This month’s Cakewalk’s 2016.12 release for SONAR Platinum, Professional, and Artist brings fixes & enhancements to some key elements of SONAR. Lenses, Skylight, ProChannel, Melodyne, and much more have all been added to this month’s rolling update. 
 
Learn More:
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Enhancements:

• The Notes tab in the Browser now has a Copyright field. This was previously available in the Project info screen and is now available again using the Notes tab.
• Loading an image from the Browser's Notes tab now remembers its last folder location
• Notes section of the Notes Tab is now scrollable without being in edit mode
• Freeze buttons now stay in sync between synth rack and tracks
• User & Factory Lenses are now separated in the menu
• Toast notifications no longer stack when changing Lenses in the same session

 
Fixes:
Lenses:

• Lenses now restore the correct MultiDock position
• Lenses menu commands now display info in the Help Module
• Multiple custom TV Control Manager presets were being saved in a Lense
• The Save button in Lens Manager could be grayed out when a lens had been modified
• Under certain conditions spaces between words in Lens drop-down were omitted
• Disabling Surround from a Lense now removes the Add Surround Bus from Console View menu
• Canceling in the Lens Manager no longer saves a lens in some conditions

WASAPI Modes:

• Fixed a crash unplugging USB audio device while in WASAPI Exclusive mode
• Recording could no longer work after running wave profiler in WASAPI Exclusive mode
• Fixed a possible crash unplugging USB audio device while in WASAPI Exclusive mode

Skylight & Synth Rack Docking:

• Corrected a graphical issue between Inspector and TV after undocking the Synth Rack
• Disable floating on the Synth Rack could result in a crash
• Synth Rack menu icon no longer disappears once you undock from the Browser
• Keyboard shortcut for showing/hiding Synth Rack works now when the view is in the MultiDock
• Synth Rack would not display correctly after reopening a project in some conditions
• Docked Synth Rack height is now restored with a saved lens

Melodyne & Region FX:

• Removing a Region FX ould result in a crash
• Resolved multiple instabilities when dragging Melodyne clips in a project

Misc:

• Control Bar modules now display correctly when justified and the last module is collapsed
• Fixed an intermittent crash with CTRL+Dragging step sequencer clips.
• 32-bit Boost 11 is Uncategorized in the Plugin Database on 32bit installs of SONAR
• Clicking the body of a Bus in the Track View now highlights the name of the Bus
• Resolved a possible crash when shift+dragging clips between take lanes
• Reordering an instrument track via the header icon now works as expected
• Fixed a possible crash & Improved stability when removing ProChannel modules
• In the Staff view note head no longer disappear when using the Select tool
• Fixed cases where group delete or add ProChannel module would not work
• Inserting a Track Template no longer creates an extra MIDI track
• Fixed a crash in ASIO Mode using Clip FX and Live Bounce
• Dragging a clip to a different lane of another track did not work in certain conditions

 

I don't see a fix for the vs100 marker control not working

Did we decide there is nothing to worry about with that "database error" (for plugin categories I think)?
 
I got it once and ignored it - right after installing 2016.12. I went and checked and there were a few plugins disabled (which I don't really use) - so I reset and rescanned all my plugins, (and enabled the "disabled" plugins) and everything *seems* fine

I always look forward to reading the monthly e-zine.
 
Thanks, Cakewalk.

no issues rescanning all plugins with process monitor open (as suggested in the workaround)
 
BUT ... the installation has again (like 2016.11) added 2 VST path entries, bringing back all the 32bit plugs that I had excluded from the scan
 
... and it resets to using Tungsten (instead of custom theme)

A while back I had a problem with a 32bit path returning to my scan path. Ultimately I found it in the registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cakewalk Music Software\SONAR\Cakewalk VST\Paths. After deleting the entry, it never returned again.

scook
A while back I had a problem with a 32bit path returning to my scan path. Ultimately I found it in the registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cakewalk Music Software\SONAR\Cakewalk VST\Paths. After deleting the entry, it never returned again.

thanks a lot. i found both illegally immigrating scan paths in there

In both 2016-11 & 12 updates my 10K worth of 3rd party plugins (Waves,Izotope,Slate,Etc) have disappeared from the effects bin dropdown menu even though they are registered in the plugin manager (Rescan/reset done) and show up in tracks in my projects where they were previously inserted on the tracks. My problem is that I cannot insert any new plugins because they are not in the dropdown menu. The cure is to use a windows restore point to get my 3rd party plugins back in the effects bin menu because rollbacks do not work once the updates were installed. I have Sonar Artist on the same computer and it does not have this problem. So, until this is resolved I cannot update Sonar Platinum. 

Check your plug-in layout setting. The layout setting is at the top of the plug-in menus and In the browser it is in the menu in the Plugins tab.

  Thanks for what you've done so far Cakewalk, I appreciate your efforts within Sonar Platinum.  
 
 
Now, let's talk about that well deserved Cakewalk coffee mug I've been asking for.....