When you use ReaCWP, that can "pollute" audio folders of Sonar projects with these. By default, these files are created in the same place as audio file in question.
Do not install loop-back ASIO driver if you do not need it! It will not harm your system in general, but audio inputs/outputs in Sonar can be redefined by installing the driver. You can select "Portable" option during installation, this way Reaper will not integrate into Windows and you can restless un-install it by deleting the folder. If you do not have it yet, you can download Reaper from: and legally evaluate. Since by using this program a user just accelerates the procedure he/she is (legally) allowed to perform, I do not think that using the program can be declared as a violation in any country. What I do is from my knowledge absolutely legal at least in EU. I extract the information which any Sonar user can extract manually, so the converter is just an accelerated method to get your own information out of particular format in which it is currently saved. I have not found any evidence of innovative technologies in these files. These files are not encrypted (at least in parts which I parse), use well known primitive binary data representations and aggregated construction from these primitives. The program was written solely based on the CWP (my own projects) files content observation. Sonar or any part of the package in which it comes. In particular, I have NOT debugged, reverse engineered, etc.
The software is provided "as is", without any promises.įrom my best knowledge, I have not violated any Sonar EULA during the development.
Please note that you do not buy a license nor any special service doing that. The extension is closed source but free to use. I do not have Apple to compile corresponding incarnation (nor any plans to do that).
For the list of currently converted parts of the project, see "Features" post later.Ĭurrent version works in Reaper for Windows (32 and 64bit). The program is developed for Sonar X2 - Platinum generated files, but theoretically can work with older versions. Cakewalk/Sonar has always been strong in the MIDI area especially with you delve in to CAL files etc.ReaCWP is (Cockos) Reaper DAW extension to import (Cakewalk) Sonar DAW project files (saved in CWP format).
I am drawn to Ableton Live Suite but am unsure about custom instrument definition support, MIDI port naming, and it's MIDI capabilities in general. Part of me just wants to reinstall Cakewalk 8.5 and be done with it. However, I don't like how the Bandlab version is tied to Bandlab Assistant, the need for regular reactivation to keep using the software, and it's cloud dependency in general. Interesting what used to cost hundreds of dollars they now offer for free. I've downloaded the Bandlab version of Sonar and it does seem promising. I currently use Sonar X3 but find Sonar got progressively bloated, cluttered, and more difficult to use with each new version.
What popular PC based DAWs accommodate custom instrument maps and MIDI port naming? Cakewalk Sonar allows you to assign alias names to MIDI ports which makes identifying them much easier. I have a lot of external hardware and one great feature about Cakewalk Sonar is the ability to create custom Instrument Definition files. After many MANY years with Cakewalk/Sonar I am contemplating migrating from Sonar to a different DAW for future projects.