I've never met a DAW that had a metronome that I liked and I hate messing around with creating my own click track. Someone smart really needs to come along and create a VTSi that outputs every kind of metronome sound that the mind can conceive of. It should be simple enough that you can just drop it on a track and it start clicking away without and config but it should also be rich enough so you can 'play' it like an instrument or sequence it to fill any of your wildest metronome needs. Playing back REX loops might be a cool feature. Further it should have a nice big window where you can display a visual representation of tempo (conductors baton, bouncing ball, flashing strobe, a foot tapping, whatever.) for when you don't want a cowbell whacking you in the head through your headphones. I admit that this is a concept that I have actually spent some time working on. But my developer skills are really rusty and frankly I have a day job that pays the bills already.

I just want to buy the thing. In order for me to buy it it would need to be professional work and flexible - not just something slapped together.

Does this sound like something you would use? I've search the internet for a long time and I am gobsmacked that nothing like this exists - at least not a mature, professional product.

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If you are a skilled VSTi developer consider this a plea and a free idea for a unique, useful product that virtually every DAW user could benefit from. I just googled 'metronome vst' and came up with a few you might try. - Scroll down to Tap! Yeah, I guess I should have pointed out that I HAVE seen these. With all due respect to the developers of these I think they fall into the category of toys or one trick ponies. What I am talking about is something much more comprehensive and something that, once you saw it, you would wonder how you ever lived without it. I'm talking in terms of a sample and loop player that rather than being all things to everyone is instead dedicated specifically to providing a wide range of metronome clicks and useful beats to play against.

Obviously you can use any sampler and sequencer to achieve this but I am thinking of something that is ready to go the second you drop onto a track. I also want scalable and professional looking graphical representations of the tempo that can be displayed on a second monitor for everyone in the room to see rather than a tiny piano metronome in a floating window or having a skull penetrating click in the headphones. I know I am asking for a lot and that it is a niche thing but I am confident that it would have a very wide appeal if it simply existed. Maybe if I ever find myself 'between jobs' I will dedicate myself to making this a reality. In the meantime anyone is welcome to pick up the idea and run with it. So long as it is thoughtfully designed and not insultingly expensive I will buy it. Here's a curve ball that I tried, and it's how I do this now.

It's a little more work, but the end result is usually worth it. I stopped using a metronome, and I purchased EZ Drummer Latin Expansion pack. Instead of using a 'BONK-bonk-bonk-bonk' sound, I'' insert 2 MIDI tracks- one with cowbell and the other with a percussion loop. The result is that drummers (and other players, too) tend to play to it more 'musically' and naturally, rather than rigidly. It also seems to level the playing ground with drummers who have a hard time with a click and those that play well with one. And, since you have two separate MIDI tracks, it's fairly simple to raise or lower the constant cowbell sound to taste for each of the players. Just a suggestion- it's one I never considered until a drummer in my studio suggested that 'it might be more fun to try a percussion track' one time, and I've been hooked on it ever since.

I also want scalable and professional looking graphical representations of the tempo that can be displayed on a second monitor for everyone in the room to see rather than a tiny piano metronome in a floating window or having a skull penetrating click in the headphones. Yeh, most of those I turned up are pretty simplistic. So far I've been able to suffice by making a simple snare/kick track that's easier to hear than the metronome in Reaper, Acid, etc. It's worked for me so far, but I can definitely see where something more advanced would be good. Options are never a bad thing.

Again, good luck. Maybe one of the coder types around here will pick up the gauntlet for ya. Here's a curve ball that I tried, and it's how I do this now. It's a little more work, but the end result is usually worth it.

I stopped using a metronome, and I purchased EZ Drummer Latin Expansion pack. Instead of using a 'BONK-bonk-bonk-bonk' sound, I'' insert 2 MIDI tracks- one with cowbell and the other with a percussion loop.

The result is that drummers (and other players, too) tend to play to it more 'musically' and naturally, rather than rigidly. It also seems to level the playing ground with drummers who have a hard time with a click and those that play well with one. And, since you have two separate MIDI tracks, it's fairly simple to raise or lower the constant cowbell sound to taste for each of the players.

Just a suggestion- it's one I never considered until a drummer in my studio suggested that 'it might be more fun to try a percussion track' one time, and I've been hooked on it ever since. ----------------------------------------------------- Appreciate your work and post. Motivated to try with Jamstix3 and experiment with the many Jamcussion sounds available.

Maybe the best Metronome idea for me yet! Regards, Tom B. Even I managed to change the metronome sound once, only remember it was very easy. Right-clicking on the metronome.? I pointed the metronome to the Brad sucks map/files, where I found samples of kick and snare etc. So it's there, already in the package.

Very easy to set what sound goes where in the bar, and at what volume etc etc. Set and forget and it's there when you punch in the metronome/click. I never managed to put out the sound on an audio channel, though. Maybe that's simpler today.

I'm the OP of this thread and it has never left my mind that I want this to exist. Playing along with a click sucks and often, especially at extremely slow tempos, a clunky cowbell or other percussive sound doesn't come close to reflecting the real feel of a song. Another idea I have had was a real physical device that sat in the room, perhaps connected by USB or Bluetooth, that flashes different colored lights at the tempo and subdivided meter of the song. I'm picturing something that looks like a groovy lava lamp that you send CC data to to control three colored lights. You could simply draw/copy/paste CC data on a track in virtually any DAW that would control the brightness of each light. No need to worry about time signatures, just keep it simple by drawing in the CC data. This would be an easy and extremely inexpensive open source hardware Arduino project.

Cmon, someone with the time and inclination. Maybe that is ME. Yeah, I think we get it. 'learn to play without a metronome, fools'. But there are times when the utility of staying in time with the computer is desirable and outweighs the idealistic idea that we should be able to do it freeform. I suppose that you could also argue that being able to edit MIDI data or splice audio takes should be unnecessary because you should be able to play well enough that it you don't need it.

Perhaps there is some truth to that but for most of us we are looking for easy ways to get our ideas out. This isn't my thread but I'll add what I would see as INCREDIBLY useful for all types of situations and needs. I would love to see a fully featured vst metronome One that allows all sorts of counting features including accenting specific beats and all types of time signatures. Including a big screen option visually showing the count and Voice counting with different counting system options including Konokol! Here is a video explaining Konokol Drumjam for IOS does the Indian rhythm and konokol counting VERY well but it's not a vst metronome Here is Pete Lockett. If we could get more and less than 4 beats in the beat pattern dialog we could have the metronome click at whatever time sig we want without having to insert time sig changes.

There are some really good uses for this. AB could be 2/4 and ABBBBBB could be 7/4 and so on. Has to be possible because we can set the metronome to click in any time sig by inserting the time sig. We just need more and less letter count (ABBB) in the beat pattern option. This would also make reaper a GREAT and super versitile metronome for practicing.

Just fire it up and punch in your time sig for 7/4 by typing in ABBBBBB although there would have to be another modification made to allow eigth note counts. Guys i was looking for metronome plugin myself and than i realised a midi track with a nice VST instrument on it is the best metronome there is - with unlimited sound customization and all can be saved as template track (including the midi notes) and reused as 'metronome/VSTi' track on any project. Simple and the template takes 3 clicks to re-add to any project First you create the template 1) create midi track with nice VSTi instrument (i love Spectrasonics Omnisphere) 2) using grid at 1/4 and grid snapping insert 1 note on each beat with 1st beat pronounced eg.

Current preference is loading custom samples into ReaSamplOmatic5000, creating MIDI clips to trigger the samples in the desired meters, dragging them to be several minutes long, then saving the results as a templates. Polymeters and polyrhythms are also possible by setting up different click tracks on separate tracks. No additional VSTs needed, and almost zero CPU hit with this method. Yep excellent possibilities.

You are talking about making various midi files and saving them to load into projects? Vst metronome would be incredible though. Especially as a native reaper plugin.

I'm going to mess with this stuff again later on. I remember having a issue when changing tempo or something.

Might be wrong. This may have to do with me trying it with create click source. In fact I think it is. Lightbulb just went off again.

If I'm thinking about this correctly (not by reaper ATM) thus is incredibly powerful. I will make a bunch of midi files in one bar lengths in different time signatures and share them for people. Unless you've already made some? In fact I think I may have made a bunch a while back and got sidetracked and forgot. What Note Name would be best For triggering the sampler? Yep excellent possibilities. You are talking about making various midi files and saving them to load into projects?

Vst metronome would be incredible though. Especially as a native reaper plugin. I'm going to mess with this stuff again later on. I remember having a issue when changing tempo or something. Might be wrong.

This may have to do with me trying it with create click source. In fact I think it is. Lightbulb just went off again. If I'm thinking about this correctly (not by reaper ATM) thus is incredibly powerful. I will make a bunch of midi files in one bar lengths in different time signatures and share them for people. Unless you've already made some?

In fact I think I may have made a bunch a while back and got sidetracked and forgot. What Note Name would be best For triggering the sampler? To save the MIDI with the instances of ReaSamplOmatic5000, it's necessary to save them first as Project Templates (File menu), after which they can be inserted into other projects as needed. So the MIDI is embedded with the sampler settings, all of which can be loaded into other projects.

In a recent project I evolved this technique, so that I have some MIDI clips playing one meter of 1/16, 1/8, 1/4, giving different click rates that aren't necessarily in a particular meter, but as you have inferred, it would be possible to create a library of custom meters, playing on different percussion timbres, and drag them across the timeline for polymetrical structures. In the screenshot, I've used MIDI Notes 60 and 62, each assigned to a different sampler. So far, just for having a click track reference, I've not gone beyond loading two instances of ReaSamplOmatic5000, but it would be easy to load as many discrete ones as needed; all of which could contain unique percussion hits. There are many advantages I've found with a MIDI click track like this, such as that one can actually play in the MIDI (subtly quantizing is useful here), thereby preserving the human feel.

Also, as we know, it's possible to mouse-click MIDI Notes on the grid, then hold down Alt, and drag the edge of the MIDI clip to be another length. This is the secret to creating myriad kinds of polyrhythmic click-tracks. So one could do things like mousing in notes at the beginning of five bars, then drag the edge so that those five MIDI notes are playing over a 4/4 meter. Instant 5 over 4 polyrhythm! FWIW - I've tried all of these VST metronomes and have in the distant past made some with SynthEdit, but this method of using ReaSamplOmatic5000, MIDI clips and saving them as Project Templates is superior for my needs in many ways. I am just another human being here at Reaper. And he is very good with feeling, too.

Justin said so. The part I always struggle with is using a metronome to track in the first place, since I LIKE tempo to vary (and with it the pocket) to add a more human feel, as classical players do with a conductor. Sadly this makes it a damn sight harder if you need to edit anything afterward. Maybe we should all practise like crazy and get so good e never make mitsakes. (Hows that working for ya, Ivan?). Important addendum: It's been awhile since I set up my click tracks, and incorrectly stated above that they need to be saved as Project Templates to save the MIDI with the samplers. Actually they can be saved directly as Track Templates instead, which is the best way.

Once one has the samplers and MIDI configured, right-click on the track, choose Save Tracks As Template, then at the bottom of the save dialog, tick Include Track Items In Template, which will save everything together. I can share a template, but I need to figure out how to upload this kind of content to the board. Give me time to figure it out.

Big Fish Audio Loop Library October 2017 Cakewalk has joined forces with Big Fish Audio to provide all SONAR customers with a truly amazing array of loop content in the form of construction kits that will help you kick start any musical project. All SONAR customers now get 5GB of premium loops from one of the best curators of loop content in the business. These are split into popular genres for easy downloading of whatever you need when you need it. We’ll be featuring more of Big Fish Audio’s stunning content in the Cakewalk store, so stay tuned.

30th Anniversary Anderton Collection FX Chains October 2017 These FX Chains are Craig Anderton’s latest versions of his go to signal flows that he uses in his productions. Some of these FX Chains are updates of processors included in previous releases. Some were introduced in the “” thread in the SONAR forums, but as “do it yourself” projects with instructions on how to assign the controls—now they’re convenient downloads. We hope you enjoy what these processors can do to help take your projects to the next level—download them, play with them, and have fun! Microsoft Dial Support October 2017 Microsoft has released a new device for interacting with Windows 10 and its Apps. They call it the Surface Dial! It is a part of a new class of “Wheel” devices that are automatically configured for simple setup and powerful functionality.

We are happy to announce that you can now use the new Surface Dial with SONAR along with any other Wheel device for Windows 10. All you need is a computer with Bluetooth support and you are ready.

It features a built-in Smart Grid based Transport, Precision handling of controls in SONAR, and Project Zooming. It can also be configured by the user for a specific app to have custom functionality from the Windows Wheel settings. The device can be used on the table as well as on the screen with supported devices such as Surface 5 & Surface Studio. Besides having dedicated functionality, the Surface Dial also has custom hapic feedback configured specially for SONAR. Duplicate Track Button October 2017 Duplicating a track is a widely used technique for mixing to create thick vocals when you add compression and chorus to the double.

It is also very handy during recording when you are creating different parts using the same instrument or audio setup. In SONAR 2017.09 update we have added a dedicated button for this in the Track view to make it even faster. So you can focus on the music you are making instead of how you are getting there. To set how you want the button to behave you can right-click on the Duplicate button and pick the settings you prefer. New Demo Projects September 2017 When the Demo Projects installer is installed onto the computer, the Start Screen will now display a Demo Projects tab.

The Demo Projects installer will be available for all versions of SONAR including SONAR Artist, Professional, and Platinum. The Demo projects are a great way to get started with SONAR for first time users but can also be used to experiment with new features. We’ll be continuing to add new news as well as periodically refresh them with new content. Start Screen Improvements September 2017 Using Ctrl+N or Ctrl+O, it is now possible to create a new project from the Start Screen as well as open an existing project. Clicking the New Project tab will now display templates and in this update we have streamlined the templates that are installed. New users will now see 6 templates installed for each version of SONAR; Empty Project, Basic, 4-Track, 16-Track, Guitar Amps, and Vocals.

To remove older templates, you can navigate to the Cakewalk Content folder and select your version and open the Project Templates folder. SONAR 2017.07 July 2017 This month’s release for SONAR Artist, Professional and Platinum brings new features and significant enhancements—like Bus Pane Aim Assist, Recently Used Plug-in listing, MIDI Ripple Editing improvements, Clip Edit Speed Improvements, and of course dozens of other fixes to keep making SONAR better and better. In addition, we're celebrating the third month of our 30th Anniversary Celebration by expanding your Rapture Pro/Session library, and publishing issue 2017.07 of the free Tech+Music magazine. Come celebrate with us! .

SONAR 2017.06 June 2017 This month’s release for SONAR Artist, Professional and Platinum brings new features, multiple fixes, and significant enhancements—like improved Touch support, the ability to comp with Melodyne clips, updated Virtual Controller Keyboards, streamlined project handling, and velocity audition in the Piano Roll View's controller pane for faster MIDI editing. In addition, we're also kicking off Month 2 of our 30th Anniversary Celebration with 30 new FX Chains designed by Craig Anderton and our second edition of the free Tech + Music magazine. Come celebrate with us! .

Improved Touch Zooming & Scrolling June 2017 Zooming into a particular point using touch in SONAR is better than ever before. The 2017.06 update has improved detection of touch points making it smoother and more accurate. Previously zooming with Touch could cause tracks and clips to feel like they were moving away or scrolling unexpectedly. This now feels fluid and much more natural. Touch Zooming now also has improved anchoring of the touch position so making a desired track larger or zooming into a specific drum hit is reliable, intuitive and feels very precise. These enhancements are both available in the Track view and Piano Roll view. Quasimoto Astronaut Ep RARE. Virtual Controller / Keyboard access June 2017 The Virtual Controller has now been separated into two view menu items: Computer Keyboard (Alt+0) and Piano Keyboard (ALT+SHIFT+0 ).

You can now access either mode directly via menu commands and keyboard shortcuts. Opening of one these and saving will now also save with the project. In addition, when the Virtual Controller Computer Keyboard is open, it no longer blocks R (Record), Delete, or shortcuts that use a modifier. This allows you to open views, access menus, and use any multi-key shortcut such as CTRL+S for Save, CTRL+Z for Undo and CTRL+SHIFT+Z for Redo, etc. Improved Project Handling June 2017 Never wonder again where your files went when you’re in the heat of creativity.

As soon as you decide to save a new project, SONAR will create a folder automatically with the appropriate name, and place the project audio and Mix Scenes in it—there’s no need to create a folder beforehand. And, if you later “Save As” or “Save As Copy” in the same location as the current project, SONAR will know this is the original location and not create additional folders—but if you save to a different location, SONAR will intelligently place the project and associated files in a new folder. Now you can spend more time making music—and less time thinking about where to store it. SONAR 2017.05 May 2017 May 2017 marks Cakewalk’s 30th Anniversary, so —and everyone’s invited! We’ve lined up some cool freebies, specials, and surprises you’ll be seeing over the next 12 months, starting with 30 free, expertly crafted presets for the QuadCurve EQ to kickstart your mixing and mastering projects.

What’s more, by popular demand we’re bringing back the eZine, and taking it to the next level as a new publication— Tech+Music. Each month’s issue is packed with news on the latest program updates, as well as tips, product reviews, articles on studio techniques, and more. To celebrate our past and honor our loyal customers, we’re happy to announce the release of a long-time feature request for SONAR: Ripple Editing is now included in the SONAR 2017.05 Update. This month’s release also brings other new features along with fixes & enhancements to many key elements of SONAR. .

Ripple Editing May 2017 Ripple Editing allows for a convenient way to rearrange sections of a song and maintain the sync relationships without leaving unintended gaps between the clips. When adjusting the position of a clip in the Track view, SONAR will automatically adjust the start position of all subsequent clips to compensate for the change.

You can choose to ripple edit just the selection, or all tracks plus meter/key changes, tempo changes, and markers. Supported gestures include; Cut, Copy, Paste, Move, and Delete.

You can use these gestures on Tracks or Buses and the automation will follow along with markers and meter changes when using Ripple Edit All. Adaptive Limiter May 2017 The Adaptive Limiter is a professional look-ahead brickwall peak limiter that is designed for both mixing and mastering now available in the Engineering Suite.

It feature Inter Sample Peak (ISP) detection, 4 different limiting “Character” types, LUFS Loudness & K-Metering, as well MP3 codec preview, and real-time dithering. These different limiting types allow the engineer to have control over how transparent or aggressive the limiter behaves so it can be catered for different material making it a great track limiter and a perfect mastering limiter. Enhanced Pen Support May 2017 Working with a pen can be incredibly useful on a computer because of its precision.

It is also a great workflow enhancement when you combine it with touch and keyboard shortcuts. Using a pen is now a great way to use SONAR’s Piano Roll view. The PRV now offers enhanced support for a pen’s eraser functionality and pressure-sensitive tip when drawing Note events and continuous controller data. You can also use the button on the side for opening menus and lassoing notes in the Piano Roll.

Adding a pen to your workflow will be intuitive to adopt and can greatly improve your efficiency. Transform Tool April 2017 New to the Controller pane is the Transform tool. The Transform tool provides a new and unique way to edit in the Controller pane, by allowing for easy sculpting and manipulating of data. It has 2 main modes, Hard (Default) and Soft. These each control the way it interacts with nearby data. While the Hard mode provides crisp and precise edits, the Soft mode blends new changes with other nearby data.

This is similar to how 2 audio clips can crossfade between each other. With its Mask mode, users get improved redrawing of data but only in the area of the mask.

This makes redrawing only a specific section incredibly easy when paired with the Soft mode. Additionally, the Transform tool also has the ability to follow note selections with the “Auto-Focus” and Auto-Focus Monophonic modes. Now you can simply select the CC data you want to work with by selecting the associated notes.

Piano Roll View Enhancements March 2017 Cakewalk reaches back to its MIDI sequencing roots to optimize SONAR’s core MIDI editing for today’s generation of virtual instruments. The SONAR 2017.03 update addresses modern MIDI music production needs through a redesign of the Piano Roll View (PRV) Track Pane and the Controller Pane. From efficient, simple controller editing to clean and focused MIDI track selection, SONAR has transformed MIDI editing from tedious to transparent. You can now click any MIDI track to bring that data into focus, while Auto Lock prevents you from accidentally editing MIDI data from other tracks.

Color-coding relates tracks to data for easy identification in complex projects. The re-designed Track Pane displays twice as many tracks in the same amount of space as before, and now allows you to take advantage of SONAR’s unique Smart Swipe feature that lets you select, mute, solo, or arm multiple tracks with a single, quick gesture. UWP MIDI Engine & Bluetooth MIDI Support March 2017 Microsoft have introduced a new API standard for using MIDI on Windows as part of the Universal Windows Platform architecture. With this comes many new advantages including Bluetooth MIDI support and Multi-Client access to MIDI ports. UWP MIDI provides a modern way to communicate with MIDI devices and can be extended to support newer MIDI protocols/interfaces.

To enable this in SONAR go to, Preferences MIDI Playback and Recording and set the MIDI driver mode to UWP. Comping Enhancements February 2017 Comping doesn't have to be a repetitive, mundane chore--the SONAR 2017.02 update makes it faster, easier, and more efficient than ever to assemble the best parts of multiple takes into finished, killer tracks. • SONAR re-uses empty lanes when comp recording, so projects are more compact and easier to edit • SONAR automatically hides muted takes - takes you likely didn’t want to hear - when you collapse the takes into a track • Double-click to maximize / restore Take lanes - easy in, easy out! • When comping with Melodyne, cropping clips updates the region shown in Melodyne’s window--SONAR’s advanced ARA (Audio Random Access) integration makes it possible And as always, the latest update includes bug fixes and various other enhancements. Enhancements • The Notes tab in the Browser now has a Copyright field. This was previously available in the Project info screen and is now available again using the Notes tab. Cakewalk 2016.10 October 2016 Don’t worry, you don’t need glasses—it says “Cakewalk” instead of “SONAR” update.

But there’s a good reason for that: While our SONAR dev team is hard at work on some bigger features that will roll out in the next few months, we decided it was time to add some features and fixes to other popular products in the Cakewalk lineup. Rapture Pro and Rapture Session have some useful new features along with fixes, there’s info on how to get the CA-2A T-Type Leveling Amp for free, and of course, SONAR gets attention with support for Softube’s Console 1 and several important fixes. .

Curated Fixes July 2016 This month Cakewalk has addressed four curated fixes throughout SONAR’s workspace. Global Un-Solo now operates at a much faster pace when dealing with larger projects. Crossfades now produce expected results when working with multiple tracks. SONAR now has improved error handling with track references during the load of project.

Add track menu correctly enables Record Enable for MIDI Only tracks. Lastly, Cakewalk has resolved an issue where some VST3 plugins would not resize properly. SONAR 2016.06 June 2016 The Tungsten theme matures further in this month’s update, thanks to several tweaks that improve various visual elements—but that's just one of the cool features in 2016.06.

Smart Swipe is an innovative workflow enhancer where you can quickly enable and disable buttons on multiple tracks by clicking a button in one track, then dragging across adjacent tracks without releasing the mouse button. There are also several improvements to TH3 Cakewalk Edition, including the much-requested ability to load Impulse Responses for cabinets. . SONAR 2016.04 April 2016 SONAR 2016.04 brings three exciting new plug-ins to SONAR including the new linear-phase mastering-quality plug-ins for multiband compression and EQ. Built from the ground up, the latest versions are a new design with superior performance, more options, and a more informative user interface.

Guitarists (and bassists) can look forward to Overloud TH3 Cakewalk Edition, which is available in all versions of SONAR. It features more refined and detailed algorithms, improved cabinet IR responses, and a classic bass amp emulation. In addition, there are new fixes and enhancements to the core program. .

Cakewalk LP EQ and MB April 2016 These transparent linear-phase processors are a staple for any modern SONAR engineer. Tweak your masters with all 20 bands of the LP EQ, or 6 bands of clean, frequency-based compression on the LP MB. Individually control, solo and modify each band as a mid, side, or stereo plugin and save out your favorite settings with a brand new Preset Manager. Built from the ground, these plugins are guaranteed to give you all the tools you need to finalize your mixes for today’s standards. . SONAR Lexington December 2015 It’s the holiday season, and we hope all of you are getting ever closer to realizing your musical dreams.

We’re doing our best to help contribute to that cause, and given the response to Kingston’s speed increases and improved stability, this month’s Lexington release does an encore by focusing again on making SONAR even faster and more rock-solid that ever. But that’s not all: this month we also unveil five new Style Dials that give you one-knob access to handy processing effects for guitar, vocals, and drums. . SONAR Jamaica Plain October 2015 This month’s update emphasizes major performance optimizations that affect all SONAR users—especially those who use lots of virtual instruments—as well as a ground-breaking new addition to SONAR’s Universal Routing Technology: Patch Points. Now you can create, name, and delete “Patch Points” for bus and track I/O, and interconnect them for functions like track-to-track recording, bus-to-track recording, submixing, and much more.

Of course that’s not all, so we won’t keep you—start reading, and make some great music . SONAR Ipswich September 2015 The big Ipswich news is real-time, direct recording of instrument tracks, but that’s not all. Exporting just became a whole lot easier thanks to export presets and the ability to export multiple, individual clips simultaneously. Ipswich also sees the addition of MixStrips and Style Dials to SONAR Artist, as well as ProChannel versions of the Style Dials for SONAR Professional and Platinum. There’s even PNG support for track icons, and as usual, fixes and enhancements to make the SONAR environment ever more stable. .

Plug-In Upsampling June 2015 Recording at higher sample rates can make an audible, obvious improvement with some virtual instruments and processors by eliminating foldover distortion—but the higher sampling rate may tax your CPU. This breakthrough feature gives you the benefits of using higher sample rate processing even in normal projects (e.g. At 44.1 kHz or 48KHz) by internally 2X up-sampling plug-ins of your choice, rendering them as audio without the distortion, then down-sampling the clean audio back down to the original sample rate. SONAR Dorchester April 2015 This update includes new fixes, features, and content to help you get even more out of SONAR. Most features relate to improved workflow and operational efficiency, including time-savers like the option to have synth rack settings persist during Mix Recall, Smart Mute/Solo for drum maps, improved GUI handling, and more.

For content, there are two new “pedalboard” effects chains, 72 novel “synthetic” impulse responses for REmatrix Solo, an FX chain for mastering kick drums, and even a helpful tutorial. . SONAR Cambridge March 2015 It’s been another busy month at the Bakery, and we're back with another update. Now that we've had a month to collect feedback from the community, this update concentrates on fixes and workflow enhancements. And for content fans, we've included a brand new Les Paul Gold Top expansion pack for Dimension Pro from Craig Anderton. SONAR Professional and Platinum customers also get a new ProChannel module from Boz Digital Labs.

Here's an overview of the new SONAR 'Cambridge'. . Addictive Drums 2 January 2015 SONAR includes the world's finest drum kits and percussion instruments. SONAR Professional includes the Addictive Drums 2 Solo bundle, which lets you pick any ADpak, any MIDIpak, and any Kitpiece Pak of your choice.

You’ll have tons of inspiring new sounds and rhythms for your next masterpiece. SONAR Platinum includes the Addictive Drums 2 Producer bundle, which lets you choose any three ADpaks, any three MIDIpaks, and any three Kitpiece Paks. This is perfect for producers and music creators who work in a few different genres, because you can pick the content that covers your exact needs—you'll have great drum sounds no matter where your inspiration takes you.