SONAR 2015 Kingston Update Fixes and Workflow Enhancements
Last updated on 3/18/2016ARA
- Drum Replacer would have inconsistent volumes during playback under certain scenarios
Audio / MIDI Engine
- Audition of MIDI FX did not always work
- MIDI cross talk could occur on an un-armed and focused MIDI track during loop recording
- MIDI input ports could unexpectedly re-route when devices are added
- Audio engine dropouts could occur under certain conditions
- Normalize and Gain would not work when applied to audio clip under certain conditions
- Loop recording with Patch Points could cause sync issues with delay-compensated plug-ins
- Playing through a tempo change in a project could cause DXi input echo to become delayed
- Some step sequencer clips could cause Sonar to stop or hang during playback
- Multi-out synths combined with allow arm changes led to performance problems
- Allow arm changes was not functioning for audio
- Recording MIDI data could crash with automation write enabled
- Arpeggiator presets buttons would stop working after selecting other tracks
Browser
- Media Browser would stop previewing after 60 seconds
Import / Export & File I/O
- Sends were not feeding side chain plugins when first launching projects
- Insert problems could occur with Track and Template insert; inserting multiple tracks should now be much faster
- SONAR could hang when bouncing or exporting using real-time rendering
- Audio export could cause crash when some hardware outs were muted
Misc.
- Sample entry in the Snap to Grid module would not work initially
- "Dock in multidock" keyboard shortcut didn’t always work
- Projects at idle were consuming CPU threads
Other Views – LCV / Lyric / Marker / Meter etc.
- Scrolling didn’t always work as expected when editing events in Event List view
- Painting problems could occur when scrolling in Console View
- Playing projects in Playlists had delays
Plug-ins & Synths
- Synth input recording was not working properly with allow arm changes enabled
- Delay compensated plug-ins could cause timing issues with MIDI playback
- Inserting Metric Halo plug-ins in FX bin could cause problems
- In some cases deleting synths from a synth rack could cause a crash
ProChannel
- ProChannel EQ interface had inconsistencies
- ProChannel modules would not load correctly from a cloned track
- Drag ordering in the ProChannel FX chain could have unpredictable results
- Redo of Style Dial insert would draw the wrong GUI
PRV
- Drag copy (CTRL+drag) would not include controllers in the PRV when Select Controllers Along with Notes was enabled
- PRV Draw tool could behave unexpectedly with snap set to measure
- Bouncing MIDI clips would cause Controller data not to display in PRV
- PRV Lasso select could unexpectedly select both Piano roll notes and drum pane notes
- The draw tool would not draw over CC lines in the Piano Roll View
- Controller lanes would not update in PRV when switching between MIDI clips
Staff View
- Accessing properties dialog (right click) on notes would not work correctly in Staff View
Start Screen
- Long project name display issue with Start Screen
Track View – Strips & Clips
- Waveforms were not displaying with Playback Timing Master set to None
- Shift lasso was not extending selection in track view
- Edit select functions were not actually selecting clips under common conditions
- Cropped clips would not draw correctly when dragged in the Track view
- Clip waveform was not drawing correctly with tempo changes
- Drag select would fail if hidden tracks were present in the project
- Under some conditions drag selecting a clip could crash SONAR
- Selecting tracks could fail in Track View if the view was scrolled
- Nudging clips could cause clips to disappear
UI
- German translation needed fixes
- MIDI plug-in presets were not displaying in MIDI FX
VST
- VST Time info was reporting incorrect values for the nanoseconds field
- VST3 plugins were not processing mono interleave correctly
- Some VST3s (example: AIR Loom) had a significant input echo delay
- Some VST3 plug-ins when panned could cause silent audio output
- Multi-channel audio output was not working correctly with Vienna Pro VST3
- SSL Nuendo VST3 plug-ins were not processing audio
- Recurring scanning of certain plug-ins (i.e., iZotope RX and Ozone VSTs)