TEZ
Lance,
If tracks are visible in the PRV those not in focus are greyed, is this intentional? For this update it says "Color-coding relates tracks to data for easy identification in complex projects".
 
Prior to this update the unfocused visible tracks retained the note color in a dimmed form, which I found particularly helpful! If greyed is intentional, is there any way that there could be a display option in the PRV, the option would be simply "dimmed" or "greyed", and I'd choose dimmed... I would hate to roll back just for this.

It sounds like you may be using the Auto Lock Mode but I'm not completely sure without seeing a screenshot. In Auto Lock mode tracks that are visible but not the focused track appear with grey notes. Turning Off Auto Lock will display notes from visible tracks in the normal color for that tracks data.

TEZ
Lance,
For this update it says "Color-coding relates tracks to data for easy identification in complex projects".
 

There are 2 improvements with colors / visual feedback while using the PRV. One is that there is a dedicated color box on each track in the Track pane similar to Track view. This was previously part of the [Enable / Disable Editing] control but if the visibility was turned off for a track it was difficult to see what a tracks color was. The dedicated color box makes this much easier to differentiate tracks regardless if the track data is visible or not. The other visual improvements is that Gb, Ab, and Bb are shaded slightly differently from Db and Eb. This is only a subtle shading difference but makes looking across the PRV to the Piano Keys less necessary in some cases because differentiating the notes in the view is improved.

Thank you Bakers.  The update to the PRV should be very helpful to me. 

missed opportunity for marketing, all this new prv stuff, should have been in the rolling updates bit (coming soon) or did i miss it?

Great Job!
but the pencil velocity, it still does not hear the velocity note when you modify it ;-)
 
And please, keep the metronome value in the preferences, for each project you are forced to redo this manipulation.
 
Marc
 

Since no one is mentioning the issue of Sonar crashing when reopened with the PRV un-docked, am I correct in assuming that this has been fixed in the final 2017.03 update? There is no mention of it in the "fixes/enhancements".
 
Thanks,
Walt

pwalpwal
missed opportunity for marketing, all this new prv stuff, should have been in the rolling updates bit (coming soon) or did i miss it?

Can't argue with that...    these PRV changes seem like good rolling updates material!     Well, unless I missed it too.
 

WallyG
Since no one is mentioning the issue of Sonar crashing when reopened with the PRV un-docked, am I correct in assuming that this has been fixed in the final 2017.03 update? There is no mention of it in the "fixes/enhancements".

That issue was reported from Early Access and has been fixed in the Public Release for SONAR 2017.03. We typically don't include fixes from Early Access in the public announcement because these were not bugs in the previous public release. That issue was fixed between the last updated Early Access build and the public release so it didn't get any mention since we didn't update Early Access a 3rd time before going public but that crashes is resolved in the update.

Lance Riley [Cakewalk]

WallyG
Since no one is mentioning the issue of Sonar crashing when reopened with the PRV un-docked, am I correct in assuming that this has been fixed in the final 2017.03 update? There is no mention of it in the "fixes/enhancements".

That issue was reported from Early Access and has been fixed in the Public Release for SONAR 2017.03. We typically don't include fixes from Early Access in the public announcement because these were not bugs in the previous public release. That issue was fixed between the last updated Early Access build and the public release so it didn't get any mention since we didn't update Early Access a 3rd time before going public but that crashes is resolved in the update.

Lance,
 
Thanks for the clarification. Makes sense and is what I suspected.
 
I use the PRV quite a bit especially with Steel Pedal Guitars softsynths where you absolutely need to draw in CCs to vary several parameters. CW has done an excellent job on the PRV with this update and will definitely improve my workflow! 
 
Walt

The lock button is now missing in prv edit mode. I like to be able to see other sellected tracks for refference but without having them editable. This is one of the main reasons i choose Sonar as my DAW in the first place. The loss of this feature is a great set back to my composition work flow.
It looks like i will have to go back to using X2 Producer.