The new snapping feature looks really nice. It was about time they addressed that feature!

Brandon Ryan [Cakewalk
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Mod Bod

Brandon Ryan [Cakewalk
]

stevec

I would imagine that there will be an option to use them or have them integrated into a single track if that works better for for the user.

I hope so.   My only experience with lanes was watching someone else use them in Nuendo, and I really didn't care for what I saw TBH.   Then again, this is SONAR so anything's possible!  

Just to confirm. Automation lanes are a choice and are merely an enhancement to SONAR's automation system You can use either whenever you want on a per track basis. It's totally flexible.

I think that many users will find automation lanes faster than hunting for the proper envelope and engaging the editing for it.  Once you've got your work done on a track, you hide the lanes and move on.

I agree.

But I also think there are times when having them stacked is nice. The great thing is SONAR now offers both.

This is true.  In a competing product I have constructed a button widget that sits on the Tool bar and I can expose or hide the automation lanes with a single click or shortcut key.  I would think that the SONAR implementation would be similar or as easy as that.  

On the video there is a toggle button on the track pane to switch track envelope lanes on/off. The video is moving at a fast pace by that point, but the button is there. 

I also like the bullet point on the website about an improved, low latency audio engine. 


http://www.cakewalk.com/SONAR-X2/

This is by far the coolest marketing trailer for any software product ever. It's futuristic as it can get. It's 2012 but to the Cakemen it's 2112.

I would buy this for the automation lanes alone!

skylightron


This is by far the coolest marketing trailer for any software product ever. It's futuristic as it can get. It's 2012 but to the Cakemen it's 2112.
 

Yea it´s good!
But I have to inform their marketing team a simple rule: never put anything negative to a promo.
(at 0:23 "data connection lost") 

"address gapping in common operations"

hmm doesn't say to me gapless engine.

what I need is a way to switch effects or channels for real time playing live were a snap shot of channels is activated or deactivated as needs be. For instance I'm a guitarist and I want pod farm live on 2 channels and at a point in the song I want to hit a midi foot switch that sends a signal activating amplitube on a 3rd channel and guitar rig on a 4th channel while deactivating the podfarm channels. If I am using ampsims to record then this is a way I can control the tone live and use the same tone I recorded with. another foot switch might bring on a separate instance of podfarm and a live feed from my roland GR 55. This process would enable us to tour with the same tones we record with and this is a must have feature that we need to have if we are going to use X2 to record guitar parts.

never mind on the list they are on the cakewalk page for sonar x2 whoops but still comments on the rest of the stuff is welcomer,I have been wrong before so feel free to correct me.....nicely though please

wonder how much it will be to upgrade?I dont mind It looks great.

complete quick grouping? what might that be. I have been reading about groups and snap shots to see if I can use that in creating a technique to solve my conundrum to enable me to use x1 as a way to control the fx I am playing my guitar through while playing live similar to how cantabile or forte would work

This is a time to celebrate not a time to get into conflicts. 

People have a right to express their views and concerns. No reason to get upset.  

John


This is a time to celebrate not a time to get into conflicts. 

People have a right to express their views and concerns. No reason to get upset.  

+1 to your last sentence John.

Keni


Sorry to say, but with the little shown/said and the notice that there are now automation lanes and I guess you guys have decided to join the rest of the gang... I guess It's nearing time for me to seriously consider going over to ProTools for industry stability as it's so much the "standard" in so many places...

You're leaving me no other choice as "you" rapidly approach becoming a left-field, PT clone....

I hope to be convinced I'm wrong, but my first gut reaction has me already...

A very sad day for me as some of the other enticements look interesting... <sigh>

Now I'm gonna be "stuck" with X1 for I don't know how long... I've never been happy about it and I'm getting another big push....

I can't believe I'm already so agitated...

Keni

Read around the net Pro Tools is buggy as hell too. I think it might be equally stable to Pro Tools

slartabartfast

That promo was a blast to my senses!!! That Looks AWESOME! I had to pause a bit to be able to read and study everything in the YouTube video

That promo gave me a headache, and annoyed me more than informed me. By now I am assuming that there is actually a list of features that Cakewalk is working from and not just a dummy list to flash-pan by in tiny little print on a low-res video to give the impression that a product is in process.


Where can I find the same information [sic] in print?

Partial list of new features coming in Sonar X2:

USABILITY:
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Aim Editing
Drag to browser
Replace synth
PVR Editing enhancements
Widget enhancements
Complete quickgrouping
Improved selection of track and data
Easier to use default plugin layouts
Full Screen mode
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USER INTERFACE:
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New Clips View UI
Track View UI
PRV UI
Updated arpeggiator UI
New automation drawing
envelopes in Edit Filter
New now time UI
Bus inspector
100+ other UI enhancements
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APPLICATION FRAMEWORK:
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Windows 8 support
Touch screen support,
w/ basic multitouch
64 bit
VS 700 support
Improved install experience
chinese version
Online help
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RECORDING AND EDITING:
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Takes in lanes
New record mode
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SKYLIGHT EVOLUTION:
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Smart Snap
Auto Track Zoom
Enhanced time ruler zoom
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PROCHANNEL:
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Modular ProChannel
PC: QuadCurve EQ
PC: Softube Knob
FX Chains in the ProChannel
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FX AND PROCESSING:
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R-Mix
Modeled console emulation
New reverb
New PCM version of reverb
New guitar amp sim
Rewire 64
LP EQ & Multiband 1.5
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ENGINE:
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Audio engine optimizations
Address gapping in common operations
MIDI timing enhancements
MIDI/Audio sync enhancements
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EXPORT:
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SoundCloud export
MusicXML export
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MATRIX:
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Fixed MIDI/Audio playback issues
MIDI routing to tracks
Per-cell trigger resolution
Updated UI
Active track sync
Usability enhancements
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FX CHAINS 2.0:
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Loading FX Chains 2.0
Creating FX Chains 2.0,
with mod matrix and custom UI
Essential line of FX Chains
Studio line of FX Chains
Producer line of FX Chains
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AUTOMATION:
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Modes
Automation lanes
Enhanced usability
Enhanced tools support
Faster, more powerful editing
Real time arming
Lock automation to musical or absolute time
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NEXT PRODUCT INFO UPDATE WILL BE RELEASED LATE AUGUST 2012