Cakewalk Sonar
A new visual foundation, smarter navigation, and deeper tools for the serious producer.
Automate repetitive work across tracks, clips, MIDI, automation, plug-ins, ProChannel, markers, tempo maps, and Arranger data with undo support. CakeScript turns Sonar into a more flexible and programmable workspace for professionals who want custom, repeatable workflows.
Find commands instantly, open views, change settings, and jump to the right help without hunting through menus. Glide through complexity while keeping your workflow simple.
Discover, search, and drop in curated BandLab effects and chains directly in the plug-in workflow. Polished, ready-to-use processing without spending time building every chain from scratch.
Create a workspace that fits your process by building, saving, and sharing custom themes. For those who spend hours in the DAW, personalization goes beyond cosmetic - it's about comfort, focus, and workflow efficiency.
Organize complex projects with nested track folders that make large sessions easier to manage and mix, especially valuable for film scoring, orchestral work, and larger arrangements where signal flow and structure are critical.
Get an instant bird’s-eye view of everything in the session, with filtering for the tracks you need right now and lightning fast access to bulk track setting changes.
Inspect the signal at every stage of the audio chain with pre/post monitoring, spectrum views, and real-time metering.
Turn a folder into a mix-ready production bus with its own routed aux track. Simplify grouping, processing, and mixing while keeping sessions organized and scalable.
Browse, preview, and organize BandLab Sounds with Favorites, Collections, and Claims — use your monthly quota to download your favorite sounds and keep them forever.
Trigger articulation and keyswitch events slightly ahead of the note to compensate for slower orchestral patches, improving timing and making sampled ensemble work feel more natural without time-consuming manual edits.
Sample, trigger, slice, and manipulate sound quickly with a native, built-for-production sampler workflow. XSampler adds flexibility for sound designers and producers who want more control without leaving the session.
Move projects more easily across Cakewalk environments with improved interchange and direct export to BandLab, ideal for those working across devices, workflows, and collaboration contexts.
Record, edit, mix, and deliver with the complete Cakewalk Sonar production environment.