Hey Freddie:

That might be top secret info you're requesting man.

Great post, Noel! Thank you for your detailed info! Always appreciated to see under the skin of Sonar and the hard work you guys have invested!

great post.....
8.5 is the best

To ease the anxiety for the next release I will let you in on a secret - the next product release will be called: SONAR 1C21B83D-EDCE-41b7-BBEF-31F912E88B1D. We think that a 128 bit version number will dispel all ambiguity the next time around.

 
Well, I was in a quandary as to what to do, because 8.5 totally messed up my only-update on odd-release policy. Unfortunately, the next release 1C21B83D-EDCE-41b7-BBEF-31F912E88B1D is also odd, so that doesn't help.
 
But this thread sure does. I'll be planning to get 8.5 when I build my Win 7 x64 machine.

File a problem report - thats an easy one to fix

omg the shrine is awesome.

craigsound


Thanks Noel.
Great Info, that just put me over the edge, will be updating to 8.5 first thing in the morning, Thanks

Ditto that...I ordered yesterday afternoon after having a look at this.

Noel,

I ordered 8.5 yesterday and am *very* interested in the Matrix Grid.  Will that pull in audio from outside of the current project on the fly, and if so, how does it match to the tempo?  Should audio files already be rex or acid with tempo mapping in them?  

Thanks!

Donny

Hello,
 
Yes you can drag in audio from outside the project via the Media Browser or from Windows Explorer itself. Audio that is imported this way is stored internally on a hidden matrix track which the matrix uses to reference these clips. In SONAR 8.0.1 if you want something to loop the clip should be acidized so that it can match tempo. In the upcoming update there are many enhancements to the matrix, one of which is a new "import all audio as grooveclips" option. When checked it allows imported audio to be automatically acidized. So if you drag in a standard wave it will convert it to a groove clip internally and stretch it to the project tempo.
 

Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk
]

Hello,
 
Yes you can drag in audio from outside the project via the Media Browser or from Windows Explorer itself. Audio that is imported this way is stored internally on a hidden matrix track which the matrix uses to reference these clips. In SONAR 8.0.1 if you want something to loop the clip should be acidized so that it can match tempo. In the upcoming update there are many enhancements to the matrix, one of which is a new "import all audio as grooveclips" option. When checked it allows imported audio to be automatically acidized. So if you drag in a standard wave it will convert it to a groove clip internally and stretch it to the project tempo.
 

Noel,
 
SHOUTS and APPLAUSE!!!!!  That is so incredibly AWESOME!  I can't tell you how cool that is!  I used to acidize tracks all the time and it's really, really easy...Now when you say upcoming update...do you mean one we don't even see yet...after the Matrix update that I've seen out there now right?...