I don't want to talk about how the last year of Sonar updates have helped MIDI/Soft Synths, that's the past, I'm just looking to the future.  I realize that chasing ProTools and ProTool users seems more important in general, but that audio focused side of Sonar is really only half the picture.  We need improvements to the MIDI tools in Sonar - bug fixes and new features.  I'd like to see Cakewalk take up the simple mantle, Make MIDI Better.  That's it.  Figure out what that means and do it.

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I agree with that.

Good call Matt - though I guess still more easily achieved if you come up with some suggestions of what you might actually like to see. 

I've been pushing for a Drum Machine mode in the PRV, where you can edit previous passes while adding new passes. But I think it would be more productive to start a thread in the Feature Requests, and provide specific suggestions (and also make sure that what's suggested doesn't already exist, e.g., the different capabilities of in-line PRV vs. standard PRV).

msorrels
I don't want to talk about how the last year of Sonar updates have helped MIDI/Soft Synths, that's the past, I'm just looking to the future.  I realize that chasing ProTools and ProTool users seems more important in general, but that audio focused side of Sonar is really only half the picture.  We need improvements to the MIDI tools in Sonar - bug fixes and new features.  I'd like to see Cakewalk take up the simple mantle, Make MIDI Better.  That's it.  Figure out what that means and do it.

I couldn't agree more.  I was beginning to think I was the only one who visits this forum and would REALLY like to see the midi implementation in Sonar improved.  

Anderton
I've been pushing for a Drum Machine mode in the PRV, where you can edit previous passes while adding new passes. But I think it would be more productive to start a thread in the Feature Requests, and provide specific suggestions (and also make sure that what's suggested doesn't already exist, e.g., the different capabilities of in-line PRV vs. standard PRV).

I actually started a feature request thread about being able to toggle "Take Lanes" off.  That goes along with what you were saying about editing "previous passes while adding new passes".    Honestly,  I've never seen a midi sequencer that handles midi loop recording the way Sonar does.  IMHO,  it's ridiculously bad.

I would also like to see some work on midi. 

I'm actually mostly happy with SONAR's MIDI side, except for Take lanes in MIDI tracks and the PRV Controller pane.

Bring back the user-configurable PRV tool from 8.x and I would be in MIDI heaven.

Also, as a hardware user, I'd like to be able to use an ACT assigned controller to control MIDI CC on a MIDI track. These can be defined in the instrument definition.