Cakewalk SONAR-7-S Studio Edition Music Software (Item # SONAR-7-S)

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Don`t sacrifice features for affordability ? SONAR 7 Studio Edition offers the best creative tools, and the most power of any digital audio workstation in its price range. Built upon the same core feature set as SONAR 7 Producer Edition, SONAR 7 Studio Edition gives users the edge in their productions?from recording audio and MIDI, composing with virtual instruments, remixing with loops, mixing with professional effects, to delivery of a polished final track?with the recognized best audio quality of the industry.

SONAR is developed by musicians who listen, understand, and respond to the discerning needs of our customers. Version 7 is the result of this active collaboration.

SONAR 7 Studio Edition adds more creative tools, new instruments, powerful mixing features and more:

• A complete MIDI overhaul with Smart MIDI Tools and dozens of other new features
• Introduction of the most powerful Step Sequencer found in any DAW
• Internal sidechaining
• Delay compensation for external hardware
• Numerous workflow, mixing, and delivery enhancements throughout the application

SONAR 7 Studio Edition gives you the power to record, edit and mix unlimited tracks of audio and MIDI, and includes an ample array of audio effects, virtual instruments, and innovative technologies to maximize your creativity. These include the Boost 11 peak limiter, Dimension? LE and Rapture? LE virtual instruments, Active Controller Technology?, AudioSnap? non-destructive audio quantize, audio and MIDI looping tools with ACID?-loop support, and much more. These are complemented by two virtual instruments from Roland?, the Lexicon Pantheon SE Reverb, AudioSnap? rendering with iZotope Radius, thousands of instrument sounds, over a gigabyte of sample content, and much more.

SONAR takes full advantage of the power of your machine; it`s a powerhouse on today`s multi-core PCs and Intel-based Macs (using Bootcamp). You can feel confident that you`ll never be left behind, no matter how technology changes. Cakewalk has been first to innovate on Windows Vista, x64 processing, multi-core and multi-processor support, and 64-bit double precision audio quality, and we incorporate it seamlessly so all you need to think about is making music.

SONAR gives you the freedom to configure your studio to meet your unique needs. It`s compatible with your choice of WDM or ASIO hardware from the stock sound card that ships with your PC all the way up to an SSL AWS 900+ console. If you`re switching to SONAR you can load presets of keystrokes from your favorite applications and you can make your own. It features the best support for control surfaces and MIDI controllers, and you can expand your creative abilities with DSP cards, and third party VST, DirectX, and ReWire effects and instruments. Plus you can customize menus, toolbars, layouts, channel presets, track icons, color schemes, and more just the way you like it.

SONAR is developed by musicians who listen, understand, and respond to the discerning needs of our customers, including Grammy and Emmy winning producers, engineers, and composers. When you choose SONAR, you are getting a complete package that includes regular updates, affordably priced upgrades, an unbeatable user forum, and the backing of world class customer service, and support that has made Cakewalk the musician`s favorite for over 20 years.

Studio Edition Included Plug-ins:

• NEW! Dimension LE (with Garritan Pocket Orchestra)?real instruments and advanced synthesis
• NEW! Rapture LE?modern synthesized sounds
• NEW! DropZone?drag & drop sampler and REX loop Editor
• NEW! Session Drummer 2?virtual drum instrument
• Roland TTS-1?GM2 Roland? synthesizer
• Roland GrooveSynth?Genuine groove box and synthesizer sounds
• SFZ?SoundFont sampler
• Cyclone?Groove sampler

• NEW! Boost 11?peak limiter
• Sonitus:fx series?suite of studio-quality effects (Compressor (now with sidechaining) o Delay o Equalizer o Gate (now with sidechaining) o Modulator o Multiband o Phase o Reverb o Surround o Surround Compressor o Wahwah)
• Lexicon Pantheon LE?special version of the legendary Lexicon found in pro studios
• Analyst?spectrum analyzer
• BitMeter?monitor digital activity of audio
• Amp Sim?classic and modern guitar tones
• Tape Sim?simulate the warm sound of tape
• Time/Pitch Processor?shift time and pitch audio
• DSP-FX series?classic Cakewalk effects (Compressor o Delay o Equalizer o Flange o Reverb)

• Arpeggiator
• Quantize
• Echo/Delay
• Transpose
• Velocity
• Event Filter
• Chord Analyzer