Cakewalk SONAR 6

Cakewalk has updated their website which now has detailed information about SONAR 6.

SONAR 6 comes in two versions, Producer Edition and Studio Edition. The Producer Edition includes VC-64 Vintage Channel and Session Drummer 2.

New Feature Highlights

Active Controller Technology (ACT): dynamically re-maps effect, mix and instrument parameters to hardware controllers
AudioSnap™ Multitrack Audio Quantize
VC-64 Vintage Channel™—warm sound, dual EQ and compressor stages, analog component modeling, presets by professionals
Session Drummer™ 2 instrument with professional multi-sampled drum kits, hundreds of live-recorded, vital patterns
New Synth Rack makes managing, controlling, and automating your instruments simple
Console view redesigned for ergonomic mixing
Modular Transport provides easy playback control and vital visual feedback
Analyst spectrum analyzer
Clip editing enhancements including lock to time
Work seamlessly with VST plug-ins—VST support is now integrated into SONAR 6 and no longer requires an external VST to DX adapter
Automation enhancements: read/write controls for tracks and plug-ins, enable automation during playback and record, visual automation cues, more
Fast Zoom enables fast, precise edits without losing your place
Mouse wheel support for parameter control and zoom
Import 64-bit floating point audio files and stream them at their native resolution from 64-bit tracks
Crash Recovery safeguards your projects against faulty plug-ins and other sources of crashes
Automatic file versioning: back up projects with time/date stamps for easy access to old versions
Customizable user interface: put favorite features right at your fingertips
User-customizable plug-in menus for easy organization and grouping
Friendly driver naming (user-customizable audio hardware port names)
Custom color schemes with saturation, hue, and brightness controls and color categories for easy customization