I had a Wurli keys chord progression and some drumming set up in a project today and I was struggling to come up with some lyrics so I switched off my speakers, added a audio track, set the input, hooked up a 58, brought the 58 to my mixing desk, put on my headphones, and hit record so I could try some scratch tracking.
 
As soon as I started singing I realized the vocal return through my headphones was too quiet. I kept singing while the DAW kept recording as I rerouted the output of the track from the Main Outs to my "master bus", turned up the track volume level, added an insert of Fab Filter Q2, set up a low cut and a tilt shift filter, added an insert of FabFilter Pro-C, and tweaked some compressor settings to make the vocals sound clear and loud.
 
I don't think I have ever added effects in my DAW while recording and monitoring round trip through the DAW before today.
 
It was nice because I wanted to get the vocal melody line recorded while it was in my head, and it was helpful to be able to quickly set it up so I could hear what I was singing.
 
It made me wonder; How many DAWs can do this in 2014?

As long as you have low round-trip latency (and the machine can sustain the the load)... you're golden.

My machine seems to run pretty darn good. ;-)
 
It was adding the FX in the DAW while the transport was recording that seemed special to me. I never did that before, and I think it is because I used to think I could not add FX in the DAW while the recording was happening.

Sonar?

Can you add FX to the FX bin in SONAR X while actively recording? In SONAR 8.5 you can't do it, and you can't change the output routing on the fly either. Maybe you can with X???
 
One thing I do really like about SONAR is the ability to arm a track and/or initiate a record in the middle of playback. That has been really useful to me.
 

When I play back a midi drum track, I usually have AD2 and BFD2 set up and flip between them to find the best sound. Same goes for simple plugs like a chorus. I didn't know I wasn't supposed to do it, but it worked.
 
I guess ignorance can be your friend at times.

mike_mccue
It made me wonder; How many DAWs can do this in 2014?

So far, one. Yours.

Bapsi
 

mike_mccue
It made me wonder; How many DAWs can do this in 2014?

So far, one. Yours.

 
 
They ain't be much of 2014 left.
 
 
Enjoy it while you cam McQ.

McQ
It was nice because I wanted to get the vocal melody line recorded while it was in my head, and it was helpful to be able to quickly set it up so I could hear what I was singing.

 
Yeah, I can see that hitting the stop and start button & Ctll-Z as bookends to all that other activity will just kill the creativity.
 

mike_mccue
Can you add FX to the FX bin in SONAR X while actively recording? In SONAR 8.5 you can't do it, and you can't change the output routing on the fly either. Maybe you can with X???
 
One thing I do really like about SONAR is the ability to arm a track and/or initiate a record in the middle of playback. That has been really useful to me.

Back in the day, you used to have to stop the transport for a lot of operations.
 
Samplitude was one of the first DAWs (for PC) where many things could be done on-the-fly.
Logic Audio (PC) was also good in this regard.  The realtime/non-destructive quantize was awesome.
For me, that created a whole new level of (realtime) expectation.
 
Nowadays, as Cakewalk users we have a lot more options available on-the-fly.