Cakewalk’s 2016.12 release for SONAR Platinum, Professional, and Artist brings fixes and enhancements to some key elements of SONAR: Lenses, Skylight, ProChannel, Melodyne, and much more have all been improved in this month’s rolling update.

Enhancements

• The Browser’s Notes tab now has a Copyright field. This was previously available in the Project info screen, and is now available again in the Notes tab.
• Loading an image from the Browser’s Notes tab now remembers its last folder location
• Notes section of the Notes Tab is now scrollable without being in edit mode
• Freeze buttons stay in sync between synth rack and tracks
• User and Factory Lenses are separated in the menu
• Toast notifications no longer stack when changing Lenses in the same session

Lenses

• Lenses now restore the correct MultiDock position
• Lenses menu commands now display info in the Help Module
• Multiple custom Track View Control Manager presets were being saved in a Lens
• The Save button in Lens Manager could be grayed out when a Lens had been modified
• Under certain conditions, spaces between words in Lens drop-down items were omitted
• Disabling Surround from a Lens now removes the Add Surround Bus from the Console View menu
• Canceling in the Lens Manager no longer saves a Lens in some conditions

WASAPI Modes

• Fixed a crash when unplugging a USB audio device while in WASAPI Exclusive mode
• Recording now works properly after running the Wave Profiler in WASAPI Exclusive mode

Skylight and Synth Rack Docking

• Corrected a graphical issue between Inspector and Track View after undocking the Synth Rack
• Disable floating on the Synth Rack could result in a crash
• Synth Rack menu icon no longer disappears once you undock from the Browser
• The keyboard shortcut for showing/hiding the Synth Rack now works properly when the view is in the MultiDock
• Synth Rack would not display correctly after reopening a project in some conditions
• Docked Synth Rack height is now restored with a saved Lens

Melodyne and Region FX

• Removing a Region FX could result in a crash
• Resolved multiple instabilities when dragging Melodyne clips in a project

Miscellaneous

• Control Bar modules now display correctly when justified and the last module is collapsed
• Fixed an intermittent crash with Ctrl+Dragging step sequencer clips
• 32-bit Boost 11 is now categorized in the Plugin Database on 32-bit SONAR installs
• Clicking the body of a Bus in the Track View now highlights the bus name
• Resolved a possible crash when Shift+Dragging clips among Take Lanes
• Reordering an instrument track via the header icon now works as expected
• Fixed a possible crash, and improved stability, when removing ProChannel modules
• In the Staff View, note heads no longer disappear when using the Select tool
• Fixed cases where a group delete/add ProChannel module would not work
• Inserting a Track Template no longer creates an extra MIDI track
• Fixed a crash in ASIO Mode using Clip FX and Live Bounce
• Dragging a clip to a different lane of another track did not work in certain situations