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SONAR
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Product SONAR
Developer Cakewalk
Primary Type Sequencer / Multitrack
Price (MSRP) $149 - $619
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SONAR

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Cakewalk updates SONAR to v8.0.2 19th November 2008
Digital Music Doctor releases Sonar 8 - Know It All! [Video] 14th November 2008
Cakewalk updates SONAR to v8.0.1 and Beatscape to v1.0.1 30th October 2008
Cakewalk announces SONAR V-Studio 700 6th October 2008
Cakewalk announces SONAR Home Studio 7 and SONAR Home Studio 7 XL 4th October 2008
Cakewalk announces SONAR 8 Producer & SONAR 8 Studio 22nd September 2008
Agitated State releases MenuMagic v1.1 beta 9th September 2008
ASK Video announces its first Sonar 7 DVD Tutorial 8th July 2008
Native Instruments launches 'Komplete Your DAW' 3rd June 2008
Agitated State releases MenuMagic Plug-In Manager for Sonar/Project5 and announces USA Memorial Weekend Sale 23rd May 2008
Cakewalk releases Minimoog Tribute Expansion Pack for Rapture, Rapture LE, and SONAR 7 customers 17th January 2008
Cakewalk updates SONAR to v7.0.2 4th January 2008
Garrigus.com releases Sonar 7 Power! - The Comprehensive Guide 23rd November 2007
Digital Music Doctor releases Sonar 7 - Know It All! (Video) 12th November 2007
Cakewalk releases SONAR 7 trial version 6th November 2007
EDIROL/Cakewalk launch SONAR 7 Academic Editions (Europe) 31st October 2007
Cakewalk updates SONAR to v7.0.1 17th October 2007
Cakewalk announces Pro Suite 5th October 2007
Cakewalk announces Sonar 7 Crossgrade Pricing 5th October 2007
Cakewalk releases SONAR 7 Producer Edition and SONAR 7 Studio Edition 19th September 2007
Agitated State updates MenuMagic Plug-In Manager (Cakewalk DAWs version) to v0.9.10.7 beta 28th August 2007
Cakewalk updates SONAR Home Studio to v6.2.2 24th July 2007
Cakewalk releases Session Drummer 2 Hip Hop Pack Vol. 1 28th March 2007
Agitated State updates MenuMagic Plug-In Manager to v0.9.5.30 beta 19th March 2007
Cakewalk updates SONAR to v6.2.1 9th March 2007
Agitated State announces MenuMagic Plug-In Manager (for Cakewalk DAWs) 6th March 2007
Cakewalk releases SONAR Home Studio 6 and SONAR Home Studio 6 XL 28th February 2007
Cakewalk and Roland announce REAC Recording Technology for Cakewalk's SONAR and Roland's RSS Digital Snake System 19th January 2007
Cakewalk announces SONAR LE update 19th January 2007
Cakewalk to update SONAR Power Studio 19th January 2007
Cakewalk announces SONAR Home Studio 6 and SONAR Home Studio 6 XL 18th January 2007
Cakewalk announces SONAR v6.2 update 18th January 2007
Cakewalk announces Holiday Giveaway Extravaganza 7th December 2006
Cakewalk announces Special Cross-grade Pricing on SONAR 6 29th November 2006
Cakewalk releases SONAR 6 Producer Edition trial version 2nd November 2006
Digital Music Doctor releases Sonar 6-Know It All! (Training Video) 2nd November 2006
Cakewalk updates SONAR to 6.0.1 11th October 2006
Cakewalk announces Expansion Packs for Session Drummer 2 9th October 2006
Cakewalk releases SONAR 6 Producer and Studio Editions 9th October 2006
Cakewalk releases SONAR v5.2 (incl. x64) 11th April 2006
Cakewalk announces SONAR v5.2 29th March 2006
Cakewalk announces SONAR Power Studio Music Production Systems 19th January 2006
Cakewalk releases SONAR v5.0.1 update 23rd November 2005
Sonar 5-Know It All! released (Training Video) 13th October 2005
Cakewalk announces SONAR 5 7th September 2005
Cakewalk announces SONAR Home Studio Version 4 (+XL) 25th July 2005
Cakewalk announces SONAR v4.0.3 25th July 2005
Digital Music Doctor releases interactive training courses 27th May 2005
Cakewalk announces SONAR LE bundled with Edirol hardware 6th April 2005
Cakewalk White Paper: Benefits of x64 for Audio Workstations 11th February 2005
Cakewalk releases free beta version of 64-bit SONAR 20th January 2005
Cakewalk releases SONAR v4.0.2 20th January 2005
Cakewalk Sonar v4.0.1 released 4th November 2004
Cakewalk Sonar 4 released 25th September 2004
Cakewalk SONAR 4 announced 2nd September 2004
Cakewalk Sonar v3.1.1 released 27th January 2004
Cakewalk Home Studio 2004 & XL French/German Editions released 21st January 2004
Cakewalk Sonar v3.1 released 9th January 2004
Cakewalk Sonar v3.0 demo released 5th December 2003
Sonar 3 plugin patch released 7th November 2003
Cakewalk Sonar 3 now shipping 6th October 2003
Cakewalk Sonar 3 announced 7th September 2003
Cakewalk Sonar v2.2 released 1st February 2003
Cakewalk Announces Sonar v2.2 16th January 2003
Cakewalk Sonar v2.1 released 23rd October 2002
Sonar Plugin Manager and Plugins Patch released 26th May 2002

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By fandango
On 27th January 2006
Version: XP

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When you view the screenshots for Home Studio 4, you might be forgiven for thinking that it is just a heavily cut down version of Sonar 4. However, I've been really quite suprised at how much has been included in the Home Studio version. If the full Sonar package seems quite pricey, you may find all you want already available in the Home Studio version. You can, of course, upgrade to Studio or Producer if you find HS lacking in any way.

GUI - Home Studio is based on Sonar 4, hence the GUI is much the same. When you first start Home Studio, much of the interface, layout and toolbars is hidden behind a simplified functionality toolbar at the top. This can (thankfully) be removed and set up with as many dockable toolbars as you like. Transport, Metronome, Event Inspector, pretty much most of the toolbars you'd find in Sonar. Specific areas such as Piano Roll and Staff View can be docked into a tabbed area at the bottom right of the track view. You can, of course, undock and maximise these windows to concentrate on specific areas.

FEATURES - Decent Piano Roll (lacks some of features of packages like FLS/eXT which allow note slicing, modifying velocities for selected notes only etc.). The staff view is basic, but if you like to see your MIDI sequences in notation, it's decent enough. It's no Finale/Overture/Sibelius though. The mixer is quite comprehensive, allowing per-track inserts, sends, MFX for MIDI tracks and a bus section allowing you to add more stereo or surround tracks if you need them. PDC seems to be working fine. You can use automation envelopes on tracks and clips, which is nice. You can record automation interactively via synth interfaces by arming the parameters you want to automate.

This version also includes the audio metronome as well. There were quite a few complaints about earlier Cakewalk products only having a MIDI metronome.

There are no folder tracks in Home Studio, so you may want to hide tracks that you aren't wanting. You can do this independantly for both the Track and Mixer view.

SOUND - HS will default to using non-ASIO drivers, so make sure you set these up first. These changes require restarting the program, which can be annoying. Otherwise, you have a nicely laid out mixer where you can add a master track, extra aux buses etc. The included synths and Cakewalk effects are, sadly, a rather naff affair, but if you have your own arsenal of effects and generators then that shouldn't really be an issue. Also, I have not encountered any problems with the VST adapter. PDC seems to work fine too. Make sure the adapter detects latency in your plugins. If not, you can set this manually.

DOCS - Online help. Big thick manual, but most of this is divided into different languages. Basic tutorials on recording MIDI, AUDIO, setting up audio drivers, using the track view, etc.

PRESETS - N/A

SUPPORT - Well, I can't review Cakewalk's tech support specifically, as I haven't needed to utilise it. However, there is a forum at Cakewalk where people can post and ask questions. Cakewalk staff occasionally comment on these forums, but likewise they occasionally appear on KVR too and seem to be polite. The forums however, like any community, contain a mixture of characters, some of whom may not be helpful in their replies, especially for questions that are asked often. If in doubt, search the forum first.

VFM - I initially obtained Home Studio at quite a discount from Amazon and it seemed like a good way to move towards the Studio or Producer edition of Sonar. However, so much has been included in the Home Studio version in terms of sequencer functionality that for many people, home musicians etc. an upgrade may not even be necessary. The included synths and effects aren't, imo, very good. However, with so many quality effects available for free, this may not be a problem if all you want from the package is just a sequencing environment as apposed to a 'soft studio' such as Reason, FLS or Orion, with their own specific array of synths and effects.

STABILITY - Home Studio is, imo, very stable. Initially, I had problems with crashes, but this was apparently a problem in the audio driver setup (which can be quite a confusing dialogue with options over different tabbed areas). Also, the package became unstable when I went to set metronome options on the transport toolbar. This was because I had not specifically set a MIDI output device to route the metronome to. This should not cause a crash. However, it is fixed now.

All in all, I am really quite surprised at how much is included in the Home Studio version of Sonar. It derives much of it's functionality from Sonar 4, so if the full version of Sonar is a bit too expensive for your needs, the Home Studio might be just the thing you're after. As far as ease of use is concerned, hosts like Tracktion, energyXT etc. might be more 'immediate', but those who like a traditional mixer view and notation support might find Home Studio more recognisable
 
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By Sensational
On 17th March 2005
Version: 4.02

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First I have to say that Sonar's audio engine is very good. If you are having problems with it I suggest you check your buffer settings, because with the proper settings it flows very smooth. FLStudio loads plugins really well and Sonar loads plugins while running audio better than FLStudio.

GUI:
The gui is perfect! You can modify it to your work flow, by setting up windows in any kind of arrangement you like. Colors are configurable to any color scheme you like. You can even save presets for your favorite layouts.

Sound:
Sonars sound quality is outstanding. I get nothing but the best sound out of it.

Features:
To many features to list but my favorites are track folders, track layers, clip muting, slip editing of audio and key binding, which makes you projects flow along so smooth and easy. The midi is a little iffy for me though because I'm so use to using FLSudio, but I like how easy it is to move around a project in Sonars pianoroll view.

Docs:
Sonars documentation covers every base. You get a giant manual to carry around and study as you need, and the in program help contents which is the same as the manual is very easy to navigate.

Presets:
The basic preset templates for whatever situation you need Sonar for are covered, along with the basic effects presets.

Support:
The support is excellent for such a large company. I emailed them about an external wave editor issue I had and it was answered in a couple of hours. I also got answers right away on the user forum. The only problem I had was that I couldn't get register to the forum because of the info that they sent me in a registration email, that was not what the forum ask me for to confirm my registration. Oh well! I need to make music not hang out in user forums anyway.

VFM:
I think Sonar is a really great VFM. Sonar does everything you expect and a whole lot more. I have other software like FLS, Oplat, eXT and Rebirth and Hardware like the Triton, Mophatt, EMX - 1 and a DR770 and Sonar plays fair with all of them, making it easy to work all over the place. I have to admit, I also finish more songs because of Sonar, I find it easy to work with a linear flow than the pattern base flow.

Stability:
It's like a rock for me! I have clients come in and work for hours with out crashes, dropouts or having to restart and lose work.

Like I said before take the time to setup Sonar to work properly for you and it is awesome! If you just load it on to your system and expect instant success life just doesn't work that way. Check your buffer settings most importantly and it should be smooth sailing from there.
 
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By MotorMind
On 31st January 2005
Version: 4.0.2

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In this review I will cut straight to the cheese: Sonar's audio engine has some serious issues. Every time you edit something - anything it all - the audio output starts gapping, crackling and distorting. This could happen while adding/removing plug-ins, manipulating faders or - worse still - editing MIDI. Yes, that's right: every time you edit a MIDI note the audio stops for a while, which can wreak havoc on any kind of real-time workflow. This already happens at very low CPU consumption and gets exponentially worse when the load gets higher. Forget about using ReWire; the audio gaps will go up to over a second, not to mention the stress on the monitors every time you dare to move a note in the piano roll.

I am by far not the only one with this complaint. The Cakewalk Sonar user-forums are filled with posts about this issue.

I wish I could be more constructive, but this is just how it is. Sonar 4 is an application that is great in its conception, but flawed in its execution. Now this gapping issue might not affect everyone, since some people hardly do any MIDI editing at all and simply go for the looping/recording features of Sonar. Those people will be just fine.

For the rest of us it might be wise to wait until the next major release of this package, when Cakewalk has solved the audio-gap issue. At least that is what they promised to do.
 
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By bandasound
On 4th February 2004
Version: 3.1.1

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first i would like to start off and say that I have been a Cakewalk user since version 3 ...and have seen it evolve over the version and have to say that Sonar 3.1.1 is an excellant tool that (IMHO) rivals all brands out there. Even Pro TOols!! I think that it has matured as a multi-tracking Application and is capable of producing post producing quality material as long as it is complimented with the right equiment (I.E. apogee converters...neve, manley, or avalon preamps...and so on) so i think across the board, for me, it is also the most friendliest. I think that the competitors like cubase, samplitude, logic, etc. also compare relatively but is a matter of taste and past usage. so for me Sonar is my choice. for people just getting into recording Sonar also is more friendly then the others. But the fact that it implements WDM drivers which is the lowest latency protocol...also is a plus. The looping tools are excellant (acidized loop support)and streamlined making the song writing experience very smooth and transparent.

I quoted to one of my clients that is seems to disappear in the background while i am writing songs...recording...I dont feel like I have to battle with the interface. also with the new updates with 3.11 you get MIDI looping (like audio looping)for quick click tracks and/or grooves! also the support for multiple sample rates it very nice addition...and the midi note editing "as usual" is suppior to most apps out there. audio edit "offline" to my is still not my cup of tea for Sonar....only con about that app...so i went out and got Sound Forge for offline track editing and mastering.

Sonar is the way to go...
 
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By thenumber23
On 19th January 2004
Version: 3.0

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This review would best be read by someone who has used (or demoed) an old version of Sonar or Cakewalk. It is not meant to debate the differences between all the excellent sequencer/hosts/DAWs on the market. All have their good and bad points, and all have downloadable demos.


I've used every version of Cakewalk since version 1 for Windows (not Sonar 1, but Cakewalk 1 - back in 1993!) but Sonar 3 far exceeds them.

Cakewalk/Sonar has always been usable to me. Sonar 2 was technically excellent - it included about every feature that I could ever want, and actually made it feasible to start selling my hardware synths because the sound quality and convenience of softs really hit home.

Unfortunately, I still found Sonar 2 to be only 'usable'. Meaning, I knew what to do, but found it slightly uncreative. Therefore, I didn't have dreams during the day to come home and use Sonar to write songs.

Then, I went to a Sonar 3 clinic. I was amazed! Here was an excellent presenter showing off the product in its best light, and also acting like a human user manual. I bought the upgrade on the spot.

I didn't regret it. Actually, it's one of the best purchases I've ever made. Sonar 3 isn't just usable, it's highly creative, addictive, and streamlined. Now, I do daydream about coming home to write songs with it. I've written more songs with Sonar 3 in two months than I did with Sonar 2 during the 5 months prior.

I find I don't have to concentrate on the process as much - I just start recording, add what I want, and it just works! I get a variety of crashes (I'm still using Sonar 3.0, not 3.1), but that's probably because I'm doing far more things with my songs than in Sonar 2. Also, Autosave covers my behind. And, like Cakewalk has always done in the past, they work hard to fix any bugs that customers find to make an extremely stable product.

Other points of interest (what really sold me on the upgrade)

* Confidence recording. You see the waveform/MIDI data drawn as you record so there's no worry of a lost take.

* Flexible MIDI routing. My multiple MIDI controllers can be routed to multiple destinations (including softsynths).

* Flexible bus architecture. Create audio busses as you need them. Great for creative effects.

* User interface. Feels much more comfortable to work with.

* Quality automatable effects. Continues in the tradition of tons of useful goodies included with each upgrade.

What's not so nice:

* Still no audio metronome. The workarounds work, but aren't always simple. I use Ping DXi (see my review of that plugin for details).

* There's got to be something else, so when I think of it, I'll update this line.


Conclusion: This is the best release of Sonar to date, and is definitely worth the upgrade price. In fact, it is worth more than twice the upgrade price.
 
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