#Cakewalk sonar x1 le review software#
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This means that, for MIDI tracks, you now get the extended view with direct access to many parameters like arpeggiator, groove, etc. It has been updated and improved, and is now twice as wide by default. The same applies to the new track inspector. However, the Multidock is still a very valuable feature. That way you wouldn't have to look for some of them in the main menu.

We miss the possibility to open a window directly from a menu in the Multidock. Moreover, context menus have been added directly to each window, allowing you to access all useful functions and controls. And even more annoying: after dragging the browser into the Multidock on the second screen, Sonar will crash if you try to take it back. Awesome!Д«ut, there is a problem: when the Multidock is in fullscreen mode on the second monitor and you are using virtual instruments, it will appear in window mode after you restart the program and the virtual instruments will be on floating windows again.

#Cakewalk sonar x1 le review plus#

That's probably the ideal working configuration: it allows us to keep a track plus the inspector maximized on one screen while other elements are displayed on the other screen. Like all other windows, the Multidock can be moved to a second monitor. You can browse among the different elements using tabs. You can also drag the browser, virtual instruments, etc. The Multidock (on the bottom by default) can host any element: the content of the current track, the mixer, the step sequencer, the matrix, etc. This way you can create different working environments depending on the task and instantaneously switch between them. The different screen configurations can be saved in ten screen sets, six of which can be directly accessed by clicking on the tool bar. The Global View displays the main elements (see screenshot below).ДЄll these elements can be floating, and the user can move, enlarge or reduce them. The new default screen layout recalls the old one. Everything is much clearer, much more easily readable, and all functions -especially the most interesting and powerful ones- are now easily accessible.

#Cakewalk sonar x1 le review software#

It's almost as if Cakewalk developers asked themselves: if we could create a new software from scratch, how would we do it? The result includes new windows, a new menu and function structure, and loads of work on graphic aspects. Experienced users got on with it and liked to have a lot of information in front of their eyes, but new users could get easily lost and even miss interesting functions the software offers.ДЇor this new version, Cakewalk put most of its efforts in redesigning the user interface. A recurrent reproach about previous Sonar versions was its confusing interface.