Windows 8 support
SONAR X2a provides full functionality and is officially supported in Windows 8 32-bit and 64-bit.
Multi-touch support in Windows 8
In addition to your computer keyboard and mouse, you can also interact with SONAR X2a via touch if you have a compatible touchscreen display. This offers touch gestures for:
Scrolling and triggering cells in the Matrix View
Scrolling and basic multi-touch mixing in the Console View (multiple parameters can be adjusted at a time)
Scrolling and Zooming in the Clips Pane
Adjusting loop marker positions in the Track View
Auditioning and Dragging content from the Browser
Expanding/Resizing/Collapsing of docked views
Control Bar Transport module support
Toggling steps in the Step Sequencer View
Control of plug-in parameters (no multi-touch)
Unique Now Time markers
The Now Time marker changes appearance to indicate if playback is stopped, paused, running, or recording.
Playlist View Enhancements
The Playlist has been updated to include the following enhancements:
Updated UI
If a song has already been played, it appears dimmed in the list.
Sort columns in alphabetical, numerical, or date order.
New columns:
Path
BPM
Key
Meter
Project Length
Date Created
Date Modified
Delay
User Notes
Rich context menu for adding ProChannel modules
When adding a ProChannel module, the context menu shows a visually rich menu with a small thumbnail image of the module, the module name, and a brief description.
Updated Piano Roll view and Staff view Track pane UI
The Track pane in the Piano Roll view and Staff view has received an updated UI, shows more intuitive buttons, and the current track is now highlighted.
Visual feedback when dragging items from the Browser
When dragging items from the Browser, the mouse pointer shows the name of the items.
Accessibility enhancements
SONAR X2’s power is now more accessible to vision impaired users.
SONAR X2’s accessibility features, including Microsoft UI Automation, expose rich information about its UI elements, such as type, state, name, and value.
With reliable access to this information, vision impaired users can use UI Automation-capable screen reader programs such as Microsoft Narrator, JAWS, NVDA and Window-Eyes to access, identify, and manipulate SONAR’s UI elements. The screen readers read aloud what's on the computer screen.
Scan VST folders from the Browser
The Scan VST Folders command is available in the Browser’s Plug-ins tab drop-down menu.
Check for updates
SONAR X2a will now help you determine if it is currently up to date. To check for and obtain the latest updates, go to Help > Check for Program Updates.
Miscellaneous UI enhancements
The Automation Read button has been updated to better indicate its on/off state.
The Automation Write button has been updated to indicate the current automation mode.
VST plug-in names show the proper VST name instead of the DLL file name.
Expanded context menu in the Browser’s Synth Rack. Right-click anywhere in the Synth Rack to open the context menu.
The Browser’s status bar shows metadata for selected VST plug-ins.
The loop region obeys Snap to Grid when dragging the entire loop region in the time ruler.
Updated zoom faders.
Muted Takes lanes are now shaded.
The Comments field in Take lanes uses a brighter text color for improved readability.
Optimizations made to Tool mouse pointers when using modifier keys
Updated mouse pointers during certain operations.
In the Control Bar’s Markers module, the current marker is indicated in the marker drop-down menu.
Surround Bridge UI has been updated.
Numerous minor cosmetic changes throughout the entire SONAR UI
Direct2D Technology Preview
In Windows 8, SONAR X2a’s Matrix View and built-in ProChannel Modules can take advantage of Direct2D, which is a hardware-accelerated, immediate-mode, graphics technology from Microsoft. This option, labeled “Use Hardware Graphics Acceleration,” can be enabled in the Preferences dialog on the Display page.
Performance and Stability Fixes
Resolved over 250 bug and stability issues. Including (but not limited to) the following:
Automation
Crosshair is inaccurate in relation to percentage scale under certain circumstances
Unedited automation is not removed when changing the Edit Filter
Erase Tool does not draw feedback rectangle over automation nodes
MIDI CC automation does not render correctly after bounce
Envelopes for previously unused MIDI CC’s would have no effect
Under some circumstances, value changes in automation lanes would not reflect in the parent track
CTRL+Drag with Edit Tool to change envelope curves skips Linear curve
Automation goes out of sync when PDC is introduced in a project
Node Property Dialog would not be displayed
FX Chains
ProChannel FX Chain faders reset on Track Freeze (CWBRN-13200)
Changing order of FX in FX bins may open FX Chain windows
FX Chain Learn Knob/Button can break Write Enable
Lanes
Delete Hole now operates on all lanes, rather than just the selected one
Crop Overlapping clip tool is not available (CWBRN-10895, CWBRN-11965, CWBRN-12058)
Undo/Redo of Take Lane creation could cause graphic anomalies
Reassigning envelopes on Lanes does not update Edit Filter on Instrument Tracks
T0 lane may be created after recording and switching Screensets
Dragging clips to and from lanes could behave unpredictably
Splitting clips in Take Lanes would sometimes split the wrong clip
Matrix View
Matrix Captures result in extra data at the start and end of clips
MIDI Cells could get their first note clipped or stuck if timeline was looped in the Track View
Unexpected Note Offs can occur on MIDI cells going direct to a synth
Dragging a clip to the first cell/row could create Row 0 or Column 0
MIDI Cells do not trigger correctly when Cell Start = Restart
MIDI Clips dragged from the Track View will create a cell with a gray progress meter
MIDI Cells can sometimes “flam” when restarted from a different column
ProChannel
Set Modules as Default does not respect compressor type
ProChannel EQ Knobs do not hold values on mouse-up
Cannot re-order plug-ins in ProChannel FX Chains on Instrument Tracks
ProChannel Modules may display blank after project save
Sonitus:EQ may appear in FX bin in legacy projects
Piano Roll View
ALT+Right-click does not mute notes in the PRV (CWBRN-11193, CWBRN-11002, CWBRN-11150, CWBRN-11172, CWBRN-11537, CWBRN-11750)
If PRV scrolling is stopped/overridden by making an edit during playback, scrolling will now resume after stopping and then starting PRV "Right-click Locks Scroll" scrolling is not reset when transport is stopped (CWBRN-11776)
Intermittent crashes with program changes in the PRV in SONAR x86 (CWBRN-12807)
Selecting Tracks in Staff View's Track Pane does not switch active track (CWBRN-5724)
MIDI Program Changes are not sent to DXi Synths in real-time (CWBRN-13184)
Selected Track is hard to see in PRV and Staff View Track Pane
Unexpected paste behavior
Draw Tool is sluggish in the PRV
PRV Vertical Time Ruler Zoom crashes with Drum Pane shown (CWBRN-11954)
PRV not opening correctly with MIDI events near C0
VS-700 & Control Surfaces
Can't navigate through ProChannel modules with EQ-button on VS-700C (CWBRN-11398, CWBRN-11014, CWBRN-11154)
VS-700C does not disarm/disable record or enable/disable input monitoring on Instrument Tracks (CWBRN-8219, CWBRN-9657)
The delay on VS-700C display when switching between tracks & buses has been improved (CWBRN-10098)
The VS-700C does not obey settings under: "Control Strips Visible in" in preferences (CWBRN-11397)
The Snap button on the VS-700 Surface does not work consistently (CWBRN-11400)
MUTE + SOLO state of Lanes when in Layer/Lane mode has been improved
ProChannel parameter and value names are now optimized for VS-700C display
ACT Controller configured no longer causes newly added Instrument Tracks strips not to set focus
Grouping
Quick Group of ProChannel Enable sometimes fails
Quick Group fails under certain conditions
Quick Group of Expand/Collapse does not work with external ProChannel Modules
PCCE Enable via quick group can cause the edit filter not to populate with all parameters
Quick Groups only work on a track if it is focused in the Console View
Group setting of ProChannel EQ parameters do not save with projects
Import/Export
Importing puts all audio on a single track (CWBRN-11274)
Exporting the same selection twice could generate errors
Exporting silence could intermittently crash (CWBRN-13624, CWBRN-13706, CWBRN-13760)
Metronome & Count-in
Audio metronome count-in offsets recorded MIDI when using multi-out VSTi (CWBRN-11104, CWBRN-13229)
Audio metronome count-in offsets recorded MIDI when instrument is in FX bin (CWBRN-6504, CWBRN-8218)
Automation is offset when setting a metronome count-in (CWBRN-2186)
Plug-ins
LP-64 EQ curves do not change when envelope node is deleted
LP-64 plug-ins crash when switching between projects using different sample rates
R-MIX SONAR x64 crashes if multiple are inserted in a project with a sample rate higher than 88.2kHz
Distortion can occur using LP-64 plug-ins in projects at 192 kHz
R-MIX settings don’t load when first opened in projects at 48kHz
Cakewalk Plug-in Manager now accounts for plug-ins with identical 32-bit and 64-bit CLSIDs that could potentially clash
Changes made to VST Properties no longer require re-launching SONAR for changes to take effect
General Plug-in Manager improvements
Track View
Cloning a track within a folder puts it in another folder (CWBRN-1191)
Echo Current MIDI Track doesn't update correctly
Graphics anomalies when moving tracks with some hidden
Cannot zoom on top of now-time via timeline zoom
Flickering/moving aim assist, when moving clip between take lanes
Clips View graphic anomalies when expanding track height with Auto Zoom enabled.
Shift+Dragging clips can cause them to incorrectly appear as if it is being cropped
Cannot use keyboard to switch active audio track
Multiple tracks in folders can stop meter functionality
Step record does not take focus from track strips
Miscellaneous
Numerous documentation corrections from received feedback
Disabling a Send can break solo state for busses
Inconsistencies between HUD and Tools Module
Interleave button is missing hover art
Track folders need states for partial selection of M/S/R buttons (CWBRN-3556)
Automation is offset when setting a metronome count-in
ALT+Select does not work on unselected clips
Clicking in video track when recording moves now time
Importing Broadcast wave files from Digital Performer can crash SONAR
Step Sequencer instability (CWBRN-11777)
Browser instability
Changes to custom effects menus must be saved twice (CWBRN-13208)
Zoom Tool does not highlight zoom area (CWBRN-4324)
Track Folder Archive Button stops working if exercised during playback (CWBRN-11452)
Now Time in X2 can disappear under certain conditions (CWBRN-11087, CWBRN-11514)
Gap above MultiDock under certain conditions (CWBRN-3445, CWBRN-3572)
Clip gets fade unexpectedly when editing with Auto Crossfade enabled
After selecting Latch automation parameter, the parameter disappears from menu
Right click menu shows Delete command with ellipsis, but does not open dialog
Console View jumps unexpectedly
MultiDock may not draw tabs with multiple views
Process > Transpose and Process > Length fails in X2 Essential
Opening a new project when Snap Module is hidden results in graphical anomaly
Draw corruption and eventual freeze of Sonar in Track Inspector ProChannel view
Multidock state not persisting with project save
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