SONAR 7 Studio Edition

Sonar Producer Exclusives:
NEW— LP-64 EQ™ linear phase mastering EQ
NEW— LP-64 Multiband™ linear phase mastering compressor/limiter
NEW— Z3TA+™ waveshaping synthesizer
NEW— VC-64 Vintage Channel™ with sidechaining capabilities
NEW— Roland V-Vocal™ 1.5 with Pitch to MIDI conversion
AudioSnap™ multitrack audio quantize
Surround mixing in over 30 formats
SurroundBridge™ technology to use stereo FX in surround
Sonitus Surround Compressor
POW-r dithering
PSYN™ II subtractive synthesizer
Pentagon™ I Analog Modeling Synth
RXP™ groove instrument with REX file support
Perfect Space™ Convolution Reverb
Lexicon® Pantheon™ Reverb


Producer Edition plug-ins

SONAR 7 Producer Edition includes an extensive array of virtual instruments and studio-quality effects:

Instruments
NEW! Dimension LE (with Garritan Pocket Orchestra)—real instruments and advanced synthesis
NEW! Rapture LE—modern synthesized sounds
NEW! Z3TA+—incredible analog-style sound shaping capibilities
NEW! DropZone—drag & drop sampler and REX loop Editor.
Pentagon I —vintage analog sounds
PSYN II—full-featured subtractive synthesis
RXP—REX player groove box
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

Audio Effects
NEW! LP-64 EQ—linear phase mastering EQ
NEW! LP-64 Multiband—linear phase multiband limiter/compressor
NEW! Boost 11 —peak limiter
Updated! VC-64 Vintage Channel—channel strip and dynamics processor (now with side-chaining) powered by Kjaerhus Audio
Updated! Roland V-Vocal 1.5—vocal processor (now with pitch to MIDI conversion)
Perfect Space—Convolution Reverb powered by Voxengo
Sonitus:fx series—suite of studio-quality effects
Compressor (now with sidechaining)
Delay
Equalizer
Gate (now with sidechaining)
Modulator
Multiband
Phase
Reverb
Surround
Surround Compressor
Wahwah
Lexicon Pantheon—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
Delay
Equalizer
Flange
Reverb

MIDI Effects
Arpeggiator
Quantize
Echo/Delay
Transpose
Velocity
Event Filter
Chord Analyzer

New features:
Integrated Step Sequencer view provides the most innovative step sequencer feature set available in any DAW today
Smart MIDI Tools—intuitively use one tool for multiple editing tasks; completely customizable
Real-time Drag-Quantize allows selected notes and events to be quickly aligned with snap settings
Multilane controller editing in Piano Roll view; controller data can be moved/copied across lanes; multiple controls can be viewed/edited per lane to economize screen real estate
MIDI display features including MIDI Magnifier, MIDI Meters, and Velocity Colorizer
Enhanced MIDI editing with functions for splitting, gluing, and muting notes
More ACT (Active Controller Technology) presets for popular hardware
New instruments: Z3TA+ 1.5 waveshaping synthesizer, Dimension LE (featuring Garritan Pocket Orchestra), Rapture LE, and DropZone Sample player/synth; Over 1000 instruments sounds
Roland V-Vocal 1.5, now with Pitch to MIDI conversion
LP-64 Multiband linear phase mastering compressor/limiter with AutoQ functionality
LP-64 EQ linear phase mastering EQ with 20-point control curve
Internal sidechaining for Sonitus:fx Compressor, Sonitus:fx Gate, VC-64 Vintage Channel, and 3rd party VST plug-ins with sidechain (multi-input) capability
External Insert Plug-in let's you insert and mix with external hardware effects and instruments with automatic delay compensation
Boost 11 Peak Limiter
Dim Solo keeps tracks in context by reducing volume of unsoloed tracks by 6, 12, or 18 dB instead of muting
Drag & drop EQ settings across channels in the console view
Shortcuts for assigning a series of audio inputs, and routing selected tracks/busses to the same input/output/main
Original SMPTE time stamps now stored with clips with easy revert to original time stamp
Right-click at cursor to Import audio/MIDI data
Wave-64 support provides capabilities to record large scale (2 GB+) projects
High bandwidth multi-track recording optimizations
New file format import/export options including Sony Wave-64, AIF, CAF, FLAC, Sound Designer II
Integrated Audio CD ripping and burning
Cakewalk Publisher 2.0 for uploading and presenting music online

Record and edit unlimited tracks of audio and MIDI with effects on input

Get the perfect take with the best comping, editing, and take management tools available

Create and edit MIDI in new and intuitive ways with an integrated Step Sequencer, Smart MIDI Tools, and other extensive MIDI enhancements

Use AudioSnap to non-destructively fix audio timing, make instant tempo changes to an entire project, lock multiple tracks into the same groove—even quantize multiple tracks in relation to each other. All with unmatched audio fidelity

Perfect your vocals with Roland® V-Vocal™ editor, providing pitch correction, phrasing, dynamics, and vibrato now with Pitch to MIDI conversion

Make music with thousands of amazing instruments sounds from Z3TA+ waveshaping synthesizer, Dimension LE (including Garritan Pocket Orchestra), Rapture LE, Session Drummer™ 2; TTS-1 and Groove Synth (with genuine Roland sounds); PSYN-II subtractive synth; Drop Zone and RXP REX samplers and more

Use Active Controller Technology (ACT) to get total control of virtual instruments, effects, and mixing from your MIDI controllers and control surfaces. Change your focus and ACT automatically remaps parameters

Connect any Windows-compatible MIDI devices, control surfaces, and WDM or ASIO audio interfaces

Control and automate your virtual instruments with the enhanced Synth Rack. Group controls from multiple instruments together for ultimate tweakability

Create backing tracks fast with MIDI groove clips, ACID™-format loops, and RXP™ REX player

Expand your sound with integrated support for VST, DirectX, and ReWire instruments and effects

Score to video with a thumbnail track and output to 1394 FireWire devices

Personalize SONAR's look and feel with a user configurable interface. Put your favorite features right at your fingertips

Mix with superior sonic clarity using SONAR's industry-first, end-to-end, 64-bit double precision floating point mix engine (accessible on 32-bit computers).

Sweeten your mix with professional effects: Boost 11 Peak Limiter, a new Linear Phase EQ and Multiband Limiter, VC-64 Vintage Channel, Perfect Space™ Convolution Reverb, Lexicon Pantheon™ Reverb, Sonitus:fx Suite, and more—34 audio and 8 MIDI effects in all

Mix projects with complete flexibility using SONAR's configurable console view, Universal Bus Architecture, true surround busses, bus waveform preview, configurable metering with real-world ballistics, and unlimited tracks, busses, sends and inserts

Achieve a new level of mix sophistication with internal sidechaining for Sonitus:fx Compressor, Sonitus:fx Gate, and VC-64 Vintage Channel

Keep tracks tight with automatic plug-in delay compensation for both internal plug-ins and outboard hardware effects

Automate your mix, instrument, and effect parameters with freehand and pattern-based envelopes, and individual read and write control of all tracks, instruments, and effects

Freeze tracks, instruments, and effects to conserve processing power

Take your productions deeper with scalable load balancing for multi-processor and multi-core computers. 8 cores and beyond

Deliver audio at virtually any bit-depth, and sample rate (up to 64-bit, 500 kHz). Native 64-bit audio is the highest quality in the industry

Ensure pristine quality with POW-r dithering and Windowed Sinc sample rate conversion

Deliver audio and video in virtually any format including  Sony Wave-64, AIF, CAF, FLAC, SD2, WAV, QuickTime, MP3, WMA. Export to OMFI and Broadcast WAV for collaboration with Pro Tools and other DAWs

Upload songs directly to the Internet and build song players for your website, with Cakewalk Publisher

Burn your mixes directly to CD with integrated CD burning

Includes 32-bit version for Windows XP/Vista and a 64-bit version for use with Windows Vista x64 Edition. Experience 20-30% processing performance gains and access up to 128 GB of RAM on x64

System requirements

Operating System* Windows XP Windows XP/Vista (32 and 64-bit), can be run on Mac OS X with Boot Camp
Processor Speed Intel® Pentium® 4 1.3 GHz or AMD Athlon™ XP 1500+
Or higher Intel® Pentium® 4 2.8 GHz [EM64T]
AMD Athlon™ 64 2800+
Or higher
RAM 256 MB 1 GB or higher
Graphics (resolution, color depth) 1024x768, 16-bit color 1280x960, 24-bit color or higher
Hard Disk Space 100 MB for full program installation 6 GB
Hard Disk Type Any EIDE/Ultra DMA (7200 RPM) or SATA
MIDI Interface** Windows-compatible
Audio Interface*** Windows-compatible WDM- or ASIO-compatible****
Media Drive***** DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R, or DVD+/- RW Drive

* SONAR does not officially support Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 or XP x64
** Required to connect external MIDI devices
***Required for audio playback
**** See www.cakewalk.com/PCResource for a complete list of recommended audio devices
***** SONAR is presented on DVD media. DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R, or DVD+/- RW Drive required for installation.

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