tlw
Project section markers along the lines of Logic Pro - a track where you can block out sections of the project (e.g. verse, chorus, intro etc) and shift them around to change the arrangement with all the relevant parts of all tracks moving in sync.

Yeah, that would be nice 

1) Staff View overhaul - ot to make it competition for sibelious or something, but just make it intuitive and a joy to get the results you are after. Some extra controlls of printing etc.
 
2) Some Chord tools. I've suggested a Midi Chord tool, with extra functionality than available from others, with more of a focus on suggesting more interesting voicings, attached to a circle of fifths tool (extensions, inversion, alt base, open and close etc). BUt then I believe their are some things in other DAWS such as chord maps (I think) in cubase. So something that aids composition this way.
 
3) Varispeed

1) Minor staff view fixes (triplet handling, etc.)

2) Chord pad and assistant as mentioned above.

3) A chord track which not only affects MIDI, but polyphonic homogeneous audio or Acid loops. (Ok, pretty over the top)

1. Arranger track
2. Whatever Bapu wants
3. Vari speed metronome that can run independent of the project playback. This would help me figure out the tempo of a track recorded without a click. I think I could do this way faster than audio snap. 

Global freeze would be nice.

1. ACT 2
2. AAF Support and better OMF support.
3. Better Video export.

MarioD

robert_e_bone

MarioD
1-improved CCC
2-a simple or automatic way to extract a tempo chart from an audio track
3-no more updates that would make a perfectly running and rock solid function either unstable and/or unusable
 

Unless I am not understanding - you CAN create a tempo map from an audio track, using Audio Snap.
 
Bob Bone
 

Yes I know.  The key words were simple or automatic.  I have played with Audio Snap in the past and found it difficult to use.  Have things changed?

I don't think Audio Snap has changed too much, but I never have used audio snap for anything other than to build a tempo map for imported songs I am building midi-version covers for, so I really have no idea on its other uses.  For what I did, I just followed the 3-4 steps that the documentation listed, and it worked fine.
 
If there is some other way to do it, I am all for it - I was just trying to give you something that you could maybe use until some other tool becomes available.  :)
 
There are zillions of things that Sonar and its components offer, that I may never try, as I am pretty much a keyboard player that fell in love with being able to record songs with crazy numbers of rich sounding tracks.
 
There are some really good ideas in this thread, and I hope the Cakewalk folks can get an idea from them on the kinds of things users would find helpful for future product functionality.
 
Here is the documentation steps I followed,to build a tempo map in my project that was synced to an imported audio clip:
 
To sync the project tempo to an audio clip
  1. Select the audio clip(s) that has the desired tempo map.
  2. Press ALT+A to open the AudioSnap palette.
  3. Click the Set Project Tempo From Clip button on the AudioSnap palette.
 
  The clip tempo map is copied to the project tempo map so the tempo maps are identical.

Note 1: The Set Project Tempo From Clip drop-down list lets you specify at which resolution     the clip’s tempo map should be copied to the project tempo. The options are as follows:
 
               Beats
              Measures (default)
              Clip
 
Note 2: If multiple audio clips have their Clip Timebase property set to Musical, changing the project tempo will affect the relative positions of the audio clips. When using the Set Project Tempo from Clip command, SONAR will offer to convert the timebase to Absolute.
 
Bob Bone
 

#1. Improved notation and staff view
Being so close, but not quite there, is like a sports event and someone that falls to the ground just before finish line.
Allow rests in triplet etc.
#2. Improved metronome
Maybe five selectable waves - accent, quarter(beat), 8th, 8th triplet, 16th - just like click units for drummers.
And volume on each.
#3. Allow 4/4 time signature with triplets - not having to run 12/8 etc.
Then you can set tempo in Sonar as you do on external units.
 
The big three for me....allowing to work in daw as freely as in real life just playing...not having to workaround these in daw...

kevinwal
Global freeze would be nice.

Try using lots of Melodyne and leave all clips open!

1) Stability / Crash-proof operation / Backward compatibility no matter what.
2) See 1
3) See 2
 
Everything else is a bonus when you use a DAW to make a living.