Cakewalk - SONAR 8.5 Producer

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SONAR 8 Producer gives you what you need for recording, composing, editing, mixing, and mastering. Get innovations that matter, from exclusive features to ignite creativity and perfect your tracks, to groundbreaking technologies that always keep you in control, all backed by the industry’s leading 64-bit audio quality. And SONAR 8 Producer delivers the go to production tools you want with the best collection of virtual instruments, mixing, and mastering effects found in any DAW.

With unlimited tracks, amazing creative tools, incredible virtual instruments, the freedom to work with any audio interface or control surface, and the most complete delivery capability for collaboration with users of other DAWS, award-winning SONAR Producer is your best choice in a digital audio workstation.


Create

* Start producing quickly with track templates that instantly load your favorite sounds
* Make beats and synth lines with a dedicated Step Sequencer
* Get inspired with a suite of critically acclaimed virtual instruments, now easier to use with new Instrument Tracks
* Plug-in direct to access fresh and versatile tones using Native Instruments Guitar Rig 3 LE and 41 other audio effects
* Build audio and MIDI tracks fast using Groove Clips and the redesigned Loop Explorer


Record

* Capture all of your ideas with unlimited tracks of audio and MIDI
* Record at virtually any bit depth/sample rate up to 24-bit/384 kHz
* Record an entire performance at once with support for multichannel audio interfaces
* New responsive Transport for on-the-fly recording
* Experience high track counts with low latency performance
* Get more out of your PC with industry-pioneering multi-core/multi-processor support


Edit

* Perfect your vocal tracks with Roland® V-Vocal VariPhrase processor
* Manipulate the timing and feel of audio, just like MIDI, with AudioSnap
* Assemble the perfect take from Track Layers using powerful comping and editing tools
* Quickly edit MIDI with state of the art Smart MIDI Tools
* Streamline your workflow and project organization with Track Folders
* Edit multiple tracks at once with group editing
* Freeze audio and instrument tracks for optimal performance


Mix

* Retain every nuance of your mix with the industry’s leading 64-bit audio engine
* Get hands on control of your mix, instruments, and effects with Active Controller Technology
* Mix with a versatile Console view that looks and acts just like hardware
* Get sophisticated mixes with flexible routing options, unlimited submixes and sends, internal sidechaining, and over 30 surround configurations
* Find and correct mix problems as they occur with Bus Waveform Preview
* Integrate DX & VST effects and external hardware with Automatic Delay Compensation


Mastering

* End-to-end 64-bit audio path: tracks, busses, effect inserts, file export provides pristine environment for mastering
* Put a professional sheen on your final mix with the LP-64 Linear Phase EQ
* Get dynamic mixes using the LP-64 Linear Phase Multiband Compressor
* Add maximum punch with the Boost 11 Peak Limiter and the TL-64 Tube Leveler
* Ensure superior quality when creating 16-bit audio for CD or MP3 from 24-bit master with POW-r Dithering


Collaborate & Deliver

* Collaborate with studios who use other DAWs including Pro Tools, Logic Studio, and others
* Save time with flexible export options and faster than realtime rendering
* Import/export AIF, Broadcast WAV, FLAC, SD2 (Sound Designer II), QuickTime, and many other audio & video file formats
* Upload music directly from SONAR to the web using Cakewalk Publisher to create online streaming flash players
* Rip & burn CDs right from within SONAR

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