New Features:
 
Plug-in load balancing (Platinum only)
Now Platinum owners can run more plug-ins, with fewer dropouts, greater efficiency, and more even distribution of CPU loading to processing cores. Recommended for systems with four or more cores, this update can improve plug-in performance at buffer settings of 256 and above.
 
CPU meter modes
This update to the Control Bar’s Performance module extends the ability to monitor what’s happening with your CPU—including monitoring the global CPU consumption across all cores for all aspects of the OS, audio processing load, and a single meter for SONAR’s total CPU utilization.
 
Quick Group Freeze
Quick Group Freeze is now available for Instruments. You can Quick Groups to freeze or thaw multiple tracks at once. Not only that, but with the new metering options, you can see exactly how much difference it makes.
 
Full Screen Toggle Button
When you want the maximum amount of screen “real estate” to see as many elements as possible within SONAR, the new full screen toggle supplements the existing menu option and function key shortcuts with a button that’s suitable for both touch and mouse clicks.
 
Softube Saturation Knob update (Platinum and Professional only)
This workhorse ProChannel module, based on Softube’s FET compressor with added saturation, has been updated with stability and compatibility improvements.
 
Brazilian Portuguese Localization (previously Steam-only)
You can now use SONAR in Brazilian Portuguese.
 
Command Center Brazilian Portuguese Support
Command Center has been updated to support installing products in Brazilian Portuguese.
 
Fixes in this update:

• Take Management/Comping:
  • It was not possible to drag a clip to a different lane in another track if the target track was below the source track.
  • Speed Comping could create unexpected extra clips.
  • In some cases, Speed Comping would fail to mute/unmute clips.
  • Paste of clip always ended up on Take Lane original to source clip.
  • Dragging a comp clip to a Take Lane produced unexpected results.
  • In some cases, attempting to cross-crop two adjacent clips in different lanes would only affect a single clip.
• Plug-ins:
  • Fixed a crash when deleting Arturia B3 V
  • Various VST 3 Host Bypass fixes.
  • Plug-in upsampling did not operate properly in some cases.
  • Quick-Group insert FX could fail if the selected tracks contained different numbers of plug-ins.
  • Customizing FX Chains could cause SONAR to hang.
  • FX Chains could cause crash when used in a playlist.
  • Changing VST3 presets from the plug-in property page sometimes resulted in inconsistent behavior.
  • Assignable controls for Waves plug-ins could send to incorrect parameter.
• Region FX:
  • Pro Channel would disappears on all tracks/buses after Melodyne bounce-to-clips, followed by right-clicking another clip.
  • Undo of a copied Melodyne clip did not update the Melodyne GUI.
  • Deleted tracks that contained Melodyne Region FX clips were still displayed in Melodyne's track header.
• Browser:
  • Empty database created and possible crash when re-personalizing SONAR
  • Crash on startup related to SQLLite.
  • The Plug-in Browser could display empty category folders.
  • The Plug-in Browser could display an empty "Uncategorized" folder in the Instruments tab.
  • SONAR could crash upon launch if the Plug-in Browser library database was corrupt.
  • In the Plug-in Browser, it was not possible to revert DirectX Plug-ins to their original name.
  • Renaming/categorizing plug-ins in the Plug-in Browser would close all expanded folders.
  • Renaming/categorizing plug-ins in the Plug-in Browser could result in temporary freeze if performed on Windows Basic/Classic theme.
  • Changing friendly plug-in name did not initially update existing instances in FX Racks.
  • The Plug-in Browser did not hide folders for VST2s with identical plug-in names.
  • Cakewalk TTS-1 did not display a friendly name in the Set Categories dialog box.
  • Plug-in Browser category was named "General Midi" instead of "General MIDI".
  • When not showing plug-in categories, the Plug-in Browser would create a new folder for any loose VST3 plug-ins that were installed in the Common Files\VST3 root folder.
  • Closing a project with the Synth Rack open could result in a crash.
  • Insert Synth menu would fail to open if there were more than 255 VSTi plug-ins available.
• Matrix:
  • Matrix could skip first note in MIDI clips when playback started.
  • It was not possible to scroll in the Matrix with the mouse wheel if the mouse was over track strips.
  • Undoing a Matrix performance recording could result in a crash.
• ProChannel:
  • Saturation Knob could cause SONAR to crash.
• Misc.:
  • Quick Group of Edit Filter does not allow switching tracks to the same envelope
  • Colors: "track view bus name text" & "track view track folder name text" are not working independently.
  • Deleting an ARA clip and changing the screenset crashes Sonar.
  • Selecting the last Automation Lane could cause a crash.
  • It was not possible to rename bus Automation Lanes.
  • It was not possible to use the Crop tool on the right side of a crossfade unless you selected the clip.
  • Selecting the left clip in a crossfade would obscure the right clip's fade in.
  • Cropping multiple clips simultaneously would fail in some case when Snap to Grid was enabled.
  • Adjusting crossfade on multiple selected tracks did not produce correct results.
  • Auto Crossfades did not work properly with clip selection groups.
  • 'Select Track Envelopes with Clips' did not function properly when moving grouped clips.
  • Modified clip colors in the Inspector didn't show immediately.
  • Unexpected behavior when adjusting clip length from the Clip Properties inspector if the format was MBT.
  • Superfluous snap offset was created after stretching audio clip.
  • Scroll bar thumb was difficult to see while being dragged.
  • Clicking rapidly in the scroll bar did not always advance the timeline.
  • Under rare circumstances, a crash could occur when deleting buses.
  • Melodyne 'Follow Host Tempo' did not behave as expected.
  • The About screen showed mixed version information.
  • General Installer improvements.
• Help:
  • Help Module would not show text for the time ruler or Clips pane.
  • Help button for Preferences > File - Audio Data did not open help topic.
  • Help button for Preferences > Project - Surround did not open help topic.
• Localization:
  • Multiple Brazilian-Portuguese UI fixes (applies to Steam users of SONAR Brazilian Portuguese 2016.08)
  • [Russian] Several list items in Edit > Preferences > Customization - Colors were cut off.
  • [Russian] Some values in the Groove Quantize dialog box were cut off.

 
 
For more information about this update please visit the Rolling Updates page and click Learn More:
http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/SONAR/Rolling-Updates#2016.09

To download the update visit Command Center and click the Check Now button in settings or the My Products page for your account.

Looks great!  Thanks.
 
Didn't make it into my Command Center yet though.  CORRECTION:  I had used Command Center within 24 hours.  "Check Now" in settings brought up the new version.
 

riojazz
Looks great!  Thanks.
Didn't make it into my Command Center yet though.  CORRECTION:  I had used Command Center within 24 hours.  "Check Now" in settings brought up the new version.

Depending on what you have set in the Min Interval for Check for Updates you may not see the latest version. It's best to set this on the lower side if you only open Command Center to look for the latest update. It does mean that it will check more often though which can also be avoided by using the Check Now button only when you want to get the latest update as you found.
 
Enjoy!

I still use manual download and install, I only need platinum and core plugins exes for 2016.09 right?

orhanproject
I still use manual download and install, I only need platinum and core plugins exes for 2016.09 right?

And help documentation if you use local documentation.
 

THIS is a truly AWESOME update... You all ROCK!!!
 
Don't know you but I love you ALL

The manual installer no longer allows you to change any paths. The VST plugins are always pointing to the wrong directories
 
CORRECTION: This installer actually selects the correct VST paths now (the others didn't in the past), but none of the paths in the installer can be changed (all greyed out)

Great, thanks gustabo

funk
The manual installer no longer allows you to change any paths. The VST plugins are always pointing to the wrong directories
 
CORRECTION: This installer actually selects the correct VST paths now (the others didn't in the past), but none of the paths in the installer can be changed (all greyed out)

Any program folders that have been pre-defined during a previous install will be grayed out. This is by design. When you're installing SONAR over an existing install it's basically in "update mode." That way you can't accidentally install SONAR into multiple places on your system.
 
If you want SONAR installed to a different location, you'll need to uninstall, then reinstall using the latest release. During that reinstall, all relevant paths should be customizable. Let me know if you have any questions about that.
 
Thanks! 

Thanks Bill. It's not really an issue since the right VST paths are used now. In the past I always had to change this manually.
 
By the way, the windows download for CCC isn't working