mettelus
The update cycle as it stands could use refinement as each update is forcing me to undo unwanted installation changes. The Cakewalk Content folder shows up on the C drive and the picture cache went there last update. Too many "surprises" to deal with. As I rebuild the machine from scratch this weekend I am seriously debating not reinstalling Platinum.

Don't agonise over it every update. Just leave everything in its default location and use mklink to move the actual files to other drives, linking back to the default locations. Fixes all the problems, whether its content like loops, plugins or samples it all works fine. No need for registry edits that can get overwritten either.

Thanks Andrew, since you asked :)....cool but I could live without most of this but now I would like to see stuff that helps with the workflow...like real important fundamental stuff:

My top 3 dream features/addons:

1: shortcuts (like shift + T / shift + A ) to collapse/expand all or selected tracks take lanes / automation lanes, if no track selected/active, these shortcut will effect all tracks that have takelanes & automation lanes....
This one is a real pain as it is now, becaus there is no way to collapse/expand them at once, only way is to one track at time, current functionallity forces me to keep all tracks takelanes/automation lanes open and i have many tracks with take/automation lanes, it looks sooo messy, have to scroll up snd down alot to navigate thru the tracks... Please make this feature


2: more visible highlighted active track/ selected track needed.
Its hard too see an active track in track view and console view, its impossible to find/see the the active track right now and also see same track in console view easily (I run on 2 screens, console view on 2'nd screen) , workaround now is if you solo the track in track view, the way to find the same track in console view is look for which track is solo'ed (green (S))
So, a more visible highlighted track (whole track/console track ) would be awesome, as it is now, a blue track name background color is really not enough...
This one could be customizeable in options menu, how visible highlight, what areas and so on...

3: better difference between take lanes and regular tracks, they look the same..

Small features but with big positive workflow impact IMHO

Maybe these features won't sell new sonar copies but these will make me (or other users) stay with sonar.....Think about that...

(Don't tell me to feature request these, already did, no effect :( )

Thanks for reading...

...and Andrew, please respond to this, (I wrote all this on my phone, do you know how hard it is to write this much on a phone? :)) thanks

I agree.  Everything I need/use, except for Ozone 5, is incorporated in Sonar.  I don't need any more drums, effect chains, etc.

Ok, I'm a noob, but sheesh! Some of you seem like a bunch of whiny bratty kids. If Sonar can't be all things to all people, then somehow it's not worthy of existence, and should be taken out back and shot(hyperbole is nice in small doses IMO). We have many choices in Sonar as to how to execute whatever it is we are doing. I mean I almost fell out of my chair when I printed out the shortcuts doc. I was expecting at most a front and back dealio. What I got was 5 pages! So, I'm not a power user, not a fanboy, and after researching(and spending money on) the different ways of producing music on my own, I ended up here. When I was working, I never accomplished anything in Sonar. Now that I have the time to learn, I am amazed each and every day at the "power" in my hands.
 
When I look back at my life, I see some good, some bad, and a lot of in between. It has made me who I am for better or worse. I try to keep things on the better side. All that to say, when I look back at CWs existence(remember DOS?), I see the same thing. A few missteps along the way, but lessons learned. They have a nice healthy view of client relations and as time passes, they trim, and cut, and prune, and fertilize(new features), and here we are....Sorry, I should have used baking terms!

mdages
I would like to see more improvements and features on the core side of the Sonar programm instead of plugin development and fx-chains.
My instruments, sounds or fx are already covered by the current sonar or good 3rd party plugins.
 
The features forum is full on good requests of core Sonar features to enhance workflow and usabilty and it will be more day by day. I would wish that more attention is paid to these user requests.
 
_Markus

Agree 100%

bluzdog

cclarry
I have to say that Sonar Platinum has been a very 
worthwhile investment.  It just keeps on getting better,
even without all the "added" things, just the overall 
feature improvements during the course of Platinum
has been outstanding, both in terms of usefulness, and
in terms of value added.

My hat is off to Cakewalk, Noel and the boys, and everyone
that has obviously done of a lot of work to get these things
implemented, and to Craig for his continued presence and 
contributions to both the Forum and the Product.

Compared to Pro Tools, which hasn't had a single update
really since the release of V12 8 months ago, even though LOTS of new
features were "promised", I think Cakewalk has delivered 
on every front, and I sure hope that the Industry takes note
of this and makes a paradigm shift towards it...

Great job guys...and you're only half way through the year!
(the REAL question is "how are you going to top what you've already done? )

Yeah.....what Larry said.....great job guys, keep up the good work!
 
Rocky
 
 

Yeah.....what Rocky said about what Larry said....

Very well written, cclarry I agree. Exciting times

Hugs and kisses all around. Okay, so really, what is next?

orhanproject
Thanks Andrew, since you asked :)....cool but I could live without most of this but now I would like to see stuff that helps with the workflow...like real important fundamental stuff:

My top 3 dream features/addons:

1: shortcuts (like shift + T / shift + A ) to collapse/expand all or selected tracks take lanes / automation lanes, if no track selected/active, these shortcut will effect all tracks that have takelanes & automation lanes....
This one is a real pain as it is now, becaus there is no way to collapse/expand them at once, only way is to one track at time, current functionallity forces me to keep all tracks takelanes/automation lanes open and i have many tracks with take/automation lanes, it looks sooo messy, have to scroll up snd down alot to navigate thru the tracks... Please make this feature


2: more visible highlighted active track/ selected track needed.
Its hard too see an active track in track view and console view, its impossible to find/see the the active track right now and also see same track in console view easily (I run on 2 screens, console view on 2'nd screen) , workaround now is if you solo the track in track view, the way to find the same track in console view is look for which track is solo'ed (green (S))
So, a more visible highlighted track (whole track/console track ) would be awesome, as it is now, a blue track name background color is really not enough...
This one could be customizeable in options menu, how visible highlight, what areas and so on...

3: better difference between take lanes and regular tracks, they look the same..

Small features but with big positive workflow impact IMHO

Maybe these features won't sell new sonar copies but these will make me (or other users) stay with sonar.....Think about that...

(Don't tell me to feature request these, already did, no effect :( )

Thanks for reading...

...and Andrew, please respond to this, (I wrote all this on my phone, do you know how hard it is to write this much on a phone? :)) thanks

Thanks for the feedback. Will definitely pass along. We love to read people's feedback, good or bad, so keep it coming.

Andrew Rossa [Cakewalk]

orhanproject
Thanks Andrew, since you asked :)....cool but I could live without most of this but now I would like to see stuff that helps with the workflow...like real important fundamental stuff:

My top 3 dream features/addons:

1: shortcuts (like shift + T / shift + A ) to collapse/expand all or selected tracks take lanes / automation lanes, if no track selected/active, these shortcut will effect all tracks that have takelanes & automation lanes....
This one is a real pain as it is now, becaus there is no way to collapse/expand them at once, only way is to one track at time, current functionallity forces me to keep all tracks takelanes/automation lanes open and i have many tracks with take/automation lanes, it looks sooo messy, have to scroll up snd down alot to navigate thru the tracks... Please make this feature


2: more visible highlighted active track/ selected track needed.
Its hard too see an active track in track view and console view, its impossible to find/see the the active track right now and also see same track in console view easily (I run on 2 screens, console view on 2'nd screen) , workaround now is if you solo the track in track view, the way to find the same track in console view is look for which track is solo'ed (green (S))
So, a more visible highlighted track (whole track/console track ) would be awesome, as it is now, a blue track name background color is really not enough...
This one could be customizeable in options menu, how visible highlight, what areas and so on...

3: better difference between take lanes and regular tracks, they look the same..

Small features but with big positive workflow impact IMHO

Maybe these features won't sell new sonar copies but these will make me (or other users) stay with sonar.....Think about that...

(Don't tell me to feature request these, already did, no effect :( )

Thanks for reading...

...and Andrew, please respond to this, (I wrote all this on my phone, do you know how hard it is to write this much on a phone? :)) thanks

Thanks for the feedback. Will definitely pass along. We love to read people's feedback, good or bad, so keep it coming.

yes yes, wohoo! :) thanks for replying and for passing along Andrew :) this made me very happy now :D
I hope I wasnt rude in my post, my intention is only well, Sonar is in good shape, thanks for the hard work dev team and everyone involved, but like we all know, there is always room for improovements, thanks again...

orhanproject

Andrew Rossa [Cakewalk]

orhanproject
Thanks Andrew, since you asked :)....cool but I could live without most of this but now I would like to see stuff that helps with the workflow...like real important fundamental stuff:

My top 3 dream features/addons:

1: shortcuts (like shift + T / shift + A ) to collapse/expand all or selected tracks take lanes / automation lanes, if no track selected/active, these shortcut will effect all tracks that have takelanes & automation lanes....
This one is a real pain as it is now, becaus there is no way to collapse/expand them at once, only way is to one track at time, current functionallity forces me to keep all tracks takelanes/automation lanes open and i have many tracks with take/automation lanes, it looks sooo messy, have to scroll up snd down alot to navigate thru the tracks... Please make this feature


2: more visible highlighted active track/ selected track needed.
Its hard too see an active track in track view and console view, its impossible to find/see the the active track right now and also see same track in console view easily (I run on 2 screens, console view on 2'nd screen) , workaround now is if you solo the track in track view, the way to find the same track in console view is look for which track is solo'ed (green (S))
So, a more visible highlighted track (whole track/console track ) would be awesome, as it is now, a blue track name background color is really not enough...
This one could be customizeable in options menu, how visible highlight, what areas and so on...

3: better difference between take lanes and regular tracks, they look the same..

Small features but with big positive workflow impact IMHO

Maybe these features won't sell new sonar copies but these will make me (or other users) stay with sonar.....Think about that...

(Don't tell me to feature request these, already did, no effect :( )

Thanks for reading...

...and Andrew, please respond to this, (I wrote all this on my phone, do you know how hard it is to write this much on a phone? :)) thanks

Thanks for the feedback. Will definitely pass along. We love to read people's feedback, good or bad, so keep it coming.

yes yes, wohoo! :) thanks for replying and for passing along Andrew :) this made me very happy now :D
I hope I wasnt rude in my post, my intention is only well, Sonar is in good shape, thanks for the hard work dev team and everyone involved, but like we all know, there is always room for improovements, thanks again...

No problem. Thanks for your feedback.

Andrew Rossa [Cakewalk]
Yes, there are other third party drum replacement and vocal alignment solutions (and yes they can be pricey) but none of them are as elegantly integrated into the program as ours (in my opinion). This is a huge advantage in terms of workflow.

It really is. I mentioned this in a thread just after the last update, but I used Drum Replacer on a dodgy kick drum recording and had that mix signed off by the band three days after Drum Replacer was released. Almost no learning curve at all. It was so well integrated, sonar-esque, and well-realised, it just slipped straight into the working process.
 
In the interests of balance, I will say I've not had as good an experience with VocalSync, which I find perhaps too simple for its own good. For that kind of work, I think I'd still rather take the long way round and use some combination of edits and audio snap.

I love what Cake is doing with these updates ! However I am still waiting for that button labeled

'Make a "Certifiable undeniable solid platinum number one smash!" '

Andrew tweeted me they were working on it, didn't you Andrew ? :)

Best to everyone !

Bill-

ps: we miss you Kevin... You left us way to soon !