Sonar X1 overview

Here it is:

http://www.cakewalk.com/p...SONAR/X1-Overview.aspx

Avail Dec 8th.

Looks alot like Studio One.  I almost bought Studio One and I'm glad I waited.  Cakewalk will get my money.

Really nice Cakewalk...nice way to make my investment in UAD plugins pretty much obsolete.  

...Just kidding...can't wait until Dec 8th! 


You've obviously had very good reason to be so quiet the last few months... 


Congratulations,  
-e.B 

I am surprised everyone missed the 64-bit REX file support.

meh, REX files are kinda moot for me. I don't use Beatscape and slicing and re-sequencing loops is pretty trivial with all the non-rex tools out there.

Tell us about Matrix improvements! That is, after all, pretty much your baby.

Well - I just upgraded from Studio 8.5 to Producer 8.5 a few months ago, so ... no free X1 for me.

I would love to upgrade for € 99,- but only if it is available in the shops here in the Netherlands.

You see - in this country we use plastic payment cards called "pinpas", and you only can use them in Europe and in webshops using the "iDeal" system (no connection with Apple). These cards are used in place of credit cards, that are a bit difficult to get (you have to have a steady -rather high- income, to name only one of the criteria to start with).  As a result I don't have a credit card (and honestly - I don't want one). This makes pre-ordering difficult or even impossible.

I really hope I can make use of the € 99,- offer in one of our local stores, as this price is just within my financial range. And if not - what would be the upgrade price after 8 December. If the price is too high I am afraid I have to wait for longer than a half year because I am working on a tight budget coming months.

Anyway - As far as I can see this is a very interesting update. Nice job Cakewalk!

Let's wait and see what "in deep" information comes available coming day's. I hope a demo version comes available soon, so we can get a grasp of the "look and feel". I am certainly interested...

eBlue

Robin Kelly [Cakewalk
]

I am surprised everyone missed the 64-bit REX file support.

I just caught that on my second (frame-by-frame)  pass thru the videos. The multi-dock seems really nice...so is the dropping effects directly onto clips. Did I also see the demoer drop one CWP file into an already open one? 


-e.B

Regarding Drag and Drop...

You can drag and drop

• Effects (MIDI and Audio) to clips and tracks
• FX Chains to clips and tracks
• Track templates to the Track view
• Project templates to the Track view
• Projects to the Track view including adding a project to an existing project
• mid files to tracks and the Matrix
• Step Sequencer Patterns to the Step Sequencer or Track View
• Audio files to tracks and the Matrix
• Soft Synths to the Track view (very quick way to patch a synth)

Just from this new behavior your work flow speeds up significantly. Also when the browser is on the media tab there is a search function.

There will be more info coming in the next few weeks.

Robin

Jose7822


Hey Robin!

Do we still get the Synth Property page when dragging Softsynths into the TV?  Can we choose a default, i.e. Simple Instrument tracks to be automatically created when dragging a synth? 

Thanks!

The answer is yes! If you have the "Don't ask me again" option selected the synths will just drop in and follow the default configuration you have set.

Robin

I wonder is V-Vocal will work in 64bit?    

I am so completely excited!

This is the most excited I've been about SONAR since I first started using it. Day one buy for me. :D

eBlue


Really nice Cakewalk...nice way to make my investment in UAD plugins pretty much obsolete.  

Yeesh...tell me about it.....

 
 

 
 
Darn you Cakewalk!  I expect compensation!!! 
:)
 
Dean

Robin Kelly [Cakewalk
]

I am surprised everyone missed the 64-bit REX file support.

Nice!

JClosed


Well - I just upgraded from Studio 8.5 to Producer 8.5 a few months ago, so ... no free X1 for me.

I would love to upgrade for € 99,- but only if it is available in the shops here in the Netherlands.

You see - in this country we use plastic payment cards called "pinpas", and you only can use them in Europe and in webshops using the "iDeal" system (no connection with Apple). These cards are used in place of credit cards, that are a bit difficult to get (you have to have a steady -rather high- income, to name only one of the criteria to start with).  As a result I don't have a credit card (and honestly - I don't want one). This makes pre-ordering difficult or even impossible.

I really hope I can make use of the € 99,- offer in one of our local stores, as this price is just within my financial range. And if not - what would be the upgrade price after 8 December. If the price is too high I am afraid I have to wait for longer than a half year because I am working on a tight budget coming months.

Anyway - As far as I can see this is a very interesting update. Nice job Cakewalk!

Let's wait and see what "in deep" information comes available coming day's. I hope a demo version comes available soon, so we can get a grasp of the "look and feel". I am certainly interested...

Can you not use PayPal in the Netherlands?  I use it for all my euro and $ transactions.

I think I shall be dipping a toe in the water on the 8th Dec also.

cmusicmaker

Guitarpima


I wonder is V-Vocal will work in 64bit?     

V- Vocal definitely works in the x64 version of Sonar 8.5...I would imagine that would / should still be the case for Sonar X1 x64

Absolutely.

cubic13


I like the new UI, but... I have Cubase and Sonar PE and I'm only using Cubase for these reasons :

- No free routing (I would like, at least, the ability to route a bus output to an audio track input) 

I'm using Ableton Live fore this feature and have been waiting ages to see it implemented in Sonar. I would settle for just being able to route the output from one virtual instrument track to an audio track to record it's outout. So, are we finally gonna get this feature?