https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/cakewalk-sonar-2xl-any-good/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:18:04 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/cakewalk-sonar-2xl-any-good/#post-182140 Wed, 07 Jun 2006 18:40:29 +0000 For the simple Audio recordings I am doing so far ( max 6 parallel audio tracks and no midi) I find KAE (Kristal Audio Engine), with the ASIO4ALL driver, easier to use and doing the job good enough for my need.

But as I´ve got my hands on a "free copy" of Sonar 2, I wanted to see what a more proffessional SW could do, and it can do much more than KAE.
The main thing is more audio tracks than KAE´s 16 tracks and midi track handling.
One thing that I want to test, is using a MIDI "orchestra" background and record vocal and guitar in audio and then export everything as an .wav or .mp3 file.]]> In The Studio Kalle_in_Sweden https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/cakewalk-sonar-2xl-any-good/#post-182140 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/cakewalk-sonar-2xl-any-good/#post-182092 Wed, 07 Jun 2006 14:52:37 +0000 In The Studio Ignar Hillström https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/cakewalk-sonar-2xl-any-good/#post-182092 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/cakewalk-sonar-2xl-any-good/#post-181977 Wed, 07 Jun 2006 01:29:05 +0000 thanks as always for your quick help. I think I have the settings right. 16 bit driver depth, 44.1KHZ sampling frequency under options/audio in the general tab. In the advanced tab, I/O buffer size is 128 KB, Driver mode - WDM/KS, Dithering POW-r 3.

When i run the wave profiler, I get an error message saying "the audio driver(s) either do not support the audio format, or are in use by another application". So there's something funky going on. I dont have any other audio software running at the same time so i'm wonering if therer are certain soundcards/driver(s) that are not compatible with sonar. I may be asking a dumb question here since I'm not sure yet what the difference is btw WDM drivers, ASIO etc - that may be the problem. Any thoughts

PS: D'you like sonar 2 so far? Any big jumps in capabilities from your freeware?

Thanks Mike, I'm actually past setting I/O options and pushing on the track and main record button:)]]> In The Studio kachman https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/cakewalk-sonar-2xl-any-good/#post-181977 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/cakewalk-sonar-2xl-any-good/#post-181958 Wed, 07 Jun 2006 00:23:04 +0000 In The Studio Mike https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/cakewalk-sonar-2xl-any-good/#post-181958 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/cakewalk-sonar-2xl-any-good/#post-181933 Tue, 06 Jun 2006 22:51:50 +0000 Sonar 2 works for me, did some test recordings .

In Sonar 2 under Options,Audio , General there is something called Wave Profiler that checks the soundcards WDM driver. And under Drivers it tells what soundcard input and outputs that can be enabled/disabled.
Set sampling frequency to 44.1 kHz and file bit depth to 16, if you set it to 96/24 your soundcard may not support it and will not be enabled for recording.]]> In The Studio Kalle_in_Sweden https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/cakewalk-sonar-2xl-any-good/#post-181933 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/cakewalk-sonar-2xl-any-good/#post-181904 Tue, 06 Jun 2006 19:25:48 +0000 In The Studio kachman https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/cakewalk-sonar-2xl-any-good/#post-181904 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/cakewalk-sonar-2xl-any-good/#post-181898 Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:59:51 +0000 In The Studio kachman https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/cakewalk-sonar-2xl-any-good/#post-181898 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/cakewalk-sonar-2xl-any-good/#post-181378 Sun, 04 Jun 2006 03:19:03 +0000 In The Studio kingpatzer https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/cakewalk-sonar-2xl-any-good/#post-181378 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/cakewalk-sonar-2xl-any-good/#post-181345 Sun, 04 Jun 2006 00:35:58 +0000
Not sure about 2, but 4 has the DXi and you can use VST's. You have to activate the VST using the Cakewalk VST Adapter in the program folder. Once you do that, right-click in the box where your effects are and select the option that has your VST's in it.

The more you use it the better you'll get.]]> In The Studio Mike https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/cakewalk-sonar-2xl-any-good/#post-181345 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/cakewalk-sonar-2xl-any-good/#post-18191 Sun, 04 Jun 2006 00:19:52 +0000 I´ve got hold of a copy of Cakewalk Sonar 2XL.
I have installed it and been fidling around with it.
I can a lot, but its much more complicated to use than Kristal Audio Engine.
Its using WDM drivers not ASIO 2 and DXi plugins not VST plugins.
I know that it is old version , latest version is Sonar 5.
Does anybody has any experience with Sonar 2 or another Sonar version ?]]> In The Studio Kalle_in_Sweden https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/cakewalk-sonar-2xl-any-good/#post-18191