Get a sneak preview of new Add Track Menu [Coming Soon]

Very nice Andrew.  Such a simple thing, but I want it!

I like to explore soft-synths and libraries. Currently I'm working on several projects where each has just one synth with a particular library. This new Add Track feature appears to be great time saver. It might not be as fast as using templates, but seems very versatile and easy to use.

Soundwise
I like to explore soft-synths and libraries. Currently I'm working on several projects where each has just one synth with a particular library. This new Add Track feature appears to be great time saver. It might not be as fast as using templates, but seems very versatile and easy to use.

There is already "+" button in the rack to do the same, with more properties in "Insert Soft Synth Options". And I see one difference in that video, which potentially can render new button almost useless: there is no "Enable MIDI Output" option and in current version it is enabled by default (the reason for many posts from people which use "Omni" MIDI input).

Nice I like this.
Hope I can use a keystroke to open it (I probably will if I look hard enough, or if someone tells me)
Seems easier to get a hold of for new users as well.
All the best.

jpetersen
No "Insert Above / Insert Below Current Track"? 
"Top / Bottom of current folder"?
"As First / As Last track in project"?
 It's the housekeeping afterwards that's time consuming.
"Clone Track" at least has a "Starting Track" option.

I agree that this should be an option in advanced.
All the best.

azslow3
There is already "+" button in the rack to do the same, with more properties in "Insert Soft Synth Options".

Not really. You cannot insert 10 instances of the same synth and organize them within a folder from synth rack.
I also have some suggestions for Synth Rack improvements here:
http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/3338619

Quick and easy but doubt if it will change my old school seasoned way of workflow.
 
Good for new Users. Something as an Old User that I probably wont use.

jpetersen

ampfixer
Another way to do something that's already pretty easy. Meh, sorry.

As long as there's a way to disable it. I work mobile on a laptop.  I need all the screen real-estate I can get for more immediate things.

The feature doesn't add any screen real-estate to SONAR's interface. It minimizes down to an + button when the track pane is shifted to the left. Once it's open, it disappears when you click away.

Nice like that.

Dan Gonzalez [Cakewalk]

markyzno
Quick and easy but doubt if it will change my old school seasoned way of workflow.
 
Good for new Users. Something as an Old User that I probably wont use.

Exactly, you guys have your own slick ways of using SONAR. New users will have the ability to insert new tracks easily.
-DG

Yeah, the first thing I thought was "well, I've got track templates now for nearly all of my common use cases, so I don't need this". But the second thing I thought was "this is great for anything I don't already have a template for".
 
It's basically a wizard-style approach, when previously we've only had a manual config-style approach. I think it's nice.

Thanks for the comments Dan.  I do see promise in this.  I am no newbie (20 years), but for all the different kind  of templates I've made my midi routings keep getting messed up when I load them using multi-timbral synths.  
 
I saw a tutorial for Omnisphere 2 being used in Logic, and maybe it was edited, but it didn't look like it, and I watched 2 seconds of video about 9 times. It was two clicks, one looked like a square but it knew what synth he was using (because he was at the time) and anticipated that he wanted the next available midi channel (no doubt selected in whatever their Preferences page is called). 
 
But it was such a basic concept - someone adding a sound into a multitimbral instrument and had the new midi track in focus so he could hear it.
 
As of now I right click to an empty space, add the midi track, open the Track Inspector, select the midi channel then click off and then on the new track to give it "focus" (yes I know I could save a step, but at least I know this fool-proof :-), but it still seems cumbersome. 
 
So I've been very interested in this new feature when it was "coming soon".  That the TTS1 is the 1st thing that comes up in the list seems that you're feeling occasional brain-lapses by some of your customers (like me). 
 
I hope this makes some semblance of sense, because this is the closest I've ever come to a feature request.  My apologies in either case. 

What is the problem this feature was designed to solve? Were people unaware of how to add a track? Was it to improve the speed/workflow of adding a track?
 
I'd love to see Sonar move in the direction of "FEWER menus, windows, and clicks" to truly speed up the workflow. For instance, 1) clicking the Add Track button should just automatically add an audio track routed to the master output. One click. Covers probably 90% of audio track use cases. 2) Clicking and dragging an instrument to the Project pane should automatically add a single instrument track routed to the master bus. Single click and drag operation, covers most use cases. No pop up windows, no extraneous options.
 
Now...for when I want to add multiple tracks or want to route tracks somewhere else, or create a folder, how about: 3) Ctrl+Add Track Button to open the pop-up menu. Do something similar for synths when I need a multi-timbral or multi-out setup. 
 
The goal in Sonar should be to reduce the menu-popup type behavior so more operations are done in a single click. It may involve figuring out how to do things on the back end (like setting up multiple outputs on an instrument from the plugin menu in Studio One) but there's definitely a way to be flexible and fast.