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Cakewalk releases SONAR X1b Update

21st March 2011

Cakewalk has released "X1b" updates for SONAR X1 Producer, SONAR X1 Studio and SONAR X1 Essential.

Enhancements and Features in SONAR X1b

EQ and ProChannel for Surround Busses
In SONAR X1b it is now possible to apply the ProChannel (Producer only) and the Sonitus:fx EQ (Studio only) to Surround Busses. This addresses a number of issues, including potential crash issues with Sonitus:fx EQ being moved to the FX bin when loading a project saved in SONAR 8.5.

Auto-Enable for ProChannel Modules (Producer only)
ProChannel modules will now auto-enable when used for the first time. Please note the following:

ProChannel Freezes with Track (Producer only)
When freezing a track the ProChannel will now freeze as well. In order to reflect this, the ProChannel will become grayed-out. When the track is un-frozen the ProChannel will be re-enabled.

V-Studio 700
An updated control surface plug-in for the VS-700 is included with SONAR X1b. A full pdf of changes is available here. In summary:

V-Studio 20
A new version of the VS-20 control surface plug-in is included with X1b. This update now allows for the DAW OUTPUT control on the VS-20 hardware to control both the left and right faders of the hardware Main Output in SONAR.

V-Vocal Update
V-Vocal has been updated with SONAR X1b, issues addressed include:

Console Layout Updates
SONAR X1b includes updates and improvements for the Console Strips including:

Console Selection Enhancements and Re-ordering

Browser Additions

MultiDock Updates

ASIO Dynamic Sample Rate Improvements
Improvements have been made to the way SONAR handles dynamic sample rate changes with ASIO devices. If an ASIO driver supports changing its sample rate dynamically, it will be possible to load SONAR projects at different sample rates. SONAR will automatically switch the device sample rate when playback is started without requiring a restart of the application.

Keybindings and Hot Keys

Clip Length Format Changed
Clip lengths are now displayed in Beats:Ticks format. This provides a consistent, accurate length value despite meter changes in a project.

Plug-in Updates
To solve an issue that could be encountered when using more than 4GB of RAM the following effects and instruments have been updated (x86 and x64):

To solve a potential crash that could be encountered when automating, the following effects have been updated (x86 and x64):

XRayExclude.INI Updated
XRayExclue.ini has been updated to exclude Nugen Audio. This avoids an issue with Nugen Audio plug-ins by preventing X-Ray from affecting those plug-ins.

JUNO-Gi Support

Issues Resolved in X1b

General

Stability

Performance Improvements

AudioSnap

Accessibility

The following commands are now key-bindable

Localization Fixes

ToolTip Fixes


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