SONAR 2017.10 Update Now Available!

The 2017.10 Update for SONAR Artist, Professional, and Platinum features 5 new Big Fish Audio Loop Collections, a new amp and cab for Overloud in TH3 Cakewalk edition, and a mega load of fixes and enhancements to the SONAR you know and love.

Big Fish Audio Loop Library

(SONAR Artist, Professional, Platinum)

Cakewalk has joined forces with Big Fish Audio to provide all SONAR customers with a truly amazing array of loop content in the form of construction kits that will help you kick start any musical project. All SONAR customers now get 5GB of premium loops from one of the best curators of loop content in the business. These are split into popular genres for easy downloading of whatever you need when you need it. We’ll be featuring more of Big Fish Audio’s stunning content in the Cakewalk store, so stay tuned.
 
Big Fish - Cinematic Loop Collection: From ambient guitars to cinematic percussion and soundbeds, these libraries provide atmospheres, deeply processed leads, arpeggiated swells, drones, mixes of percussive and melodic elements, chimes, noise, and other innovative loops. These sounds are ideal for today's film and TV industry soundtracks, cutting-edge sound design, chill and ambient music, or adding unique touches to any kind of contemporary styles including EDM and rock.
 
Big Fish - Country Loop Collection: Whether you want old-timey music like bluegrass, western swing, and traditional country loops or the fresh, new face of modern country that has earned its place in today’s pop charts, these libraries deliver. You’ll also find neo-folk that provides the distinctive, roots-oriented sound of Americana, along with  acoustic guitar and mandolin loops with intros and endings, verses, choruses, bridges, chord libraries, and more to provide a wide variety of creative options in your productions.
 
Big Fish - Electro Pop Loop Collection: These libraries provide extra flexibility for all flavors of EDM by providing the stems for drum loops (snare, kick, hi-hat, etc. loops) along with the individual hits needed to create your own drum loops. Choose from fat drums, sick drops, soaring synth leads, builds, basses, synth leads, pads, percussion, FX, chords, melody lines, and more—all cut into sections for easy arranging, and stylistically similar to the chart-topping music of artists like David Guetta and Skrillex.
 
Big Fish - Rock & Pop Rock Loop Collection: Whether you need an indie rock groove to kick start a song or a pop-rock guitar lick to add some attitude to your next hit, these loops excel for songwriting, trailers, commercials, sound design, and television. Instruments include 12-string, electric, and acoustic guitars along with drums, bass, mandolins, and percussion (which is suitable for all kinds of music, not just rock).
 
Big Fish - Urban Loop Collection: From the hard-hitting, hip-hop club vibe, to the laid-back R&B feel, to the speaker-destroying 808s and sinister leads of Trap, these loops cover the latest in musical styles. In addition to folders with loops, many construction kits also feature drum track stems, individual drum hits to make your own loops, and even MIDI files for total control over each track’s melodic content when using your own virtual instruments.
 
Breakdown of included Content: 5.3 GB

• Cinematic
  • Eclipse 2 (500 MB)
  • Suspense - Cinematic Percussion and Soundbeds (367MB)
• Country
  • Country Roots (166 MB)
  • Modern Country (438 MB)
  • Neo Folk (265 MB)
  • Steel and Wood (218 MB)
• Electro Pop
  • Electro Club (200 MB)
  • Prism (590 MB)
  • Progressive House Hits 235 (MB)
• Rock and Pop Rock
  • Rock N Indie Songwriter (614 MB)
  • The Rock Collective (601 MB)
• Urban
  • Hit Life (508 MB)
  • Purple Drizzle XXL (337 MB)
  • Shake - Trap Construction Kits (135 MB)
  • Trap Bangerz (164 MB)

Overange Amp & 2x12 British State (UK) Cab

(SONAR Artist, Professional, Platinum)
 
There is a brand new amp and cab now in TH3 Cakewalk ready to give your next track an authentic vintage tone. This is the Overange 120 amp modeled after the Orange Graphic 120 mkII and the 2x12 British State (UK) based on the Marshall Valvestate. This Orange meets Black combo is perfect for getting some haunting tones, iconic from the 70's.

30th Anniversary Anderton Collection FX Chains

These FX Chains are Craig Anderton’s latest versions of his go to signal flows that he uses in his productions. Some of these FX Chains are updates of processors included in previous releases. Some were introduced in the “Friday’s Tip of the Week” thread in the SONAR forums, but as “do it yourself” projects with instruc ons on how to assign the controls—now they’re convenient downloads. We hope you enjoy what these processors can do to help take your projects to the next level—download them, play with them, and have fun!
Download Here
 

Fixes and Enhancements

Control Bar

• Selection Module no longer selects nothing in some situations
• Selection Module fails to update as expected in some cases
• Snap setting "Measure" not working When Snap Module set to Small

 
Duplicate

• Creating Repetitions of SIT with Duplicate Track yields unexpected results
• Undoing a Duplicate Track did not undo completely in some situations
• Duplicate Track no longer causes external MIDI inputs to transpose unexpectedly

 
Touch

• Touching Time Ruler no longer unexpectedly selects all Tracks
• Double Tap with Touch now works as expected to reset a control

• Selecting tracks is now possible with Touch
• Selecting a time range on ruler in TV with Touch now works as expected

 
Track View

• CTRL Drag Copy always pastes automation
• Clicking a Bus Name should set it to be focused
• Inconsistent composite clip display when take lanes are open
• Split Tool didn't always split grouped clips in take lanes
• Split Tool didn't create desired selection groups
• Transport jumps to end of clip after punch in recording
• Parameter values in tooltip while dragging multiple envelope nodes works more predictably

 
Start Screen

• Save dialog is sometimes captured in project thumbnails
• Snap/Aim Assist does not show in TV Bus Pane
• SONAR no longer requires project name dialog when creating project from Start Screen

 
Stability 

• Resolved a crash that could occur when incorrectly trying to map a VST2 to VST3 plug-in

 
Surface Dial

• Improved horizontal scrolling in Staff View
• Improved scrolling in Step Sequencer
• Surface Dial failed to zoom properly in some views

 
MISC

• Nudge in the Piano Roll view could cause notes to disappear unexpectedly in some situations (FIXED AFTER EARLY ACCESS)
• Edit Filters showed incorrect parameter name after renaming an FX Chain or one of its controls
• FX Chains no longer appear available in Recent FX List within FX Chain
• Recent FX list now works in Clip FX Bin
• Recent FX list now works FX Chains
• Replace Synth now works properly from the Synth Rack menu when picking a recent synth
• Loop Construction View failed to scroll with wheel
• TH3 Full version could incorrectly assign automation or FX Chain parameters when upgrading from TH3 Cakewalk

So... why are the loops under Sonar Platinum AND Big Fish Audio Loop Content?

I want to be able to "Update All" for Sonar but does that mean I'll be installing a bunch of loops I don't really want?

RSMCGUITAR
So... why are the loops under Sonar Platinum AND Big Fish Audio Loop Content?

I want to be able to "Update All" for Sonar but does that mean I'll be installing a bunch of loops I don't really want?

I guess you could hide them all, (this may take a little time as you can only hide one at a time, and it re scans for updates between each one, but thankfully doesn't seem to be a full scan like when starting up first time) that's what I did, the loops and the 30 anniversary stuff are of no interest to me. First time I've bothered updating in a few months, thought I would just check out how it's traveling.

That was weird.
 
After installing the update, an old problem has returned in which there is no audio other than a couple of clicking noises, and my reverb and master bus meters are solidly pegged at +9dB. As before, restarting SONAR made the problem go away. 
 
A number of people had reported this symptom a few months ago, but I hadn't seen it or any reports of it in quite a while. 

If you are not interested in them just hide them (see above) they shouldn't be then included in the update all, but I have never used the 'update all', but it would be pretty silly if it did install/update stuff you had hidden.
 
Hide = Right Click - Hide

Thanks!

mixmkr
The loops are an option to install...youll just always see the orange asterisk, for the OCD users! Unpacked it seemed to end up being more around 16 gigs...is what I think I saw.

As mentioned by someone earlier (perhaps another thread) the Big Fish stuff originally was listed twice (Don't know if still?), once under SONAR Platinum as separate items, as well as separately under the Big Fish parent 'folder' I had to hide them all twice. I have each of them listed twice in the 'Hidden Items' list, I just un hid one now to check and it places it back under the Big Fish Parent, and if I unhide its duplpicate it places it back under the 'SONAR Platinum' parent, which may install with a 'install all'?.

Could someone remind me, in as simple (non-IT expert) language as possible, of how to make sure the new loops are installed on some drive (say, "H:") other than my very-small-and-already-overburdened C: drive? 
 
Do I need to create a directory junction? I remember doing this last year, but I would need to find the instructions again.
 
If so, how would the procedure differ from the usual Command Center update - what would I need to do differently?
 
Thanks, and sorry if this is a dumb question!
 

Thank you, Matron Landslide, for that quick response. I like your handle, by the way. :)
 
LJ
 
 

Mine went here:
 
C:\Cakewalk Content\Audio Library\Big Fish Audio
 
It is only 5 GB.
 
I assume the default location is set by the "Wave File" Folder Location in the File - Folder Location preferences.

Thanks, husker. It would seem that CCC does not install them by default unless they're explicitly selected, even when clicking "Update All". Which is good because as a non-looper (aloopist?) I don't really want them anyway.
 
 

RSMCGUITAR
So... why are the loops under Sonar Platinum AND Big Fish Audio Loop Content?
I want to be able to "Update All" for Sonar but does that mean I'll be installing a bunch of loops I don't really want?

We initially had these setup under SONAR but decided to break these out as their own Product to keep them better organized. We also wanted to keep the list of child products under SONAR from growing any larger than it currently is. We also found that if we need to update them, they will get mixed with the other child products of SONAR which would make looking at the list hard to understand for new customers.
 
These should no longer be showing up in 2 places, but let us know if you see issues with it still. 

Lance Riley [Cakewalk]
 
These should no longer be showing up in 2 places, but let us know if you see issues with it still. 

My CC still shows them in two places.  I did do a rescan.
 

Great!! Great guys!!
 
Thanks for the fixes! Fixing the Time Ruler back to normal and also adding the option to touch select track in the Console View are wonderful!! Thanks for listening to our requests and comments! What would be nice for some point in the future is to check out some commands like Narrow/Widen tracks are in the Keyboard Shortcuts but not in the ACT list of commands or in the Custom Commands in the Control Bar. If Narrow/Widen were in the list of commands it would be the perfect workflow at least for me!!
 
Again THANKS!! :)