Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk]

promidi
I am not sure whether this is placebo, but my earlier VST synth and effect heavy projects seem to be playing a little bit smoother with this August early release update....

It is possible. There have been some major updates and tweaks to the FX bin streaming code in the engine in prep for another upcoming feature.

What a good day! Loving the update so far, anxiety reduced... And now a lovely teaser! I look forward to playing with all the new toys!

Thanks Noel!

Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk]
It is possible. There have been some major updates and tweaks to the FX bin streaming code in the engine in prep for another upcoming feature.

Sounds like this could be in preparation for the "Plug-in Load Balancing" feature as mentioned on the "In-The-Oven" section on the Cakewalk website.....

Sonar just keeps getting better and better...  kudos to the devs

This is absolutely amazing news and what a difference this new approach is making

I do have a question for the CAKEWALK STAFF though, that I would really be interested in knowing the answer to - either via a response in the forum for via a PM....

Have the project team for SONAR moved to an "agile" project management framework with "Kanban", "sprints", "scrums" etc.

I have recently been studying "agile project management" and would love to know whether this new "lease of life" is based around "agile"?

I would say although we don't blindly follow agile we use the best parts of the agile methodology. We have been doing this for several years now although with monthly releases its gotten more focused.
We have daily scrum meetings and we have user stories, and sprints. For us every month is a sprint and the stories are the theme's for each month's release cycle. Each monthly release goes through an entire development cycle on a micro level. i.e design -> development -> localization -> QA -> beta -> release management
Of course we have some bigger features in design and development, much longer but there is a full release cycle each month.

I think it is worthwhile highlighting that "release management" apparently includes the discipline of getting end user feedback (both in "early release" phase after the formal beta and in the full release phase). With monthly development, the user feedback is prompt, regular, and specific. That facilitates rapid correction of unexpected problems and timely celebration of successes. Very healthy for the developers, the users, and the overall product. High fives all around for implementing this process. Other companies could learn a lot from you.

This is a nice update. I see there's not been much comment yet on the comping improvements, but so far, it seems to be much nicer. I also like the new minimum display size for clip fades.

rwheeler
I think it is worthwhile highlighting that "release management" apparently includes the discipline of getting end user feedback (both in "early release" phase after the formal beta and in the full release phase). With monthly development, the user feedback is prompt, regular, and specific. That facilitates rapid correction of unexpected problems and timely celebration of successes. Very healthy for the developers, the users, and the overall product. High fives all around for implementing this process. Other companies could learn a lot from you.

 
When Cakewalk was developing the monthly update concept, a lot of people on the forum thought this would put undue stress on the developers; CW answered that it actually made development easier, and it seems to be the case precisely for the reasons you mention.
 

Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk]
We have daily scrum meetings and we have user stories, and sprints. For us every month is a sprint and the stories are the theme's for each month's release cycle. Each monthly release goes through an entire development cycle on a micro level. i.e design -> development -> localization -> QA -> beta -> release management
Of course we have some bigger features in design and development, much longer but there is a full release cycle each month.

Thanks NOEL
 
It is really great seeing what I have been studying being used on something I love - and being able to reap the benefits
 
Seriously good job to the team at Sonar/Cakewalk for the work so far - the speed and quality of the updates has been phenomenal and I predict MAJOR successes for SONAR in the future - this "fine tuning" of the product and the OSX announcement really has the potential for SONAR to grab a HUGE share of the market
 
All I want to know now is where can I buy my Cakewalk stocks & shares!!!!!

I'm a lifetime upgrader so . . . . .   I could afford $100.00 a year in stock - sign me up LOL!!!

Anderton
Wait 'til you see what you can do with the plug-in browser. It addresses a lot of the wish list items people had for the plug-in manager, but without having to use the plug-in manager. Pretty slick.

Wow, you're right. That is excellent.
 
What really won me over was when I dragged an effect into a ProChannel strip and it automatically set up an FX Chain.