5 Ways SONAR’s Rolling Updates Are Working For You
With the introduction of the new SONAR last January, we also introduced a new delivery model we call Rolling Updates. Essentially, when you purchase an upgrade to SONAR Artist/Professional/Platinum,...
View ArticleUniversal Routing Technology 101: Improving Your Workflow With Patch Points
By Craig Anderton Cakewalk has been quietly developing a Universal Routing Technology that gives tremendous flexibility when routing signals within SONAR. One of the first examples was the FX Chain,...
View ArticleUniversal Routing Technology 202: Unlocking the Creative Potential of the Aux...
By Craig Anderton Here are some representative applications for using Patch Points and Aux Tracks. There are often several ways to accomplish the same functionality, so use whichever is most...
View ArticleImproving Your Synth Sounds With Real-Time Upsampling
By Craig Anderton Some plug-ins and virtual instruments sound better when recording at sample rates higher than 44.1/48 kHz because high audio frequencies can interfere with lower clock frequencies,...
View ArticleAnatomy of a SONAR Project: Replacing the Placeholder
DELIVERING MUSIC FOR THE FILM “FOR BLOOD” (COFFEERING ENTERTAINMENT LOS ANGELES, CA) Sometimes I am fortunate enough to have the time to take on a project outside of Cakewalk, and I love that those...
View Article5 Major Speed Optimizations in Upcoming SONAR Kingston Update
As we work to perfect SONAR, we’ve focused not only on useful new features, but also improvements to the core program. This month, we targeted our efforts on streamlining SONAR in major ways that will...
View ArticleSONAR Platinum vs. SONAR X3 Producer: Importing Audio
A few weeks back, we released this video demonstrating the drastic speed improvement when inserting 100 blank audio tracks into the current edition of SONAR. If you saw that video, you’ll recall that...
View ArticleMelodyne 4 Essential Coming Soon To SONAR Professional & Platinum
Celemony has graciously introduced a brand new Melodyne update to the world, and we’re including it in the SONAR Manchester Update free of charge for all Professional & Platinum customers with an...
View ArticleSONAR X-Series users will love these 55 improvements in the new SONAR
While there have been hundreds of fixes and enhancements added to SONAR since X3, we’ve compiled this list of the ones we think X-Series users will be particularly fond of. Recording Fixed clip &...
View ArticleHow To Create Easy Tempo Maps in SONAR with Melodyne 4
Thanks to Melodyne’s advanced tempo detection and SONAR’s powerful ARA drag-and-drop integration, your projects can now follow a live recording’s tempo. Simply drag a standard audio clip (or Melodyne...
View ArticleSONAR PLATINUM ADDS Ultra Analog SESSION 2 SYNTH IN 2016.03 UPDATE
As a fan of our bakers and all the great features coming out of the Rolling Updates, I absolutely love exploring all the new things SONAR brings every month. As a big fan of Lounge Lizard, I was...
View ArticleCakewalk Talk Episode 3 Part 1 – Interview with Daniel Rowland from LANDR
Check out the latest episode of Cakewalk Talk, where Dan Gonzalez interviews audio engineer Daniel Rowland (Adrian Belew, StudioBelew, Accept) about LANDR and his role at the company. We’ve posted a...
View ArticleHow the new “TH3 Cakewalk” Will Elevate Your Recordings in SONAR
Whether you update SONAR every month or not, this month is a great time to hit the C3 button. Besides the new cutting edge LP mastering plug-ins, we have worked hard and closely with our good friends...
View ArticleCakeTV Live Episode 5: TH3 Cakewalk Edition
In this week’s edition of CakeTV Live, Joey and Dan tackle the brand new TH3 Cakewalk Edition. Check out all 6 parts here.
View ArticleHOW The Duke Western USES SONAR TO CREATE MUSIC FOR DUCK DYNASTY (AND MORE)
Here at Cakewalk we are fortunate to have an external team of rocket scientists who help test out SONAR beta releases. This team is dedicated, passionate and most of all appreciated by all of us...
View ArticleDesigner’s Notes: Smart Swipe
by Lance Riley Background In a world where consoles are less likely to be seen or even touched by musicians today and a control surface is referred to as a mixer occasionally, I always find myself...
View ArticleNew Comping Features in SONAR
As you may know by now, the Bakers at Cakewalk are constantly on a mission to improve upon SONAR. Whether that’s a bug fix, a new feature, or a feature enhancement, we’re giving you the tools to be...
View ArticleSONAR 2017.03: MIDI, Back to the Future
Cakewalk reaches back to its MIDI sequencing roots to optimize SONAR’s core MIDI editing for today’s generation of virtual instruments. Virtual instrument developers have added more controllers than...
View ArticleSONAR 2017.04 Update: MIDI Transformed
Introducing the Transform Tool SONAR’s new Transform Tool gives you full sculpting power to create more feel and expression in your MIDI instruments — a SONAR Platinum exclusive. Why the Transform Tool...
View ArticleCakewalk Kicks off 30th Anniversary with Major SONAR Update & Much More
–SONAR 2017.05 Update release looks to the past, present and future of desktop music production with Ripple Editing, a new Adaptive Limiter and Pen support for MIDI editing– Let the 30th Anniversary...
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