letyourlightshine
When someone wants new features,or other features users should not take it like it is personal.I find that so frustrating about the internet in general.I love sonar,but it isn't infallible,don't give it god status.It is my favorite DAW but there are definitely things that many people could use,features i mean.If you disagree that is ok,but don't start defending sonar when no one is attacking it.

Of course SONAR could use new features...that's the whole point of the Membership program, to make them available sooner. However, it does seem the comment "There's still a lot of work to do to bring Sonar up to date" could be said about any DAW, because a lot of them don't have features SONAR does have...but that doesn't make them not up to date. It makes them different.

One thing that has gone unsaid yet seems obvious is that CW is releasing things as they are ready not just because it has to be there with the new release. All at once release. I think this has so far paid off. I look forward to what is next. It may not be something I need often but I believe someone somewhere will find it very useful indeed. Then again I may find it highly useful. This has happened to me before. Thinking I have no use for that and later couldn't do without it!
 
Just keep on doing what you are doing CW. Things are looking up.

Paul P

stevec
I honestly had no interest when it was mentioned, but I've quickly found it's a great way to audition VSTi patches.  Much more ergonomic for me than trying to play a real keyboard off one side while twisting in the other direction to mouse click through patches. 

I've been using a third party virtual midi keyboard and while I find it handy try out simple things and audition patches, it's not very useful for creating actual music.  The problem is that the minute I click on a softsynth to adjust a parameter with the mouse the virtual keyboard loses focus and has to be clicked on again to get it back.  A note can get stuck on in the process.
 
With the new Sonar keyboard, can you click and manipulate things in a softsynth with the mouse while still playing the synth through your computer keyboard ?

Good question...   I've only used it so far to audition patches so I'm really not sure.  I will certainly have to try that though.

Yes mouse and keyboard are independent so you can continue to use the mouse to change the synth params.

I'm going to have to either learn how to use my computer keyboard or operate my mouse with one of my feet! 

Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk]
Yes mouse and keyboard are independent so you can continue to use the mouse to change the synth params.

Nice!    Thanks for confirming, Noel.    I already like it for auditioning patches, but it's nice to know that it can go even further than that. 
 
So for the OP:  +1