sonusman:

This would be a very cool feature to have and save a LOT of time in editing.

It would also be nice if Track Folders worked differently in a couple of ways. Such as:

Once you put tracks in a folder, they are "grouped" together on the track order layout. While this is handy in some ways, it is a pain when you want to put a track that is not in the group in the middle of say a group of drum tracks. In the past, I could put say my bass track in the middle of the drum tracks while editing. This eased "lining up" things.

Also, it would be very cool if we could have any OPTION to just be able to click on any of the clips in a group and have them all highlighted. Along with this, that we could also adjust fade in/fade outs/clip start/end/slip editing/anything else. There are times in production when I am dealing with all the tracks in a group at once, and am going to be doing the same thing to them. The thing is, during this phase, I will also have track "heights" very large, and might be basing my split points off of any given track. The way it works now, I would have to scroll back up to the Track Folder clip to cut them all at once. :( This just slows things down. But, there are other times where working the way it works now is just fine. Just some kind of Track Folder Global options would be great!

Also. Another annoyance with Track Folders. When I move a group of clips to overlap another group of clips, the group I am moving stays highlighted seperate from the group I am crossfading them with. Great, except, once I select another group of clips, when I try to go back to a previously crossfaded groups of clips, both groups are highlighted as one group. :( This makes future adjustments of one of the groups a PITA! :( It seems that both groups should STAY SEPERATED from each other ALWAYS!

Well, if anybody knows of ways around these problems, I am all eyes! :)

Hello All,

I would really like to see some way of "locking" midi port assignments. Currently, if an assigned port is not there or available, Sonar reassigns the track to another port. This can be a real pain if for example you did not turn on some piece of gear or the computer somehow looses commuication with a port. I have had it happen more often than I care to think about. Please consider fixing this.

Danny

A midi explorer view that allows previewing midi clips/grooves by patching to or routing through a track with a DXI.

I have two suggestions that would greatly help me when I'm editing Audio tracks.

1. An expanded Undo History that identifies the clip and track, position in the time line, the edit was executed on and allows me to undo any item in the list regardless of what order it is in. The way it is now you have to have to undo sequentially and forced to undo things that are OK, that is if you can figure out which one is which.

2. A quick way to toggle between return to the beginning, return to the Now Marker, and stop at the current position. The way it is now you have to go into the Options Global and click the box on or off.

I hope this gets to the developers.
Thanks, David40

- I'd like to see an option for selecting the type of graphical interface you'd like to use. (i.e. Sonar 4, Sonar 3, Old School, User defineable.) A great example of this is the flexibility of the windows environment. It would make everybody happy.

I copy and pasted this. I didn't feel like deleting out the rest around this lol.......

I really agree with that one. I've been think that 4 a long time and wondered y that function had never been thought of and added:)

Here is another one for you!
How many times have you messed up good work because you accidentally left a different track armed for recording and ruined it?
I'd like to see a track "Edit Lockout" button added to every track so I can lock the ones I want, so they can not be changed/edited (or destroyed) accidentally.
David40

;-)

2.3 VST/DX

IDEA for the VST wrapper to work in global mode (as it do now!) and a local mode (work just inside Sonar) so Cakewalk doesn't swallow their pride in introducing the real deal...


Superlim

MAIKII:

"Recently upgraded from Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 to Sonar 4, currently 4.02 Studio Edition.

I am surprised that some functions in CWPA9 have been downgraded in Sonar. For instance--the Playlist function. In CWPA 9 one could add multiple files to a playlist at once, and one could drag and drop song files from Windows Explorer right into a playlist.

In Sonar 4, adding songs to a playlist has become much more tedious. One can only add one song file at a time to the playlist, and one can only do it through the playlist's own interface, no drag and drop from Windows Explorer any more.

Why was this function downgraded, became worse with Sonar? Will it be improved, at least back to the functionality it had with CWPA9? Will it be improved in Sonar 4.03?"

Copied and edited from the thread: "Sonar 5 wishlist"
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harmony gardens:

My biggest wish list would be blending some of the excellent midi features of Project 5 and incorporating them into Sonar. I like it that you don't have to have more than one track for your softsynth tracks in Project 5 ver 2. (having both the audio track and midi track incorporated into one track.) I also like the way you select synths in Project 5, specificallly getting rid of the synth rack, in favor of a drop down menu. I would also like to have better implimentation of multi lane synths. For example, if I load up an instance of Sampletank, I would like to have and the tracks open in an Audio/midi track, and if I want to add an instance, I could just add an audio/midi track to the project, and point it to Sampletank, and set the output and input.

I would like the piano roll view expanded to include an editor page, like Project 5 has.

I would also like to see a track templet feature in Sonar, so that if you have a favorite vocal set up, for example, you could call it up as a templet track, and it create an audio track with your favorite fx and routing paths all set to go.

I'd like a midi pattern previewer, so you could have a library of midi patterns available to easily audition and apply to your projects, (again, inspired by Project 5)

I would like an effects chainer, similar to the chainer in Sound Forge, and the ability to apply effects with a tool that would work like the mute tool. (Drag across the top of a track, and have it apply the fx from the chain, and along the bottom to remove it)

I am so impressed with Project 5, and the way it handles softsynths. The addition of audio and freeze tracks and many other features, make it a very powerful package. When I'm using it though, I miss a few of the advanced features of Sonar, like the bus system, mixer, mute tool, POWr dithering, and although i don't use them much, the video and surround features. Sonar has proven they can do midi right in Project 5, and audio right in Sonar, but I still dream of a full integration of the best of both programs into one huge super host.

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jmarkham:

1. To be able to re-label the I/O's and to save I/O
templates for later recall. The device driver names don't
mean a whole lot to me.

2. Edit the waveforms .. directly ... slip-editing
and +/- 3db are nice ... but sometimes i need to edit the dang
waveform.

3. A song structure editor ... where I can use section
markers "A" -> "B" and be able to say things like "A B, Chorus, A, A2, Chorus, Outtro"
and say things about key and temp for each section ...

4. Envelopes to be more robust.

5. AAF import and export

6. Session timers with a link to a database .. so i can keep track more
precisely of time per task (setup, rolling, mixing, arranging, etc.).

7. Staff view to have usability improvements .. like how many keystrokes does
take to move something up and down semitones .. change a note from a 1/4 to an 1/8th ...
etc. Can I see what I'm dragging if it's more than one note please?

8. Gapping to be a distant memory.

9. Alpha-blending in the graphics ...

10. F-key switchable window layouts.

11. Support of the ActiveScripting host .. and retire CAL.

12. A no-cost upgrade ... all the above for free damnit .. didn't I pay enough
already? .. oh and throw in a free AC-3 encoder!

jeff
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Otis:

Gobal Freeze: Freeze all VSTi's , DXi's, and audio track's at the same time.
A right click "Duplicate" feature in the Clips pane or tracks thingy view for audio and midi clips.
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dkelley:

Auto-Zoom the active track and auto-Unzoom the other tracks and center the active track in the window vertically so I can use sonar with my freakin' control surface properly like logic users can!!

What the heck were the 12-tone guys thinking? Don't they use a mackie control there??? It doesn't follow the track selection or autozoom with either my mackie control or my behringer bcf2000 (in mackie mode obviously, the only mode it'll work in with sonar).

DRAT. So close, but Logic is STILL by far the leader for control surface use. I keep trying sonar and ending up back with Logic. If 12-tone add the above features then I'll make the switch to Sonar and buy what comes after 4.02. But 4.02 doesn't have these basic features that ANY PRO DAW MUST HAVE. It's really very disappointing, and it would be SO EASY for them to add these features. It would move into a much more competitive position for pro studio use, whereas now everyone just defaults to that nasty protools (I HATE that PT UI).

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Zazkuash:

2.An Audio Quantize , or something like Audio Warp of Cubase SX3.Or if you want to impress me i like an AUDIO ROLL editor like Melodyne´s

3.Envelopes for the Audio Clips.

4. Stretch audio like Vegas but in SOnar with MPEX algorithm ( I only Hold Ctrl+the edge of an audio clip)

5.An option for view the changes of Audio Waveforms with Fades and Envelopes of Audio Clips.
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bellemontekid:

Group editing.
Like grouping audio tracks for mixing.
That way its easy to edit my drum tracks.
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LaptopPop:
my hot list
1) beat detective (as in pro tools)
2) tracks shown in mackie control match track view, including folders expanding/contracting and track hiding
3) tracks showin in console view - same as #2
4) nested folders (folders inside folders)
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brucie:
I would love to see a find tempo feature as you have in Digital Performer, where it calculates tempos between cue points. It saves so much time when doing film work. I would also like to see a real rewind and fast forward function that is common in all other applications. Instead of having to rewind in measure steps, this becomes crucial when spotting sound effects. I was also shown Samplitude recently and I have to say it has a couple of features which are to die for, such as being able to adjust the pitch of a clip in realtime whilst the piece is playing using the mouse and a bar in the clip. You can also time stretch the object in real time, just by dragging the corner (Digital Performer also has the feature), the functionality for this is present in Sonar, under the fit to time, but it is awesome just to be able to drag the clip.
I suppose in a way my requests are more in the way of post production type things and I am not sure that that is the direction Cakewalk are going in. Sonar is so much better than Nuendo (in my opinion!) but obviously lacking a lot of the post features...maybe one day.
But keep up the good work as I love it!
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bitman:
I'd like to see native FX-Teleport style networking
and native VST support (it's time now).
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hv:
Like to see better midi stats. Like a report on velocity distribution, where max's and min's are, etc.
Also like to see some better tools for altering keyboard midi response curves. I do this now through repeated use of the interpolate screens after recording which gets cumbersome. It would be nicer if I could just fill out (and save) a response matrix. Or better yet, draw a response curve.
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calaverasgrandes:

I'd like to see a better, more unified setup window. As it is, I have to go to 3 different places to make changes, then restart the program. This is a pain when trying to isolate conflicts in sync.
ALSO
pretty please, can we record all the backing tracks in 24/48, then have just the vocals and leads in 24/96 or 24/192? It isn't impossible, I know of other software that does it. What would be really nice, though I doubt it can happen, isbe able to record diff sample rates at the same time!
And more control surface plugins!

Use dxi's in surround bridge for surround synths.
.REX support.
A simple convolution plugin.
Exclusive RGC Synth.

I don't see this one anywhere...

I'd really like some sort of "notepad" field in each track, to keep track of what amp settings, mic used, etc for audio. I've been getting by using creative track names, but they get lengthy sometimes.

ORIGINAL: drjenk
I'd really like some sort of "notepad" field in each track, to keep track of what amp settings, mic used, etc for audio. I've been getting by using creative track names, but they get lengthy sometimes.

You're in luck! There's already a notepad in the Track Properties dialog for each track. I think it's called Description.

it came up in the other thread - id vote for an automated poll as an extra forum item, hosted by cakewalk.

post the feature, it appears on the board, with numbers from 1-5 you can choose from, then, after a while appears a list of the most wanted features --> and cake has a real good customer overview.

planist

I like the pattern oriented features of P5. I can always use P5, but it would be nice if I could use that approach directly in Sonar. being able to create small patterns easily that I can then mix and match and overlap to create songs. You can sorta do all that in Sonar too, but its a little more interactive in P5. Would be nice if I could create a few multi-track patterns that include midi and audio tracks, and later be able to easily assemble them into songs. I used to use the Opcoce Vision sequencer which worked like this and it was such a great and flexible way to work.

But my main request..practically the only thing I care about.. Digital Performer has a concept whereby you can have a master track which has a smpte timeline..and then you can have any number of "Chunks" which can be laid down on top of the master. To explain that better, what it means is that in film scoring I can create a musical section for a cue..that has its own set of tracks, instruments, midi channel assignments, etc.. I can create one of these for each cue..except I don't have to create a seperate file for each one..they are all within the one project file. And I can then lay them all down on the master track..so that they are all sitting on the master timeline of the film, but each have their own individual track and mixer settings, tempo map, etc..

Most people end up having to create a totally seperate project for each cue in a film..which is fine, but then you don't have a way to lay them all down on one master track. this is where DP's Chunk feature and that ability is unmatched by any other sequencer. If Sonar did this..then I would finally sell my mac.