A major new addition to SONAR X3 is ARA (Audio Random Access) integration. This feature is available in all versions of SONAR X3. The SONAR X3 Producer and SONAR X3 Studio installers include a Melodyne Essential installer.

If you currently own a copy of Melodyne and quit this installer, keep in mind you may NOT already have the VST3 version installed, which is a requirement for it to work with ARA integration. Therefore, if you quit the installer Melodyne will not show up automatically in SONAR. This can be resolved by re-running the Melodyne installer as part of the SONAR installer, or by getting the latest installer for Melodyne directly from Celemony.