SONAR X1 Essential Overview

SONAR X1 Essential is the perfect choice for if you are recording on a budget or just getting started.
SONAR X1 Essential features
64 Audio Tracks and unlimited MIDI tracks
Matrix view
Step Sequencer
Essential Instruments
Essential Effects

[syndddd]

Yes, you can! The Step Sequencer is a brilliant tool to do that :)

[CakewalkSoftware]

@ONDSKYGGE SONAR X1 Essential has full support for VST/VSTi

[Audiovolution]

@Rickles just go with x1 studio, its 64bit

[ttthelostcause]

you can record with a mic, even in the essential... am I right?

[TheDcrocks]

can you record vocals and export with sonar essentials

[singerl]

does anyone know if it has a staff view like Sonar 4? Where it records all the notes into sheet music.

[StratMatt]

I think so, but if htey come out with a replacement for X1 you are screwed.
In 2007 I bought Sonar 8 Studio for $370 and my computer did meet the minimum requirements on the box, however it turned out that my computer that met the minimum requirements could not play more than two tracks at once so it was useless.
A couple years later I get a new computer, but SONAR wont run on windows 7.
It cost me $300 to upgrade to X1 even after I told them I could never run SONAR in my comp that met mins.?

[adamh]

Is it possible to download a guitar track sent by email or on a cd and add a drum part to it, then send it back? thx

[frankbraker]

Matrix View - first try today. Saved a very basic 8 beats/measure single note beat every 4 clicks midi file. Sounds fine played on any instrument, but from the Matrix view the timing is off and it sounds like crap. So I'm not clear what this means - it's possible I screwed something up - but seems pretty straightforward, my PC is a quad-core and no big load. Looks more like a bug in MV.

[ONDSKYGGE]

I have Guitar Rig and i play with it as stand alone...I would like to ask if Sonar X1 Essentials supports Guitar Rig and VSTi generally because i want to buy it and start some recordings...Thanks!

[coltpoke]

Do Sonar Products force you to update? If so, how often do I HAVE to update it. (most programs go obsolete after a while. I'm wondering if this one does too.) If so, which versions make you update & how often do you have to do it?

[TheBluesnbob]

I have W7 64 bit and Amplitube 3; will this work on X1? Thank you!

[StratMatt]

To be fair, I understand that people have to pay another $300 for the brand new totally overhauled version that they've spent so much effort and time making (and they need to make a living), but I was just dissappointed that nobody at cakewalk had any compassion for the fact that my computer that met the minumum requirements for SONAR 8 could only run one or two tracks at once.
I guess you'll have no problem. I just got screwed in my particluar situation.
$700 later and I have Essential X1!

[Rickles]

if I buy this, (32bit program) Will I be able to purchase an upgrade and install it as a 64bit program later?

[atmonoid]

The matrix reminds me of Ableton Live :S strange

[Rickles]

@Rickles I mean an upgrade to studio/producer

[lonel]

That Step Sequencer looks exactly like the one in FL Studio's. ...Hmm...

[ttthelostcause]

@ttthelostcause my bad i said that when i wasnt done with the video

[bnicebnc]

How many preset sounds is on there? And can I record my voice?