Accessibility-related fixes in Sonar 8.5.2 patch

The following accessibility-related fixes have been reported by Cakewalk in the latest 8.5.2 patch for Cakewalk Sonar (accompanying notes by Phil Muir and yours truly):Read more

  • Matrix View is now more accessible:
    • Control+arrow keys move you between toolbar, “cells” and “rows” panes.
    • While inside the “toolbar” pane, up and down

Meet people and musicians behind Cakewalk Products

Did you know that a lot of people who work on the Sonar team are musicians themselves? Just like you and me, they all have their favorites features of Sonar and, most likely, features they do not like… Just like you and me!Read more

Locking your music into the grid: Sonar 8.5 Matrix View

In many ways I am fascinated with Sonar's Matrix View because it allows anyone to quickly arrange a couple of random bits of sound phrases into, what is now commonly refered to as, “music”. :) While I would like to think that music has a free-minded nature, it appears that we are capturing more and more of it and locking it into the grid, e.g.Read more