I always appreciate how current Sonar is... adding support for the dial again affirms this. Well done!
Looking forward to the final release.
 
Edit: And how helpful many forum regulars are. Thanks!!

This is one of those releases that might seem underwhelming at first to people who have the idea that a monthly update should always include some kind of big whizz-bang feature  - and hey, maybe the duplicate track button is a whizz-bang feature for a few people, but for most of us it's a little thing, and maybe not the little thing that we might have chosen to focus on if we happen to have a different bee in our bonnet... BUT it's a little thing that's pretty much inarguably an improvement - they took something that probably gets used a fair bit but was previously a bit fumbly, even if most of us never thought about it,  and thought about how to do it right, and made the change while fixing a few underlying related (and a few other unrelated) bugs. Plus, the surface dial thing, which I almost certainly won't use anytime soon but hey, future-proofing, awesome. That's actually a lot, and to have that happening every month, even if most months don't have a big whizz-bang feature, is pretty great, and something that users of something like Reaper have crowed about for ages. It's even better, I think, to have it in combination with an application as deep and comprehensive as Sonar. 

Well said, subtlearts.  

hi all
so far no issues on my end
with the new update
 

...wicked

chuckebaby
1- Click CNTRL+SHIFT+A to deselect all tracks and focus.

 
I did not know this!

As a general (though not universal) rule, adding SHIFT to a key command or combo means "do the opposite of what this usually does". EG CTRL+Z+SHIFT is "redo". TAB on an audiosnap clip is "go to next transient" and TAB+SHIFT is "go to previous transient".

It doesn't work on everything, but it's always worth a try on stuff. The implementation is pretty thorough, but not particularly documented.

subtlearts
This is one of those releases that might seem underwhelming at first to people who have the idea that a monthly update should always include some kind of big whizz-bang feature  - and hey, maybe the duplicate track button is a whizz-bang feature for a few people, but for most of us it's a little thing, and maybe not the little thing that we might have chosen to focus on if we happen to have a different bee in our bonnet... BUT it's a little thing that's pretty much inarguably an improvement - they took something that probably gets used a fair bit but was previously a bit fumbly, even if most of us never thought about it,  and thought about how to do it right, and made the change while fixing a few underlying related (and a few other unrelated) bugs. Plus, the surface dial thing, which I almost certainly won't use anytime soon but hey, future-proofing, awesome. That's actually a lot, and to have that happening every month, even if most months don't have a big whizz-bang feature, is pretty great, and something that users of something like Reaper have crowed about for ages. It's even better, I think, to have it in combination with an application as deep and comprehensive as Sonar. 

Agree with all of this. For me, this is actually one of the more exciting recent updates. It's not an obvious mega-feature, but it's workflow gold.

Lance Riley [Cakewalk]
New Duplicate Track Button
(Platinum, Professional, and Artist)
 
Duplicating a track is a widely used technique for mixing to create thick vocals when you add compression and chorus to the double. It is also very handy during recording when you are creating different parts using the same instrument or audio setup. In SONAR 2017.09 update we have added a dedicated button for this in the Track view to make it even faster. So you can focus on the music you are making instead of how you are getting there. To set how you want the button to behave you can right-click on the Duplicate button and pick the settings you prefer.
 

Can you bind that to a custom key so that a single button duplicates e.g. the selected track(s) completely identical except for the recorded clips (would very helpful for all tracking sessions)?

Rob[atSound-Rehab]
 
Can you bind that to a custom key so that a single button duplicates e.g. the selected track(s) completely identical except for the recorded clips (would very helpful for all tracking sessions)?

The Duplicate button is a single button that does what you want. You can also bind the Duplicate Track function, which defaults to the button behavior you've selected, to a keyboard shortcut and then hit enter.