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New features in SONAR X1
Other enhancements
In addition to the major new features already mentioned, SONAR X1 also includes dozens of
customer-inspired productivity enhancements, including:
• Improved performance. SONAR X1 takes full advantage of GPU acceleration (graphics
hardware) for better-than-ever performance across the application.
• Improved data editing. The per-track Edit Filter lets you lets you specify what type of data you
want to edit, making it easier than ever to focus on the current task without accidentally editing the
wrong type of data. For details, see “Selecting the data type to edit” on page 398.
• Consolidated options. All global and project settings have been centralized in one place. For
details, see “Preferences dialog” on page 1550.
• Improved shortcuts. Many keyboard shortcuts have been remapped to be more intuitive and
convenient. For details, see “Help > Keyboard Shortcuts” on page 1359.
• Clip fade waveform drawing. Audio clips can now optionally reflect clip-fades in the waveform
itself. For details, see “Customization - Display” on page 1610.
• Friendlier Staff view editing. When drawing events in the Staff view, the staff is shaded to
indicate where the current event type can be drawn. For details, see “Basic musical editing” on
page 1006.
• Convenient edit view menus. Confusing and intimidating toolbars have been replaced with
friendly and intuitive menus that invite exploration and help you discover many of SONAR’s
powerful features. It is now easier than ever to find your way around SONAR.
• Zoom and scroll in the time ruler. You can now zoom and scroll by dragging in the top half of
the time ruler. For details, see “Zooming and scrolling in the time ruler” on page 83.
• Enhanced Quick Groups. You can create Quick Groups faster and easier than ever, and more
track parameters can be included in a Quick Group. For details, see “Quick Groups” on page 879.
• Default plug-in presets. Each Plug-in can store a default Cakewalk Preset (if available) within
individual Plug-in Layouts. To specify the default preset, open the Cakewalk Plug-in Manager,
double-click a plug-in in the layout list to open the Item Properties dialog, then select the desired
preset in the Default Preset list. The default value is None, which does not save a Default Preset
in the layout. Because the Default Preset is saved per item in the layout, multiple instances of the
same plug-in with different Default Presets can be added to a plug-in layout.