Cakewalk SONAR Producer Recording Software (Windows)

Developed for musicians by musicians.

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174 People rated this product : * * * * * * * * * * 8 out of 10

17 People wrote reviews

* * * * * * * * * * 9 out of 10

"Sonar is the best!"

Feature:
The audio snap is perfect for live playing! And it's pack with plenty of sounds!

Quality:
Cakewalk never fails in this section!They are masters at putting a realstic software together, but making it easy enought for first time software users like me!

Value:
The best for the price, plus they offer free downloads on their website.

Desirability:
Looks realistic, beats FL and Reason!!!

Sound:
Plenty of sounds to choose from!I give it a 8 because the sounds could be more authentic, but hey my sound card sucks!

Ease of Use:
They pretty much answer any question I have, plus the website discussion section is very helpful and it comes in handy believe me!

Support:
Didn't need anything!

Overall:
Ok, some of you guys eventually want to become succesful musicians or producers. This product will prepare you if not teach you exactly what you need to know!Reason, Ableton, and FL however are not a popular software used in studios!So mastering those mediocore software wouldn't do you any good, but this product will!!!

Submitted: 1/12/2008

* * * * * * * * * * 9 out of 10

"Turned my room into a recording studio."

Feature:
I am using Sonar 6 Producer Edition. This program is loaded deep. It is a little intimidating for a novice user such as myself and has quite a learning curve. I should get some of the tutorials available for this heavy weight audio production software. The manual assumes that the user is a recording engineer. Once I get the hang of doing something it starts to get really fun.

Quality:
Had some problems running a duo core Athlon CPU that was fixed with an update. The program seems stable and appears to be very well engineered, especially considering it's massive depth.

Value:
A lot of bang for the buck. Saving up for Sonar 7.

Desirability:
I think Sonar is a truly awesome piece of software. Being a novice I may have dove in deeper than I expected to. But taking the time to learn how to use has proven to be the most worth while investment in both my time and money that I could have hoped for and I love using this program.

Sound:
The hardest thing I have found in getting the sound right is setting the buffer size and sampling rate. Once the magic settings are found it sounds great. This program takes some tweaking to get where I want to be.

Ease of Use:
Like I said this program is deep. The hardest thing I have trouble with is setting up my Native Instruments software synths in it. Especially Battery 3. Not finding much help in the forums on that matter. But once I figure things out (a time consuming process) it starts to get really cool. The interface get crowded in a hurry but it has a lot of tools to get the job done. I also have difficulty editing midi in the editor. But I have this problem with any midi editor I try so it must be more me than Sonar. It just seems to try to think ahead of me and guess (wrongly) where I want notes. (Even with quantinizing turned off.) I have a lot to learn so I won't blame Cakewalk. Taking the time to figure things out has proven worthwhile as this program has shown me that it is more than capable of doing what I need it to do. This software is very powerful.

Support:
Very Good.

Overall:
For recording my guitar and creating drums bass and harmony this software does exactly what it is supposed to do and then a lot more. It is a powerful application with alot of depth and weight. I'm very glad I bought it.

Submitted: 9/28/2007

Style of Music: Hard Rock

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Main
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Console
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Session Drummer 2
Session Drummer 2
Publisher
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Drop Zone
Drop Zone
Bit Meter
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Box
Box
Boost1
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Rapture LE
Rapture LE
VC-64 Vintage Channel
VC-64 Vintage Channel

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About This Product!
Description
Multimedia
Take a fresh look at your evolving music creation and production needs, and turn to SONAR 7 Producer Edition, the technology leading digital audio workstation. SONAR offers a remarkable experience that excels at every step of your production—from its inspiring, open and customizable environment, to intuitive music creation and editing tools, to polished mixing, editing and delivery—with the recognized best audio quality in the industry.

Features

Developed for musicians by musicians

Record, edit, and mix unlimited tracks with the best audio quality in the industry—64-bit end to end

Create music with Cakewalk’s Z3TA+, Dimension LE, and Rapture LE; Roland’s GrooveSynth and TTS-1; and 8 more instruments

Get searing guitar tones with ReValver MK II SE, amazing ambience with Perfect Space Convolution Reverb, and lift, punch and warmth with VC-64 Vintage Channel – 34 FX in all

Deliver polished final tracks with Boost 11 Peak Limiter, and LP-64 EQ & LP-64 Multiband linear phase mastering plug-ins

Sophisticated mixing with flexible bussing, internal sidechaining, and automatic plug-in delay compensation for both internal plug-ins and outboard hardware effects

Use AudioSnap to non-destructively fix audio timing, make instant tempo changes,
and lock tracks into the same groove

Fix pitch, phrasing, and dynamics of vocals and create harmonies with Roland
V-Vocal 1.5—now with pitch to MIDI conversion

Get total control of your instruments, effects, and mix with Active Controller Technology

Assemble a perfect take with intuitive comping and editing tools

Build backing tracks with ACID™-format loops, MIDI Groove Clips, Session Drummer 2, and RXP REX groovebox

Works with any Windows-compatible ASIO or WDM audio hardware, multiple control surfaces, DSP cards, multicore and multiprocessor PCs (8 cores and beyond), and DirectX, VST, and ReWire plug-ins

Compatible with Windows XP & Vista (both 32- & 64-Bit), run SONAR on 32-bit or
64-bit PCs or an Intel-based Mac (requires Bootcamp)

Backed by the best customer service in the industry, regular updates, and affordable upgrades

Technical Info

System Requirement

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)
1024x768, 16-bit color

Hard Disk Space
100 MB for full program installation

Hard Disk Type
Any

MIDI Interface**
Windows-compatible

Audio Interface***
Windows-compatible

Media Drive*****
DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R, or DVD+/- RW Drive

Recommended
Operating System*
Windows XP/Vista (32 and 64-bit), can be run on Mac OS X with Boot Camp

Processor Speed
Intel® Pentium 4 2.8 GHz [EM64T] AMD Athlon 64 2800+ Or higher

RAM
1 GB or higher

Graphics (resolution, color depth)
1280x960, 24-bit color or higher

Hard Disk Space
6 GB

Hard Disk Type
EIDE/Ultra DMA (7200 RPM) or SATA

MIDI Interface**
Windows-compatible

Audio Interface***
WDM- or ASIO-compatible****

Media Drive*****
DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R, or DVD+/- RW Drive

* SONAR does not officially support Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 or XP x64
** Required to connect external MIDI devices
***Required for audio playback
**** See www.cakewalk.com/PCResource for a complete list of recommended audio devices
***** SONAR is presented on DVD media. DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R, or DVD+/- RW Drive required for installation.

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