You can still choose tools manually, too. It works wonderfully and unobtrusively, switching from, say, a selection tool when hovering over data, to a pencil for notes in the piano roll. Here, a single tool changes functionality depending on what you're doing. One of the most impressive new ideas comes in the form of Smart tools. This new interface arrangement/management system is collectively known as Skylight. You can save and toggle between configurations using the Screensets. So, several of the GUI elements can be expanded, collapsed, floated, docked and otherwise rearranged. You can stick it up top, down below, or float the thing. It's customisable, with modules for markers, loop recording, quantise, ACT and more. The Control Bar replaces the old transport bar and numerous toolbars that once cramped Sonar's style. This collapsible, floatable pane can itself be moved around or stuck on a separate monitor.
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The Browser, Piano Roll, Mixer and other windows (including plug-ins), can be docked in the MultiDock. Still, the new design is tightly integrated and speeds things up considerably. You can drag plug-ins or audio into a track, FX bin, loop-slicer or wherever is appropriate.Īlas, it doesn't work in reverse, so you can't drag an audio clip back into the Browser. The Browser is now a dockable (or floatable) tabbed window for quick access to plug-ins, media, presets and other things. Plus, it shows the channel strip for the selected track or bus and that of its assigned output. The Inspector itself is tabbed so you can choose to view the Channel Strip, expand the ProChannel (more on this later), view clip options, etc. All such options are now available in the Inspector, which, in typical DAW fashion, exists as a strip down the left-hand side. However, the tabs at the bottom of the latter for I/O options, FX bin and so on are gone. The old look is still apparent in the clips and the Track view. Anyone previously put off by Sonar's GUI should take a fresh look at it, while old-timers may well feel a newfound sense of speed and freedom once they get used to it. Cakewalk have clearly listened to their users and taken note of the better ideas found in competing products.
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