I have been having serious problems with the new version. Freezes the computer and only shows half the toolbar with no ability to edit. I went back to the previous version. I love Duckbar and Panu is a bloody genius! 

Southpaw3473,
I'd like to know more details of your problems with Duckbar. Could you try the newest version again and send me the log.txt file after a test run? Run also compatibility checker from Main menu | Help and see if it can find anything.  I have currently very limited possibilities to test Duckbar on Windows 8.1 which may be behind your issues... Any hints to repair problems are valuable!
 
-Panu

> Can it make a half dozen sends show up at one time and 20% more channels visible in the mixer?   
 
Well, at least Duckbar adds toolbar buttons in the Console View to toggle visibility of tracks, buses and mains... Future version is a full featured dream DAW with unlimited sends.  Just wait for a couple of years. :)
 

> Did you make the active-track text-glow color to be customizable?
 
It may be customizable in Duckbar's  EXE Colors editor (it can tweak even hundreds of hard-coded colors that are not accessible via SONAR preferences). If you're really interested, visit sonarmods.com and ask help from ZMODs, the EXE Color guru.

smallstonefan
Are there any videos or screen shots to help better understand exactly what this does?

+1. Screenshots would be nice.

Hey Panu,
I re-ran the installer under compatibility mode and it seemed to install correctly this time. I'm glad to have the Redd fader caps back! Now if I can figure out how to make the active track color more visible I will be one happy camper! I'll head over to SonarMods and see if ZMODS has any ideas

Thank you, Panu, for your work and dedication.
 
Kind regards,
 
Living Room Rocker

clintmartin

smallstonefan
Are there any videos or screen shots to help better understand exactly what this does?

+1. Screenshots would be nice.

 
Main window
 

Default floating toolbar (add & remove buttons in Duckbar settings dialog)
Default buttons from left to right:

1. Duckbar
2. Toggle audio engine
3. Toggle track height
4. Open Track President (Duckbar's Track Manager where you can batch freeze & unfreeze audio tracks and synths and make list of tracks to clipboard)
5. Toggle take lanes of selected tracks (not possible in SONAR)
6. Toggle automation lanes of selected tracks (not possible in SONAR)
7. Tap Tempo dialog
8. Delay Time Calculator dialog (shows given tempo's 1/1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/2T, 1/4T, 1/8T, 16/T etc. values in milliseconds) - use to set optimal compressor release, reverb pre delay and normal delay times.
9. "32" - disable currently open 32 bit VST plugins from being on top of other windows
10. Toggle automatic crossfades
11. Save project
12. Save project as...
13. Widen all console strips
14. Narrow all console strips
15. Show Console view
16. Toggle bus pane
17. Toggle navigator
18. Expand plugin tree (hidden by default in Duckbar 2.0.0 and newer)
19. Show Piano roll
20. Show Staff view
21. Markers view
22. Add marker
23. Go to previous marker
24. Go to next marker
25. Step sequencer
26. Open SONAR PDF Guide

 

Utilities Menu Editor
 
In Utilities Menu Editor you can add & remove & modify SONAR's Utilities Menu entries. No need to hassle with the Windows registry editor anymore! :)
 
How to add an audio editor:
- Click Add button
- Browse program path
- Select item type "WaveEditor"
- Leave Comannd line options empty (no need for %1)
- Click OK to close edit form and another OK to close Utilities Menu Editor.
- Done.
 
The following features are available while Duckbar is running:
 

Console View buttons next to Options sub menu: Widen strips, Narrow strips, Toggle Tracks, Toggle Buses, Toggle Mains
 

Piano Roll buttons: select note length (whole, quarter, eight ..., .=dotted, 3=triplet), Toggle controllers, Toggle tracks pane
 

Staff view buttons: note length buttons, Sep Sequencer, Run CAL script (opens list of CALs in the CAL folder), Toggle Tracks Pane
 
More to come...
 
 

Panu,
I still cannot get the Utilities Menu editor to work. I get Unable to import UM entries from system registry. Check registry paths in program preferences. How can I work around that?

Click Duckbar Main menu | Help | Compatibility Check. Copy & paste results if it finds any issues.