Can Cakewalk's radical rethink of the DAW user interface tempt users of competing products into the Sonar fold — without alienating existing fans? Sonar X1 introduces a slick new interface framework called Skylight. Here you can see the five main components: the Control Bar at the top, the Track View in the middle, the Inspector to the left, the Browser to the right, and the MultiDock at the bottom. Ten years ago last January, Cakewalk introduced the 'next generation” successor to their eponymously named Pro Audio series of music production software for Windows. Amongst a host of other features, Sonar sported a new user interface, and support for both Microsoft's then‑new WDM audio driver technology and DirectX 8, which finally allowed effects parameters to be automated. Cakewalk also introduced the DirectX Instrument (DXi) plug‑in format as a Windows‑only answer to Steinberg's cross‑platform VST (a technology decision that arguably makes even less sense in hindsight). At this year's Winter NAMM show, Cakewalk were showing a completely new Sonar: Sonar X1.

Released in December, Sonar X1 is a re-imagined version of Cakewalk's flagship application that takes the existing technology and features of Sonar 8.5 as a foundation and builds on top a new user interface and workflow. Boldbeast Recorder Keygen Free Download here. There are new editing features, new mixing and automation features, and a new browser that makes it easy to drag and drop effects, instruments and audio files into your project. Before continuing with this review, I should mention that while I have, on occasion, dipped my toe in the Sonar waters over the years, our relationship has never achieved the same level of intimacy I've shared with other music software.

We've exchanged numbers a few times, sure; but neither Sonar or myself were somehow able to return each other's calls. So while the main focus of this review is to discuss what's new in Sonar X1, it's also written with the non‑Sonar devotee in mind: for someone who might be familiar with similar products but wants to learn what this new version of Sonar might have to offer. Without wishing to be rude, I've always found Sonar's user interface — especially in recent years — to be somewhat malefic to the music‑making process. I'm sure it was great for acclimatised users — in much the same way evolution has made extreme weather tolerable for polar bears — but the combination of an old‑school Windows interface with an ugly sea of cryptic icons made the program less than inviting to the uninitiated. Download Serial Shahrzad.