Apparently my Sonar updated on its own without my authorization.
I lost the ability to use my Icon Qcon pro X. I was using a custom mackie driver and sonar killed it. i reinstalled it ans it still doesnt work.
It also changed where my transport bar is and how it acts along with the rest of the info that was there.
Pissed off in Corpus Christi TX

Appearances may be deceiving. Cakewalk does not push updates to their software. Users must initiate the update process using the Command Center or manually download and install updates.

lorenzobanda777
Apparently my Sonar updated on its own without my authorization.
I lost the ability to use my Icon Qcon pro X. I was using a custom mackie driver and sonar killed it. i reinstalled it ans it still doesnt work.
It also changed where my transport bar is and how it acts along with the rest of the info that was there.
Pissed off in Corpus Christi TX

What scook said. You MUST update the software yourself, there is no mechanism for automatic updates. 
 
However Windows pushes automatic updates, and drivers are sometimes casualties. I recommend re-installing the drivers for the affected gear. That's all I had to do when this happened to me a couple times in the past.

Ripple editing is pretty cool, but make a hot key for turning it off and
on, please! I just tried it for the first time and it's handy, but the
particular task I'm doing means I have to turn it on and off a lot. It's a
big pain in the ass to go to the menu every time.

Thanks!

You may create the keyboard shortcuts yourself by using Preferences > Customization > Keyboard Shortcuts
In the keyboard shortcuts screen
Change the Area to Track View
Search for Ripple

Duh! Awesome! Thanks! I made it CTRL+SHIFT+R. BOOM!

Regarding ripple edit, this is an important improvement on its own merits.
 
However, it also provides an important foundation for the type of work that is typically done when mastering an entire CD, where individual songs are often moved around.  I am producing a CD collaborating with an artist who has committed to StudioOne for this project, so I have been following suit.  In general, I believe I can work faster and better in Sonar, but that is simply not an option on this project. 
 
Yesterday, I did the first master project for this CD.  StudioOne has a separate project mode specifically geared to the mastering phase.  There is nothing one can do in StudioOne's project view that is impossible to do in Sonar, but it really is convenient to have that special mode.
 
It seems to me that ripple edit is a key element needed for such a mastering environment.  I do hope that Cakewalk recognizes this and will take a good look at StudioOne's mastering mode, in order to adopt some of the efficiencies that mode enables.

wpaldridge
Duh! Awesome! Thanks! I made it CTRL+SHIFT+R. BOOM!

Where's the boom key?
 

The issuu online reader for the ezine is a pain in the neck. On my laptop it has too sizes: too small (hard to read) and too big (off the edge of the screen). Do I really have to give up my email to yet another online marketer to get a usable copy downloaded to my computer? I probably won't as I have more than enough online pen-pals-for life, which means I won't see much of the ezine going forward. I know you've got some kind of "partnership" going with the company hosting the thing, and you worked on it for a long time, and you're not going back just because I don't like it, but this was a solution that did not have an associated problem, in my opinion.

Larry Jones
Do I really have to give up my email to yet another online marketer to get a usable copy downloaded to my computer?

Yuuuuck.
 
Double yuuuuck.
 
What is wrong with a simple PDF, downloadable from cakewalk.com?  Why complicate things like this?