Improved Midi Step Recording; 64-Bit Audio Engine; Video Output To Firewire Devices; Grouping Enhancements - CAKEWALK SONAR User Manual

Improved MIDI Step Recording

64-bit Audio Engine

Video Output to FireWire Devices

Grouping Enhancements

Per/Clip Effects Bins

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For more information, see "Displaying Notes and Controllers (Piano Roll View Only)" on page
248, "Adding and Editing Controllers in the Piano Roll View" on page 254, and "Adding and
Editing Notes in the Piano Roll View" on page 249.
Step recording now gives you immediate visual feedback of what you've recorded, has
streamlined and configurable shortcuts, does unlimited backstep deleting, lets you use other
commands while step recording, supports all kinds of tuplets, lets you change tracks while
recording, and more.
Tip: with the new keyboard shortcuts, you can leave your left hand on your MIDI keyboard
to enter notes with, and control most step recording functions with your right hand on the
Num Pad.
See "Step Recording" on page 166 for more information.
You can now choose 64-bit (double-precision) mixing in SONAR 5 throughout the entire
signal path. This includes dithering and plug-ins. SONAR 5 sends and receives 64-bit data to
and from all plug-ins that accept 64-bit data. If a plug-in requires 32-bit data, SONAR 5
sends and receives 32-bit data. To activate 64-bit mixing, use the Options-Audio command
to open the Audio Options dialog, and on the General tab, enable the 64-bit double precision
engine checkbox.
You can now stream video from SONAR to an external FireWire DV device. This feature is
useful for viewing video on an external monitor during playback. If you connect a DV
recording device, you can export video projects with audio onto that DV device, using a
software DV transport from within SONAR. For more information, see "Video Playback on a
FireWire DV Device" on page 141, and "Exporting a Project to a FireWire DV Device" on page
142.
You can now create temporary Quick Groups of track or bus controls by clicking the new strip
selector on each track or bus that you want to group. All similar or identical controls in a
Quick Group (for example, the volume controls on an audio and MIDI track in a group), will
then move synchronously when you adjust them. See "Quick Groups" on page 408 for more
information.
There is also a new control that lets you manage the attributes of multiple groups of controls.
See the online help topic "Group Manager dialog" for more information.
Clips now have full-featured effects bins. You can now insert real-time effects directly on
clips, both MIDI and audio. See "Effects on Clips" on page 390 for more information.