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Joystick Support
SONAR allows you to use a joystick to control surround panning, and also many
transport and menu commands. For more information, see “Joystick Support” on
page 485.
PoW-r Dither
SONAR offers the new PoW-r dithering process, short for Psycho-acoustically
Optimized Wordlength Reduction, which can produce 16-bit files that sound
indistinguishable from their 24-bit source files. For more information, see
“Dithering” on page 468.
Meter Ballistics
SONAR 4 has configurable meter ballistics. These allow you to adjust the rise and
fall times of both the RMS and Peak Meters. Out of the box, SONAR 4 ships with
industry-standard settings that mimic meter ballistics for common hardware
consoles. For more information, see “Changing the Meters’ Performance” on page
440.
Surround Plug-ins
SONAR 4 includes two new surround plug-ins: Pantheon Surround and Sonitus
Surround Compressor.
Cakewalk TTS-1
The Cakewalk TTS-1 software synthesizer replaces the Edirol VSC.