Sonar Early Access 2017.03 Available

Run the C3 and select "Rollback" to download and install...


This month’s release for SONAR Platinum, Professional, and Artist** brings new features along with fixes & enhancements to many key elements of SONAR.
New Features
UWP MIDI Engine & Bluetooth MIDI Support: Microsoft have introduced a new API standard for using MIDI on Windows as part of the Universal Windows Platform architecture. With this comes many new advantages including Bluetooth MIDI support and Multi-Client access to MIDI ports. UWP MIDI provides a modern way to communicate with MIDI devices and can be extended to support newer MIDI protocols/interfaces. To enable this in SONAR go to, Preferences | MIDI | Playback and Recording and set the MIDI driver mode to UWP

PRV Enhancements:
Streamlined Track pane: The redesigned Track Pane now displays in single-height rows with track-color boxes and new controls for filtering, as well as an additional mode to Auto Lock tracks that are selected but not being edited. The Track Pane now also supports collapse and expand via the same controls as other views in the Skylight interface.

Improved Controller Editing with Single Lane mode: It is is now possible to have a much larger editing area for controllers while also having access to many controllers on the same track. Switching this mode is done with the View menu by selecting Show Multiple Lanes. Single lane mode is now the new default when opening the Controller pane.

Select next/previous Note Event: Just like Tabbing to Transients in an audio track, in the Piano Roll view it is now possible to use the Tab key to select the next note or Shift+Tab to select the previous Note event.

Aim Assist support for Controller pane: When Aim Assist is enabled it now extends into the Controller pane for improved feedback when editing the Controller data for a note.

Two-tone Color-coding of sharps/flats: When using the Piano Roll view, we’ve now made it easier to identify different notes by adjusting the hue of different Sharps & flats. Gb, Ab, and Bb are now shaded slightly different from Db and Eb to better separate them when editing. (taupe-color for Gb, Ab & Bb, blue-color for Db & Eb).

New Collapse button for Controller Pane: The Controller Pane now features it’s own collapse and expand button similar to the Bus Pane. This can be opened or closed by simply clicking the button or using the shortcut [Ctrl] + [C] when the Piano Roll view is in focused.

Bug Fixes
Double-clicking a track could fail to maximize strip height in some situations
Track view no longer flickers when reordering tracks in large projects
Adjusting Take lanes height longer allows the Edit Filter to overlap other controls
Excluded synths no longer show in Instruments plug-in lists
SONAR no longer disappears behind other programs when switching Lenses
Help will now correctly launch from Preferences | MIDI | Playback & Recording
Exporting as Raw Tracks - No Automation/FX now preserves the Comp on an audio track
New updates to SONAR no longer revert the theme to Tungsten after installing
Fixed a possible crash when dragging a MIDI clip to Matrix in localized versions of SONAR
The power indicator for a FX Bin will now stay in sync with the Frozen/Unfrozen state of a track
VST3 plug-ins now display correctly in the registered Plug-ins list in Plug-in Manager
Aim Assist now displays correctly when using the arrow keys to scroll in the PRV
The mouse position no longer displays only in the PRV when Aim Assist is turned off

To participate, you can obtain the Early Access release via:
Cakewalk Command Center under the Rollback menu. Steps:
Start Command Center
Click the Settings button
Click the Check Now button
In the Connected Products list, right-click on the product or suite name you want early access to
Choose Rollback > Early Access 2017.03 from the context menu
Through your products download page, under "Available Downloads."
Click the "Show Other Downloads" button to reveal the link.
If you encounter any critical issues prior to official public release, post them to the Problem Reports Forum. Please include SONAR 2017.03 in the post title, and refrain from including issues not related to SONAR 2017.03 as they may get missed. We’ll do our best to lock posts as we confirm the reports.

Thank you for your participation,
Cakewalk

**Please note that this Early Access release includes Professional and Platinum only at this time. Early Access for Artist will be posted later, likely tomorrow 3/22/17.