SONAR UP TO X3

30 September 2013

There’s more method than madness in Cakewalk’s regular-as-clockwork release of a Sonar update every October. If nothing else, it avoids all the forum and website angst from users about when the next major release will happen – if they haven’t figured it out by now… Sonar X3 crams in a bunch of new plug-ins and virtual instruments into what’s already a pretty chockers DAW. SONAR X3 is Cakewalk’s biggest upgrade to date and includes core workflow enhancements and features like Colour Customisation, Comping, VST3 Support, ARA integration, Melodyne Essential (in addition, we assume, to the existing V-Vocal pitch correction), a Tape Emulator to complement the Console Emulator plug-in, the QuadCurve EQ Zoom & Analyzer, and much more. New effects and instruments include XLN Audio Addictive Drums, a suite of 19 Nomad Factory Blue Tubes FX and what’s called Lounge Lizard SONAR, which is a classic Rhodes electric piano instrument. Sonar comes in three flavours, a bog-standard Sonar X3, Studio or Producer bundles. Check the comparison tables at www.cakewalk.com