Key FeaturesCreate & 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. |