SONAR Home Studio 7 Feature List

Re:SONAR Home Studio 7 Feature List (olilyrooso)

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:40:39 GMT

Does the Sonar Home Studio 7XL have a USB Audio Capture?

Re: RE: SONAR Home Studio 7 Feature List (desoza.martin)

Sat, 12 Jun 2010 03:01:53 GMT

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Re:SONAR Home Studio 7 Feature List (catalin)

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:13:15 GMT

Hi Samara. I am catalin from Rumania and i am new in music produciton and i want to buy an M Audio 61 MIdi controler and i want to know if i can youse the Sonar software for my M Audio 61 in order to make music ? I know that M aUDIO has it's own software called Ableton live and olso you must youse some kind of midi device called M Box in order to be able to youse the Ableton music software , but i want to know if i can youse for my M Audio for Sonar wich is much metter than Ableton live ? and olso if Sonar can be used olso only together with an midi device olso or just simply can be used directly through my Pc ? Thanks a lot .

RE: SONAR Home Studio 7 Feature List (egassi)

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:59:44 GMT

I've been trying to use Sonar Home Studio 7 for 2 weeks now and am very disappointed with this software....1st problem was latency between the time I press the note on keyboard to the time it actually sounds. I tried the suggested fixes and seems to have improved but not perfect. Also, when I play the keyboard controller notes and sound is dropping out. I tried the suggested fixes from your support team and the problem still exists. Also the master volume does not seem to be very loud. If I double click the piano icon, it brings up the mixer window. when I test the piano in here it is at a lower than acceptable volume . When I close the window and play off my keyboard controller, the sound is even lower.

Any suggestions?

Re:SONAR Home Studio 7 Feature List (malexander59)

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:50:44 GMT

Hi Samara, thanks for the list.

I previously used HS 2002 (!) and recently upgraded to HS7XL. I primarily used HS2002 as my sequencer for live performance.

I have two specific questions on HS7XL:

Can you have more than one file (or project) open at a time?
Can you create "play lists" of songs/projects similar to HS 2002?

I'll look for your reply and thank you in advance for your help!

Mike Alexander
Phoenix, Arizona

Re: RE: SONAR Home Studio 7 Feature List (james125)

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:42:16 GMT

RobertB

No James, you don't.
These features were part of the original SHS7 release. (Note the dates on the posts.) They were new conpared to SHS6.
You have everything listed.
Other than patches, you shouldn't have to update it.

Thanks RobertB , I'm starting to use my Sonar Home Studio 7 XL again because it has REWIRE in it that I need for my new product I just purchase last week .
I did at one time update my version to the newest version months ago.

Re: RE: SONAR Home Studio 7 Feature List (RobertB)

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:31:26 GMT

No James, you don't.
These features were part of the original SHS7 release. (Note the dates on the posts.) They were new conpared to SHS6.
You have everything listed.
Other than patches, you shouldn't have to update it.

Re: RE: SONAR Home Studio 7 Feature List (james125)

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:59:13 GMT

What does all this mean to someone who has had Sonar Home Studio 7 XL for over a year now do I need to update my version to get all of these new features your talking about ?

Re: RE: SONAR Home Studio 7 Feature List (Edward m)

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:49:50 GMT

currently have Sonar SE 7...most of the advanced features I don't use...so, I'm switching to HS7 to simplify my workflow....sounds like, for me at least, a smart move because many of the new features in v.8 have been included in HS7 . Just to be clear you said SHS7 will have "Studio Instruments Drums"

Thanks !

Down Pillow

Re:SONAR Home Studio 7 Feature List (domrafan)

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:42:52 GMT

Hi
I have just upgraded my recently purchased Home Studio 7 with the 7.0.1 download. Since doing so I have experienced on many occasions a 'fatal error has occurred' which freezes the computer completely. The message lists

module c:\Program File\Cakewalk\DXi\GroovePlayer\GroovePlayer.d11

A crash dump file is created at

:c\User\Paul\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk\SONARHome Studio7\MiniDumps\PROJECT NAME AND .dmp number

There is also an exception code c0000005

The fatal error occurs when I play back the clip I have just recorded.

Help please!

Re:SONAR Home Studio 7 Feature List (SIR LAWRENCE)

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:06:19 GMT

Samara - Does Sonar Home Studio 6.2.1 support Windows 7? If not, what about Sonar Home Studio 7 if I upgrade??
My production system just crashed and I'm going to need a new one and W7 is the only thing available.

Re: RE: SONAR Home Studio 7 Feature List (musictec)

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:08:28 GMT

Hi Samara,

Thanks for your updates on HS7! And I must say that it has been gracious of you and your team to come into this forum to talk to us. Most of the time, I've felt that there has been no opportunity to feedback to Cakewalk on kudos and bummers that I have had.
Is this something of a "new direction" that Cakewalk is taking to talk to your customers or is it just a decision that you (hopefully not with regret!!) made as Product Manager?! ;-)
Take care!

Q

Re:SONAR Home Studio 7 Feature List (Beagle)

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:39:04 GMT

billsteve - this is the wrong place to ask this question, you need to click on the POST NEW THREAD button to start a new thread instead of replying to this one which has nothing to do with your question.

Re:SONAR Home Studio 7 Feature List (Billsteve)

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:07:05 GMT

Hello, My name is Billsteve

I would like to record more than one USB mics at once for a podcast, can I do that with Sonar? can I do that with the Home verson? can I even do it with the Music creator?

Re: RE: SONAR Home Studio 7 Feature List (scottfree)

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:04:35 GMT

Yeah so, anyone?

Re: RE: SONAR Home Studio 7 Feature List (scottfree)

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:44:56 GMT

I use the Presonus faderport with HS6 & 7

With HS7:
In Track View there's an indicator that tells me which channel the faderport is controlling. However, in Console View I can't seem to see any type of indicator. Got any magic for this?

With HS6:
This is not a problem.

Thanks
Scott

RE: Sonar Home Studio 7XL (RobertB)

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:22:43 GMT

SHS7 can record sound from a USB interface, or any sound card attached to your system.
If this is what you are asking, then yes.

Sonar Home Studio 7XL (musycman)

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:15:34 GMT

Does the Sonar Home Studio 7XL have a USB Audio Capture?

RE: SONAR Home Studio 7 Feature List (vpjwallst1)

Fri, 08 May 2009 14:30:38 GMT

Is there a Vocoder?

RE: SONAR Home Studio 7 Feature List (SteveStrummerUK)

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:07:18 GMT

Hello there Sid, welcome aboard.

Home Studio 7XL certainly is a great bit of gear - you've certainly purchased a very sophisticated and capable product.

I'd suggest you have a study of the manual, and work your way through the tutorials - basically get yourself acquainted with HS7. If you find yourself struggling at all, or you're not sure about anything, be sure to ask away - just click on the New Post link at the top of the main HS page.

There are plenty of very experienced and helpful folk in this forum who'd be only too happy to help you along!

Congratulations on your new software and good luck

Steve

RE: SONAR Home Studio 7 Feature List (sidmaster)

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:56:33 GMT

This is really good to know Samara. I'm new to the studio scene and have purchased Sonar HS7XL and so far I'm really pleased. I really don't know what I'm doing, I'm more of a musician than technician, but the GUI of this software I do like! I ususally purchase a software pkg. at the worst possible upgrade. I got lucky with 7XL, Thanks to you guys at Cakewalk.

-Sidmaster

RE: SONAR Home Studio 7 Feature List (vpjwallst1)

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:20:12 GMT

Can you help me with this?

Trying to install 7.01 and 7.02 updates but getting error.
"Cannot locate the required SONAR version on this system. Please install the correct version of SONAR to use this patch"
I reinstalled SONAR 7.00 XL with no luck. So I tried the "PatchAppData" download and it states "Nothing to do, common appdta path already exists"

Any help would be appreciated.

JaiVon

RE: SONAR Home Studio 7 Feature List (timfogl)

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:18:53 GMT

Help...anybody. I have been way out of the loop for quite sometime now. Last worked and have tracks/songs done in Sonar 3 Producer version. Need to know compatability to pull those songs up into a Home Studio version? Assume I can probably use import as a minimum? Also need to know if upgrade pricing is even a remote possibility since I am so far back down the chain of versions? Any guidance appreciated? Thanks.

RE: SONAR Home Studio 7 Feature List (sylva)

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:32:24 GMT

Alex,

I understand your reasons, however if people find, as Robert says, that SHS6 is too steep to learn, than they have a choice to go to CompUSA or some other mega store and buy those $39-$49 entry level packages. Yes, SHS6 is an exceptionally strong product and I LOVE it. For your info, when I bought it I was a COMPLETE greenhorn at DAWs, MIDI, etc. and had a steep hill to climb. But I was at it from day one and am at it now. I still have a lot to learn about SHS6 XL. I thought that CAKEWALK will continue with the product in the vane it promised to, work out the problems in the 64 bit version and make SHS an even stronger product. This is all I meant to say. Watering it down leaves a bad taste. As a product, SHS became a stub with verstion 7. People cannot expect me to buy a completely new product every year (because this is what it would now take to get another 64 bit version that does not have the problems of SHS6). Sorry, but you need to see my side too.

Sylva.

RE: SONAR Home Studio 7 Feature List (RobertB)

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:43:42 GMT

I see what you are saying, Alex. SHS6 (and 4 for that matter) were very strong products, but the learning curve was undeniably brutal. I personally love what SHS6 brought to the table, but we dealt with many who were just overwhelmed by what it could do. I suppose it may have been a bit advanced for an "entry level" product, but it was pretty darn good.
SHS7 wasn't for me, but I hope it brings the success you want from it.

RE: SONAR Home Studio 7 Feature List (sylva)

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:24:48 GMT

Well, they have 64 bits in XL6 and promised to fix the problems regarding WinXP64 which they do mention in the Readme.txt. I took their word straight, but they bent it. To me it means they don't care about their customers as they did before, settling for the "good enough." Maybe it's the winds of new corporate culture from Roland? I don't know, but will start looking for something else. I bought XL6 for $129. Why should I switch to full 8 for a mere $271 (which is a fortune for me) more when XL6 has most what a good DAW is supposed to have? True, I am not a beginner anymore but XL6 is not for beginners. It's a very complex and fairly complete package which took some time to master, more over, I don't think I mastered it yet. When a manufacturer brags about the "new interface" of its product, flags go up in my mind becuase I have manufacturing experience. Most of the time it's nothing but gimmick. And gimmick it is, because apparently, under the shiny veneer, wood of much lesser quality was used. This is why I didn't hurry to buy the upgrade offered in tandem with the XL7's issue to market. I wanted to see what it was about. And what it is about is not to my liking. The computer world is clearly shifting to 64 bits. The pace is picking up and, though the change over is hardware driven, software is catching up. You now buy XL7 and 4-6 months down the road XL8 will be looming with grand opening: "Sonar Home Studio 8, now fully 64 bit!! Take advantage of our inexpensive upgrade for only $69." Ahhha, you just upgraded to 7 six months back for $59, and now 64 bit is back at only $69. The two upgrades sound pretty much like what I paid for XL6 to begin with. Maybe even Session Drummer will be back, of course, "new and improved." It's the old Microsoft thing. Windows 95, the new 32 bit operating system. No more DOS, new carefree memory management. Oh, yeah.

RE: SONAR Home Studio 7 Feature List (RobertB)

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:05:18 GMT

Yeah, we were all a bit surprised by the SHS7 release back in August, but the dust has settled. SHS7 is what it is. Hopefully it's a good call, and will do what Cakewalk wants it to do. It is clearly aimed more at new users than previous versions, and to that end, it appears to be reaching its target audience. They have suggested that more advanced users move up to Sonar 8 (which unlike Pro Tools, does have Vista 64 bit support). To the best of my knowledge, XP64 has never been supported, and never will be. I'm not trying to bust your chops, but if you really want to stick with 64 bit, it seems you have limited options at this point in time.

RE: SONAR Home Studio 7 Feature List (sylva)

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:23:12 GMT

New look? That's fantastic. Wasn't XL 6's look good enough? I didn't feel I was missing something. In stead, you took out 64 bit. I completely upgraded my computers to 64 bits a year go. I am using XL 6/WinXP64. Great, here's XL 7 without 64 bits. Now, That's real progress Ms. Krugman, real progress. In the Readme of XL6 it was stated that the 64 bit problems will be addressed in a future edition. Nice change since. Sorry, no go to 7. Maybe ProTools M-Audio.

Sylva.

RE: SONAR Home Studio 7 Feature List (SteveStrummerUK)

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:36:32 GMT

Hi there Allan

Bad news I'm afraid - there's no Session Drummer 2 or AudioSnap in HS7XL - they can, however, both be found in SONAR 8.

Check out this page: http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/HomeStudio/English/comparison.asp for comparisions.

Steve

RE: SONAR Home Studio 7 Feature List (slamsound)

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:00:58 GMT

HI Samara,

I recently upgraded from Sonar 1 to SHS7XL. So I've been getting used to the new look, etc. I have noticed that some of what I see on youtube I don't seem to have access to..like I've been watching the "audio snap" videos to tighten vocals and drums and I can't locate it. I can find the snap grid, but I don't have any of those options. So here's my question. Do I have access to the audio snap features or is that in another version, say "producer".

Also, I'm glad you mentioned in one of your comments that session drummer 2 was dropped for SI-Drums in SHS&XL. On youtube session drummer is mentioned as being part of SHS7 and I've been going nuts trying to find it.

Thanks Samara