Sonar 8.5 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 8.5 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 version 8.5, Sonar continues to innovate on all fronts. New beat creation and arrangement tools, a new drum instrument loaded with stellar kits, enhanced audio quantizing, new multi-stage effect plug-ins, and more combine together to make Sonar the most complete, most professional, and best sounding DAW to deliver your productions

NEW! Features

- NEW! PX-64 Percussion Strip 7-stage multi-effects processor

- NEW! VX-64 Vocal Strip 7-stage multi-effects processor

- NEW! Session Drummer 3 with bonus content

- NEW! Matrix View non-linear arrangement tool

- NEW! AudioSnap 2.0 - Fix audio timing issues instantly

- NEW! Step Sequencer 2.0 - with exclusive probability feature

- NEW! Per Track Arpeggiator - adds new sonic possibilities to your productions

- NEW! Windows 7 support and more

Features

- Start producing quickly with track templates that instantly load your favorite sounds
- Make beats and synth lines with a dedicated Step Sequencer
- Manipulate the timing and feel of audio,… read more just like MIDI, with AudioSnap
- Assemble the perfect take from Track Layers using powerful comping and editing tools
- Get sophisticated mixes with flexible routing options, unlimited sends, internal sidechaining, external effect inserts and over 30 surround configurations
- Get hands on control of your mix, instruments, and effects with Active Controller Technology
- The best audio quality in the industry: end-to-end 64-bit audio, tracks, effects, busses, and export
- Get perfect vocal tracks with Roland V-Vocal
- Amazing virtual instruments: Dimension Pro, Z3TA+, Rapture LE, True Pianos Amber, Beatscape Loop Performance instrument, 14 included instruments
- Awesome effects: VC-64 Vintage Channel, Guitar Rig LE, TL-64 Tube Leveler, TS-64 Transient Shaper, Lexicon Pantheon and PerfectSpace Convolution Reverbs, 42 effects in all
- Deliver your final master: LP-64 Linear Phase EQ, LP-64 Linear Phase Multiband, Boost 11 Peak Limiter, flexible export and delivery options
- Collaborate with studios who use other DAWs including Pro Tools, Logic Studio, Cubase, and others

Sonar 8 Producer Exclusives

Sonar 8 Producer includes everything in Sonar 8 Studio plus exclusive tools, effects, and instruments:

- LP-64 Linear Phase Equalizer(TM) for mastering
- LP-64 Linear Phase Multiband(TM) Compressor for mastering
- TL-64 Tube Leveler(TM)
- VC-64 Vintage Channel(TM) with sidechaining capabilities
- Roland(R) V-Vocal(TM) 1.5 with Pitch to MIDI conversion
- Native Instruments Guitar Rig 3 LE
- Perfect Space(TM) Convolution Reverb
- Lexicon(R) Pantheon(TM) Reverb
- Sonitus Surround Compressor
- Dimension Pro(TM) 1.2 virtual synthesizer with Classic Keys Expansion Pack
- TruePianos Amber VSTi
- Beatscape(TM) looping instrument
- Hollywood Edge Sound FX library for Dimension Pro
- Z3TA+(TM) 1.5 waveshaping synthesizer
- Surround mixing in over 30 formats
- SurroundBridge(TM) technology to use stereo FX in surround
- POW-r dithering

Announcing SONAR 8.5 Studio

We are proud to announce a feature packed upgrade for SONAR Producer and SONAR Studio the most powerful digital audio workstation in its price range.

SONAR 8.5 continues to innovate with new capabilities including enhanced beat creation and arrangement tools, a new drum instrument loaded with stellar kits and patterns, an enhanced audio timing toolset, new multi-stage effect plug-ins for drum and percussion sounds, and vocal tracks, engine optimizations and stability improvements, and many additional workflow and technological advances, notably Windows 7 compatibility.

What's new in SONAR 8.5 Producer:

- PX-64 Percussion Strip-Simplifies the art of dialing in your drum sounds with 6 essential drum effects through 7 stages
- VX-64 Vocal Strip-Makes any vocal shine with EQ, compander, de-esser, doubler, delay, and dual-stage saturator
- Session Drummer 3-Easily create original, mix-ready drum parts with 20 genre-spanning kits and hundreds of patterns with content from Ocean Way Studios, Steven Slate, Sonic Reality, and Groove Monkee
- Matrix View-Load audio or MIDI tracks, loops, and more to improvise compositions on the fly. Create remixes, sketch out new arrangements for any song, and even perform live with just your MIDI keyboard or pad controller. read less