sometimes it's a real time saver to know that X feature doesn't work as expected, at least you don't beat your head against the wall trying to make it behave.

For the list: with build Everett. Can't find details as to which specific plugins but CCC shows that 2 of the Plugin Packs need to be updated. Only mention is in Everett eZine, Plugin fixes which doesn't specify the plugins fixed.