Comments on: SONAR 8 Preview: Instrument Tracks, Beatscape Instrument, Transient Shaper, Enhanced Performance, Other Goodies

By: sniffit

sniffit — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:10:56 +0000

beatscape doesnt like rx2 files that dont come with the inst. i own many rx2 files when i import any of them into beatscape,beatscape adds its own slices to the slices already in the rx2 file…this realy changes the way the rx2 files play in beatscape…they sound like sh**…yes i could remove the added markers…but…im not happy sitting there fer that long fixing something that shouldnt need to be fixed in the first place…beatscape is a good idea…just doesnt work properly…

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Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:47:12 +0000

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Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:43:38 +0000

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By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:57:54 +0000

Upgrade prices were provided by Cakewalk in their press release. I expect you’ll see all the details in their site once it starts shipping in October.

Still working on finding out about the Pro Suite…

By: pdish

pdish — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 08:24:36 +0000

Where you finding these upgrade prices?

By: Abel

Abel — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:56:44 +0000

Found the grace period info I was looking for here:

http://www.cakewalk.com/mispecials/default.asp

By: Abel

Abel — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:29:28 +0000

Looks like they dropped Pro Suite, at least temporarily.

I was hoping to find more info about an upgrade grace period. Just looked through their forums and don’t see anything.

I’ve finally was ready to get Sonar 7 Studio, or Pro Suite if I can get sell my Fizmo soon enough. Then this is announced. Don’t want to wait for it, and don’t want to deal with the buggy first few months. Seems kind of silly though to get Sonar 7 now. Of course the upgrade pricing and the inclusion of Dimension Pro makes figuring out whether Pro Suite is worth getting at this point confusing.

By: general fuzz

general fuzz — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:20:49 +0000

TruePiano is one of my most treasured plugins, which is kinda shocking consider the range of all the amazing plugins that I own. I’ve never encountered a virtual piano that is so inspiring. I’m psyched for more modules.

By: Original Sound Version » Blog Archive » Cakewalk Sonar 8 upgrades look sexy

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:48:44 +0000

[...] Create Digital Music has the details on Sonar 8, including many of the new additions like easier recording, improved performance, and some new plugins. I don’t make beat-based music, but the new Beatscaper looks like fun. My beloved Samplitude has an excellent transient shaper plug, and now Sonar is keeping up with the neighbors with their addition, Transient Shaper. The new TL-64 Tube Leveler also seems like a nice addition. [...]

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:43:52 +0000

@Jason: well, but here’s the problem. You can’t just keep adding to a piece of software. Design is about tradeoffs. Part of the reason I use Live in some cases and something like SONAR in others is because they each have different design tradeoffs, which impacts what it feels like to work with them, or what’s faster in one versus another. So, I think this differentiation is healthy. Part of the reason Live came on the scene — part of the reason Cakewalk dumped Cakewalk Pro Studio and whatnot and rebooted with SONAR — is this realization that you couldn’t just build on the same framework forever, and that there was more than one way to do these things.