SONAR Home Studio XL Exclusives
Boost 11 Peak Limiter
Get more volume and punch from your final mix with this easy to use limiter/maximizer. Boost 11 gives you professional results with a simple to use interface.
Dimension LE
A special version of the acclaimed synth from Cakewalk. Features over 400 sound programs, ranging from real bass, organ and electric piano samples to cutting-edge synth sounds and rhythmic grooves.
Garritan Pocket Orchestra
Expands Dimension LE with more instrument sounds from the industry’s standard bearer of quality for orchestral instrument libraries. This special edition of the Garritan Pocket Orchestra expressively, programmed for Dimension LE features orchestral instrument libraries of unrivaled quality that include strings, brass, woodwinds, keyboards, and percussion sounds.
Session Drummer 2
Create the perfect drum track for any project. Build a foundation for your song with Session Drummer 2's customizable drum kits. Play drums or trigger built in live-feel patterns from your MIDI controller for ultimate control.
Key Features
Create & Record
- 64 audio tracks and unlimited MIDI tracks
- Record your whole band with support for multi-input audio interfaces
- Pristine audio quality up to 24-bit/192kHz
- Start your projects faster with Track Presets and Project Templates
- Use ACID™-format loop library to create backing tracks
- Includes real, playable instrument sounds: drums, bass, guitar, keys, orchestral, and more
- Expand your studio with VST and DX synths and effects, and ReWire™ compatible applications including Project5™, Kinetic™, and Reason
- The Synth Rack provides a control center for all of your virtual instruments
- MIDI Input Quantize corrects your MIDI performance as you record
Arrange & Edit
- Edit Audio and MIDI from one central view
- Edit and print music notation
- Powerful non-destructive editing: fades and crossfades, multi-clip editing, slip editing, more
- Organize your projects with Track Folders and Track Icons
- Freeze instruments and effects to save CPU power
- Zero in on edits and navigate quickly with Fast Zoom
- Score soundtracks with video thumbnails and video window
- Easy-to-use controls can be customized to suit your way of working
Mix & Share
- Responsive mixing with a 32-bit floating point audio engine
- Automate your mix on the fly with powerful automation tools
- On-screen mixing console with integrated Sonitus:fx EQ on every track
- Mix your tracks with professional effects including reverb, delay, dynamics, modulation effects, tape, amp simulation, and more
- Use your keyboard or other MIDI control surfaces to control effects, instruments and your mix with ACT (Active Controller Technology)
- Export your mix: WAV, ACID-format WAV, AVI, MIDI, MP3 (30-day trial MP3 Encoder included), Windows Media Audio (WMA), and Windows Media Video (WMV)
- Upload your songs to the Web and build your own song player for your website, MySpace page and more with Cakewalk Publisher
- Burn your mix directly to CD
System Requirements
Minimum
Operating System - Windows XP
Processor Speed - Intel® Pentium® 4 1.3 GHz, or AMD™ Athlon XP 1500+ or higher
RAM - 256 MB
Graphics (resolution, color depth) - 1024 x 768, 16-bit color
Hard Disk Space - 100 MB for core program
Hard Disk Type - Any
MIDI Interface** - Windows-compatible
Audio Interface*** - Windows-compatible
Optical Drive - DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R, or DVD+/-RW for installation, CD-R or CD-RW capability required for CD audio disc burning
Recommended
Operating System - Windows XP/Vista/Vista x64*
Processor Speed - Intel® Pentium® 4 2.8 GHz [EM64T], or AMD™ Athlon 64 2800+or higher
RAM - 1 GB or higher
Graphics (resolution, color depth) - 1280 x 960, 32-bit color
Hard Disk Space - 2 GB for program and content
Hard Disk Type - EIDE/Ultra DMA (7200 RPM) or SATA
MIDI Interface** - Windows-compatible
Audio Interface*** - WDM- or ASIO-compatible, including WaveRT for Vista
Optical Drive - DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R, or DVD+/-RW for installation, CD-R or CD-RW capability required for CD audio disc burning
Web Server Access**** - Available web server space with FTP access priviledges
* Required to run 64-bit edition of SONAR 6 Home Studio
** Required to connect to external MIDI devices
*** Required for audio playback. See www.cakewalk.com/PCresource/ for a complete list of recommended audio devices
**** Cakewalk Publisher requires you to have available web server space with FTP access privileges. An internet connection is required for music uploading. A broadband connection is recommended
Note: SONAR does not support Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, or NT. QuickTime support requires QuickTime 6 or higher. |