sharke
I also think Sonar needs some kind of clip library feature like Pro Tools - a means of instant access to all clips in a project. It would be so much easier to be able to drag clips from a clip list into the project instead of scrolling back and forward along the clip window to drag-copy clips from A to B.

SONAR has this for audio clips. Check the Browser drop-down menu and select "Project Audio Folder." 

sharke
The current way of moving huge chunks of a project around by lassoing and dragging them, or by inserting or deleting time, are fraught with problems, finicky and inconvenient.

In fact, this method (that I relied upon up to 8.5) is pretty much unusable now that the lasso will extend the selection to cover adjacent clips if I use track templates (see my thread here). I suspect that anybody who primarily uses Sonar as a tracking and mixing environment, rather than an arranging environment, will never discover or care about this problem. But 90% of my time is spent arranging, and it's unfortunate that newer versions of Sonar have made this harder instead of easier.

Something like this would definitely would be a wonderful feature for composition purposes.  (I just did a YouTube search for "Cubase Arranger Track" to see it in action.)  
 
I'm in the middle of a song right now - specfically, trying to move a chorus to earlier in the form - and finding it really difficult.  (I'm not a Sonar Ninja, though!!!!)
 
Granted, Sonar is a DAW - and perhaps such things should be worked out ahead of time - but it seems like there's an opportunity in this space.  After a quick Google search, most "songwriting" programs appear to be lyric-oriented.  Perhaps there's something else out there where you can move sections around and find that what you thought was a great bridge is actually a better chorus - or a song just flows better with a different form.  

Thanks for support guys.
Don't forget to star-vote on first post  the more the merrier.

Until we have a real arranger try this little tip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=XTysXLBiYqY#t=3742s
 
Brian

BrianSzep
Until we have a real arranger try this little tip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=XTysXLBiYqY#t=3742s
 
Brian

so simple that I wouldn't have thought of it :-)

Does anyone have a link to good example of this feature in action on Cubase?
 
Thanks!

theheliosequence
Does anyone have a link to good example of this feature in action on Cubase?
 
Thanks!

Make your pick:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cubase+arranger+tracks
 
 
Those from steinberg first maybe, then some with a certain usage...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bFPbv4yiiM
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px9cppOQhoo
Thanks for interest.

I gave the OP 5 stars. These are the kind of modern features I'd like to see in Sonar. Focus on workflow, especially non-linear workflow and bringing the DAW into the 21st century.
 
Speaking of which, the matrix needs some love, I'll be posting a feature wishlist for that soon.

Thanks again, all voters.
 
Arranging like this will improve Sonar as song writing tool - from embryo to finished song.