Cakewalk updates SONAR to v8.5.3

Cakewalk has updated SONAR 8.5 Producer and SONAR 8.5 Studio to v8.5.3.

Feature Enhancements

AudioSnap:

• Tempo Detection:
  • Improved tempo detection algorithm.
  • Added strength indicator to average tempo candidates.
  • Added option to set clip tempo to original project tempo.
• Clip Tempo Maps:
  • Average tempo updates while editing the tempo map.
  • Anchored beat markers lock measure/beat markers to transients.
  • Automatic beat marker remapping while editing tempo map.
  • Average Tempo picker on Palette to change multiple clips at a time.
  • Improved behavior for split clips.
• New resolution settings to set tempo changes on every beat, measure or clip.
• Auto stretch mode added to Clip Follows Project command, emulates AudioSnap1 auto-stretch behavior.
• New Extract Groove and Apply Groove buttons to match the groove of one clip to another.
• Snap Settings can now be used to snap both audio and MIDI events to audio transients in selected tracks.

Issues Addressed

AudioSnap:

• Improved stability.
• Improved rendering:
  • Render Mode "Apples to" set to "Tracks" did not always apply to all clips on a track.
  • Bouncing using Radius Mix sometimes flat-lined clips.
• Clip Follows Project:
  • Is now undo-able.
  • Toggling sometimes modified slip edits.
• Clip Tempo Map ruler sometimes stayed on after disabling AudioSnap.
• Addresses various graphical behaviors with transient markers, Clip Tempo Maps and AudioSnap Palette button states.
• Show Pool Lines setting was not persisted in project files.

General:

• Arpeggiator sometimes stopped working after a bounce or freeze operation.
• BitBridge servers defaulted to 1 after VST scan.
• SONAR would sometimes crash when accessing a Windows 7 Homegroup from the Media Browser.
• Improved stability when switching driver modes.