Cakewalk Sonar 8.5 Producer Edition
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Cakewalk Sonar 8.5 Producer Edition Product Details
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.
Sonar 8 Producer includes everything in Sonar 8 Studio plus exclusive tools, effects, and instruments:
- LP-64 EQ linear phase mastering
- LP-64 Multiband linear phase mastering compressor/limiter
- TS-64 Transient Shaper
- TL-64 Tube Leveler
- VC-64 Vintage Channel with sidechaining capabilities
- Roland V-Vocal 1.5 with Pitch to MIDI conversion
- Native Instruments Guitar Rig 3 LE
- Perfect Space Convolution Reverb
- Lexicon Pantheon Reverb
- Sonitus Surround Compressor
- Dimension Pro 1.2 virtual synthesizer with Classic Keys Expansion Pack
- TruePianos Amber VSTi
- Beatscape looping instrument
- Hollywood Edge Sound FX library for Dimension Pro
- Z3TA+ waveshaping synthesizer
- Surround mixing in over 30 formats
- Surround Bridge technology to use stereo FX in surround
- POW-r dithering
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 Audio Snap
- 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
Instruments:
- Beatscape 16 part loop performance instrument with unique remixing capabilities
- Dimension Pro - combines real & synthesized sounds for endless sonic possibilities
- Rapture LE - modern electronic sounds for today’s music
- Z3TA+ 1.5 - award-winning Wavetable synthesizer with incredible sound shaping features
- TruePianos Amber VSTi - offering superb playability and acoustic-style responsiveness
- Drop Zone - easy-to-use drag n’ drop sampler with REX support
- Roland Groove Synth and TTS-1 with genuine Roland sounds
- Session Drummer 2 - create drum parts easily with a live feel, includes popular drum patterns to get started
- 14 total instruments included
Effects:
- Sonitus:fx Suite - Reverb, EQ, Delay, Compressor, WahWah, and more
- TS-64 Transient Shaper - dramatically sculpt the impact of percussive sounds
- TL-64 Tube Leveler - add edge to your tracks through advanced analog vacuum-tube circuit modeling
- VC-64 Vintage Channel - channel strip, dynamics processor, EQ, and De-Esser that works magic on virtually any track
- Channel Tools - essential stereo enhancement, utilizing sample delay, MS Decoding, and independent left/right panning
- LP-64 mastering plug-ins - includes a linear phase EQ and Multiband Compressor
- 3 different Reverbs - all the spatial coloring you’ll need from convolution-based live spaces to simulated legendary Lexicon hardware
- Native Instruments Guitar Rig 3 LE providing 3 amps and cabinets, 11 effects, and over 50 presets
- 42 audio FX and 7 MIDI FX included
Content:
- Thousands of custom REX loops (4 GB included) from Heatseekers and XMiX for use with Beatscape
- Over 7 GB of samples and programs for Dimension Pro including Strings, Bass, Brass, Ethnic Instruments, Evolving Ambient Textures and more
- Garritan Pocket Orchestra for Dimension Pro provides a complete set of orchestral instrumentation
- Digital Sound Factory Vol. 2 Classic Keys Expansion Pack for Dimension Pro - about 1GB of classic electric piano sounds, created by the sound designer for the original E-Mu Proteus 2000 and Vintage Keys modules
- Over 300 convolution reverb impulse responses
- Preset patterns for the Step Sequencer offering useful beats to get your productions started
- New and updated ACT mappings for popular control surfaces and MIDI controllers
- Hollywood Edge Sound FX library for Dimension Pro
- New Project and Track Templates to get you set-up instantly
- Thousands of inspiring presets for the included instruments and effects
- 14-day SurCode unlimited trial Dolby encoders for Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro Logic II
Minimum System Requirements:
- Operating System: Windows XP, Vista (32 bit), Mac OS X with Boot Camp
- Processor Speed: Intel Pentium 4 1.3 GHz, AMD Athlon XP 1500+ or higher
- RAM: 512 MB
- Graphics: 1024 x 768, 16-bit color
- Hard Disk Space: 100 MB program/application
- Hard Disc Type: Any
- MIDI Interface: Windows-compatible
- Audio Interface: Windows-compatible
- Media Drive: DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R, or DVD +/- RW Drive
- Webserver Access: None
Recommended System Requirements:
- Operating System: Windows XP, Vista (32 bit), Mac OS X with Boot Camp
- Processor Speed: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz, AMD Athlon XP 2800+ or higher
- RAM: 1 GB or higher
- Graphics: 1280 x 960, 24-bit color or higher
- Hard Disk Space: 4 GB
- Hard Disc Type: EIDE, Ultra DMA (7200 RPM) or SATA
- MIDI Interface: Windows-compatible
- Audio Interface: Windows-compatible
- Media Drive: DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R, or DVD +/- RW Drive
- Webserver Access: Available web server space with FTP access privileges