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Cakewalk Sonar 4 DAW Issue 38 E Q U Cakewalk Sonar 4 I Cal Orr ‘ups periscope’ on the features of the latest version of Sonar. P M E lways around November each year, as predictably Some very obvious examples of this include: invalu- as clockwork, the team at Cakewalk releases a able workflow enhancements like an updated Freeze N Amammoth program upgrade replete with tons of function to free up those precious CPU cycles; folders T increased features to its beloved Sonar. The version and multiple take lanes within the Project window for number invariably mirrors the year we’re in: the end of a less cluttered project view; and presets for changing 04 saw the release of Sonar 4 and I would put money the key commands to the default used by other major T on it that at the end of 05 we’ll see Sonar 5. Until then, sequencers. E to entice old and new users to make the move to v4, If you’re a user of Sonar’s Producer Edition and Cakewalk has once again introduced numerous ‘must have enjoyed receiving a new set of high-quality third S have’ and worthwhile features. With the host of major party plug-ins with each incremental update, you T updates that appeared in Sonar 3 now settled into might be a bit disappointed in the current lack of new the DAW landscape (such as VST implementation developers flying under the Sonar wing in v4. But don’t despair. Many of the plug-ins from Sonar 3 (including the Sonitus compressor and Lexicon Pantheon reverb) have been updated to operate with Sonar 4’s new major drawcard: Multi-Format Surround Sound. (More on that shortly.) Other major carrots include: the new POWR dithering algorithm (the Psycho-acoustically Optimised Word- length Reduction algorithm) for dropping your precious mixes down from 24-bit and onto 16-bit CD format (and other undesirable low-resolution formats); the addition of a thumbnail view in the video pane to painlessly sync visuals with aurals; and the new TTS1 multi-timbral general Midi module, which has good editing options and a more sophisticated soundset than the standard VSC Virtual Sound Canvas module – which is still included. Cakewalk claims over 100 new features in v4, some of which are more apparent than others... A Cakewalk and loop-based enhancements like Groove Clipping), As is typically the case with Cakewalk products, Cakewalk has set about ensuring significant develop- installation was a breeze. Enter the serial number and ments seen in other professional multitrack software you’re away: no programs have been matched. pesky challenge/ response or Late Breaking News dongles. If you If you’re prepared to run Microsoft’s free 64-bit version of XP that expires after 360 want to receive days – and run the gauntlet of audio interface incompatibility – the Sonar Producer updates later you Edition is available as a freely downloadable ‘64-bit operating environment’ edition. The catch is that it expires on the 1st of August 2005. But hey, you can make must register a a record in that time, easily! You’ll need a 64-bit processor and the XP 64-bit personalised download to get started. Not all developers are playing with 64-bit architecture code online yet, so you may want to check out what’s happening with your particular software (which is dead and hardware components in terms of compatibility first. I was happy to see my Edirol UM-1 Midi I/O box was supported, but I haven’t yet checked the story at easy). RME regarding driver availability for my Hammerfall PCI card. Sonar x64 doesn’t After the install, support the use of control surfaces yet either, and due to limitations in the current I was greeted VST 2 standard, only Direct-X plug-ins can be used within Sonar x64. with the usual Sonar x64 is officially considered an alpha version. Cakewalk does not offer any guarantees or support for this x64 version, apart from a bug reporting facility on Cakewalk ‘Pick a the site. The only real support you’ll get right now is from the growing number of Project’ window guinea pigs (users) out there. Free software is always a good thing! and a slightly Surround Panner AT|102 The surround implementation is certainly extensive, however, I didn’t re-wire my studio for full surround sound during the review – my apologies. While using Sonar 4, there were several times when I reflected on the likelihood that some Sonar 3 users (particularly those folk who aren’t using surround right now) will justifiably contend that there isn’t a whole lot wrong with v3, and I’d wager at least some of these users will probably wait to see what ‘v5 in 05’ has to offer. Personally, I’d have no hesitation upgrading to v4, mostly due to the new Folders capabilities and the POWR dithering algorithms. These improvements, along with importable DAW keyboard commands and The Sonitus Surround Compressor and the Lexicon Pantheon fantastic enhancements to the Groove Clip editing Surround reverb plug-in. environment are pretty major reasons for upgrading, I reckon. The very fine TT1S Midi sound module will different blue-grey hue from that of Sonar 3. I opened also go a long way towards convincing existing Sonar several v3 projects without any problems and began users to upgrade... grouping many a ragged out-take from the far right extremities of most of my Project windows. I quickly became fixated for the next hour or so with housekeep- ing my current projects. After putting out-takes and multiple pre-comp’ed takes into folders, I was able to move around the Project window much faster than before. As a Logic user, the absence of folders in Sonar 3 had seemed a glaring omission to me – with v4 all that’s changed. The seamless implementation of the Folder view and subsequent editing options for Track folder composite clips is a great new feature of this upgrade, particularly for those who like to keep their windows tidy and edits straight in the Project window. Sonar’s Groove Clip technology (which I use increas- ingly these days, as do many beats-based producers) has been given extra functionality as well – the new Clip editing features make muting, auto-fading and group editing a cinch. The inclusion of an Auto Crop tool, along with the ability to change each clip’s gain, The TT1S Midi sound module is a more than handy addition. pan, pitch and crossfade are enhancements that come into their own when you’re working a track ‘on the One thing’s for sure though, with each passing year, fly’ or when attempting to massage a clip or file into every DAW on the market gets better and better and your track. I reckon potential DAW converts will be Sonar 4 remains up there in my Top 5. As a new (or taking note of the shifting, aligning, tuning and stretch- upgrading) ‘Sonarian’, you won’t be disappointed with ing ability of clips, which can make life very easy at the extended functionality in this new version, indeed the embryonic stage of song creation. There’s now a you may only ever get around to using a small fraction very welcome ‘Nudge’ feature available in the Project of v4’s feature set. Every time you use the program a window and the amount of incremental shifting is freely new feature seems to appear, and the depth of editabil- adjustable from the Nudge dialogue box. ity and sheer workflow efficiency of Sonar 4 becomes more and more apparent. Highly recommended. Sonar in Surround It’s the Surround Sound feature, however, that has really made a ‘pro’ of the Producer Edition. It supports Distributed by 5.1, 7.1 and 8.1 formats. The panner provides a cool • Intelliware readout of the track’s positioning and joystick control Phone: (08) 8277 1722 is supported. It should be noted that, at the time of Email: [email protected] writing, the Pantheon reverb could only be used within Web: www.intelliware.com.au or www.cakewalk.com the 5.1 format. Cakewalk has provided an aptly named ‘surround bridge’ to integrate non-surround plug-ins Price within Sonar 4 via the utilisation of separate instances • Sonar 4 Producer Edition: $1,195; to process the other channels in the surround array. Sonar 4 Studio Edition: $795 103|AT.
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