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Cakewalk Dimension Pro Software Synth (Macintosh and Windows)
Advanced sample mapping and a powerful sound-sculpting engine with analog sound generation.
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Dimension Pro is the critically acclaimed synthesizer that combines real instruments with advanced synthesis, giving you endless sound possibilities. The immense 2 DVD sound library that ships with Dimension Pro makes it the ideal go-to instrument for musicians, while its deep editing and sound generation capabilities have a natural appeal to sound designers.
Endless Possibilities
Dimension Pro offers an abundance of vital, usable sounds that range from pristine realistic acoustic instruments, thumping basses and cutting leads, to complex, evolving atmospheres. This wide tonal range can be attributed to both advanced sample mapping and a powerful sound-sculpting engine with analog sound generation that lets you mutate and recompose any sound you might imagine.
Dimension Pro Highlights
Critically acclaimed synthesizer that combines real instruments with advanced synthesis, giving you endless sound possibilities
Mac formats: AU, VSTi; Windows formats: DXi, VSTi
2 DVDs of professionally produced multi-samples and grooves
Over 1500 sound programs
Mix and layer up to 4 stereo parts per program
Easy editing of graphical envelope generators and LFOs
Multi-stage effects sections and filters deliver production ready sound
Vector Mixer for real-time sound morphing
Drag-and-drop MIDI into host for groove manipulation
Preset Addicts
With over 1,500 production-ready presets, you can access the perfect sound for almost any project. Dimension features a powerful pairing of sample-playback and advanced synthesis technologies, capable of covering every aspect of contemporary music.
7 GB Library
Dimension's library includes tons of thumping bass, grand piano, searing electric guitar, kickin' drum kits, a full orchestral suite, instruments from around the world, and more. The library also explores the worlds of techno, trance and electronica, providing a comprehensive collection of synth leads, electronic basses, lush pads and gripping atmospheres.
Garritan Pocket Orchestra
Cakewalk and Garritan have joined together to offer sound programs based on the critically-acclaimed Garritan Personal Orchestra. The Garritan Pocket Orchestra, included in Dimension Pro, contains samples of all the major instruments in a symphony orchestra'strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion. You can hear an example of Dimension Pro's Garritan Pocket Orchestra in the Dimension web player's "Dimension Songs" category.
Electronica Collection
Nico Herz of BigTone helped to create Dimension Pro's breathtaking electronica palette. His experience and mastery have yielded an exciting array of synth basses, bold leads, thick stacks, pads, simulations and amazing effects. You can listen to some of his examples in the Dimension web player's "Arps", "Synth Basses", "Leads" and "Pads" categories.
Dimension Pro Library
Hundreds of sound programs are included in the following Dimension Pro sound banks:
-- Dimensions (atmospheres)
-- Pads
-- Real Basses
-- Synth Basses
-- Drums
-- Percussion
-- Strings
-- Guitars
-- Organs
-- Electric Pianos
-- Bells
-- Leads
-- Brass
-- Saxes
-- Vocals
-- Layers
-- Splits
-- Drum Grooves
-- Musical Grooves
-- Techno & Trance
-- Electronica Collection
-- Ethnic and World
-- Garritan Pocket Orchestra
-- Orchestral Scrapes
Sound Designers
Dimension Pro's deep editing and sound generation capabilities hold infinite potential for the chronically creative. Sound designers will love the hands-on control Dimension Pro offers, making it the perfect instrument for cinema, television, video game, and commercial sound design.
Advanced Synthesis Capabilities
Waveguide generators and wavetable oscillators for analog-style sounds; each program provides 20 graphical Envelope Generators, and 20 tempo-syncing LFOs, each with 21 shapes.
Express Yourself
Get into nuances of sounds with multiple velocity and keyboard switching and crossfading; advanced sample playback techniques such as multi-looping, sample switching, and legato on Continuous Controllers; enhanced acoustic simulation via physical modeling. Map MIDI controllers to all Dimension Pro functions with MIDI Control Matrix. Mix quickly and intuitively between different elements of your sound program using the Vector Mixer.
Multi-stage Effects Per Part
Insert and send effects include bit reducer/ decimator, 16 filter types, 5 drive modes, 3 stackable parametric EQs, 6 delay types, 3 chorus types, LFO filters, autopan; room simulation and modulation for the finishing touch.
OS: OS X 10.3.9 or higher
Processor: G4 1.5 GHz
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Disk Space: 8 GB
Screen Resolution: 1024 X 768, 16-bit color
Minimum System Requirements - Windows
OS: Windows XP
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 1.3 GHz / AMD Athlon XP 1500+
Memory: 512 MB RAM *Disk space: 8 GB
Screen Resolution: 1024 X 768, 16-bit color
Endless Possibilities
Dimension Pro offers an abundance of vital, usable sounds that range from pristine realistic acoustic instruments, thumping basses and cutting leads, to complex, evolving atmospheres. This wide tonal range can be attributed to both advanced sample mapping and a powerful sound-sculpting engine with analog sound generation that lets you mutate and recompose any sound you might imagine.
Dimension Pro Highlights
Critically acclaimed synthesizer that combines real instruments with advanced synthesis, giving you endless sound possibilities
Mac formats: AU, VSTi; Windows formats: DXi, VSTi
2 DVDs of professionally produced multi-samples and grooves
Over 1500 sound programs
Mix and layer up to 4 stereo parts per program
Easy editing of graphical envelope generators and LFOs
Multi-stage effects sections and filters deliver production ready sound
Vector Mixer for real-time sound morphing
Drag-and-drop MIDI into host for groove manipulation
Preset Addicts
With over 1,500 production-ready presets, you can access the perfect sound for almost any project. Dimension features a powerful pairing of sample-playback and advanced synthesis technologies, capable of covering every aspect of contemporary music.
7 GB Library
Dimension's library includes tons of thumping bass, grand piano, searing electric guitar, kickin' drum kits, a full orchestral suite, instruments from around the world, and more. The library also explores the worlds of techno, trance and electronica, providing a comprehensive collection of synth leads, electronic basses, lush pads and gripping atmospheres.
Garritan Pocket Orchestra
Cakewalk and Garritan have joined together to offer sound programs based on the critically-acclaimed Garritan Personal Orchestra. The Garritan Pocket Orchestra, included in Dimension Pro, contains samples of all the major instruments in a symphony orchestra'strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion. You can hear an example of Dimension Pro's Garritan Pocket Orchestra in the Dimension web player's "Dimension Songs" category.
Electronica Collection
Nico Herz of BigTone helped to create Dimension Pro's breathtaking electronica palette. His experience and mastery have yielded an exciting array of synth basses, bold leads, thick stacks, pads, simulations and amazing effects. You can listen to some of his examples in the Dimension web player's "Arps", "Synth Basses", "Leads" and "Pads" categories.
Dimension Pro Library
Hundreds of sound programs are included in the following Dimension Pro sound banks:
-- Dimensions (atmospheres)
-- Pads
-- Real Basses
-- Synth Basses
-- Drums
-- Percussion
-- Strings
-- Guitars
-- Organs
-- Electric Pianos
-- Bells
-- Leads
-- Brass
-- Saxes
-- Vocals
-- Layers
-- Splits
-- Drum Grooves
-- Musical Grooves
-- Techno & Trance
-- Electronica Collection
-- Ethnic and World
-- Garritan Pocket Orchestra
-- Orchestral Scrapes
Sound Designers
Dimension Pro's deep editing and sound generation capabilities hold infinite potential for the chronically creative. Sound designers will love the hands-on control Dimension Pro offers, making it the perfect instrument for cinema, television, video game, and commercial sound design.
Advanced Synthesis Capabilities
Waveguide generators and wavetable oscillators for analog-style sounds; each program provides 20 graphical Envelope Generators, and 20 tempo-syncing LFOs, each with 21 shapes.
Express Yourself
Get into nuances of sounds with multiple velocity and keyboard switching and crossfading; advanced sample playback techniques such as multi-looping, sample switching, and legato on Continuous Controllers; enhanced acoustic simulation via physical modeling. Map MIDI controllers to all Dimension Pro functions with MIDI Control Matrix. Mix quickly and intuitively between different elements of your sound program using the Vector Mixer.
Multi-stage Effects Per Part
Insert and send effects include bit reducer/ decimator, 16 filter types, 5 drive modes, 3 stackable parametric EQs, 6 delay types, 3 chorus types, LFO filters, autopan; room simulation and modulation for the finishing touch.
Technical Info
Minimum System Requirements - MacintoshOS: OS X 10.3.9 or higher
Processor: G4 1.5 GHz
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Disk Space: 8 GB
Screen Resolution: 1024 X 768, 16-bit color
Minimum System Requirements - Windows
OS: Windows XP
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 1.3 GHz / AMD Athlon XP 1500+
Memory: 512 MB RAM *Disk space: 8 GB
Screen Resolution: 1024 X 768, 16-bit color
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Cakewalk Dimension Pro Software Synth (Macintosh and Windows) Reviews
9 out of 10
"Amazingly good quality software synthesizer. Great for soundtracks and immersing pads..."
Feature:
It doesn't have a huge amount of things that you can do. You can't sample with it... you can create new presets but they are going to be based off of the original ones.
Quality:
Runs fine on my mac.
Value:
It's getting into the moderate expense range as far as software synths go but the value factor is still okay.
Desirability:
Above average.
Sound:
So many of the presets are just soo soo good. They are rich and sweet and so satisfyingly evolving. It's hard to describe the sound exactly that's typical of it. I was just smiling the whole time I was auditioning the presets. Everything was just so clean sounding. It reminded me of being immersed in a professionally done soundtrack for a high budget movie. It is really that good. There are not many instruments that I think are good enough to use if I were to score a major motion picture but this would definitley be one of them. Wow.
Ease of Use:
Really pretty easy. I was surprised.
Support:
They provide 2 expansion banks for registered users that add something like 600 more presets. Each bank is like 140 mb or so and for that little of space the presets are still as good as the default bank! Very impressive!
Overall:
It has staying power, the sounds are powerful, the expansion banks are just awesome, the internal sound processing is really good the 8 gigabyte soundbank covers just about every field imaginable. It's a really noteworthy product. The best softsynth I own.
It doesn't have a huge amount of things that you can do. You can't sample with it... you can create new presets but they are going to be based off of the original ones.
Quality:
Runs fine on my mac.
Value:
It's getting into the moderate expense range as far as software synths go but the value factor is still okay.
Desirability:
Above average.
Sound:
So many of the presets are just soo soo good. They are rich and sweet and so satisfyingly evolving. It's hard to describe the sound exactly that's typical of it. I was just smiling the whole time I was auditioning the presets. Everything was just so clean sounding. It reminded me of being immersed in a professionally done soundtrack for a high budget movie. It is really that good. There are not many instruments that I think are good enough to use if I were to score a major motion picture but this would definitley be one of them. Wow.
Ease of Use:
Really pretty easy. I was surprised.
Support:
They provide 2 expansion banks for registered users that add something like 600 more presets. Each bank is like 140 mb or so and for that little of space the presets are still as good as the default bank! Very impressive!
Overall:
It has staying power, the sounds are powerful, the expansion banks are just awesome, the internal sound processing is really good the 8 gigabyte soundbank covers just about every field imaginable. It's a really noteworthy product. The best softsynth I own.
Submitted: 05/19/2007
Style of Music: anything, really
3 out of 10
"Great as long as you are running at 44.1K"
Feature:
It has some free expansion packs that sound great, once again only at 44.1K.
Quality:
The fact that it is advertised as a synth that will work at 96K and it doesn't, pretty much sums up my 1 here.
Value:
Once again if this thing worked outside of 44.1K I'd give it a 7.
Desirability:
I really want them to fix this because it does sound great at 44.1K!
Sound:
I bought Dim Pro and was very impressed with the sounds. Then I upgraded my system to 24 bit 96K. Now many of the sounds cause wild volume changes that can physically damage your speakers. Many others have experienced this same problem when running at anything besides 44.1K. Check Cakewalk's forum. If this actualy worked at 96K, I'd give it an 8.
Ease of Use:
Interface is as complex as you want it to be. You can just pick sounds from the library, or tweak to your heart's content. The tweaking part is a little non-intuitive and I had to hunt around for some things that should have been more obvious in my opinion.
Support:
Cakewalk has known and acknowledged that this is a real issue for well over a year and a half and has done nothing to fix it.
Overall:
If Cakewalk doesn't release a fix, I will have to find other software that works and I will be out the $200+.
It has some free expansion packs that sound great, once again only at 44.1K.
Quality:
The fact that it is advertised as a synth that will work at 96K and it doesn't, pretty much sums up my 1 here.
Value:
Once again if this thing worked outside of 44.1K I'd give it a 7.
Desirability:
I really want them to fix this because it does sound great at 44.1K!
Sound:
I bought Dim Pro and was very impressed with the sounds. Then I upgraded my system to 24 bit 96K. Now many of the sounds cause wild volume changes that can physically damage your speakers. Many others have experienced this same problem when running at anything besides 44.1K. Check Cakewalk's forum. If this actualy worked at 96K, I'd give it an 8.
Ease of Use:
Interface is as complex as you want it to be. You can just pick sounds from the library, or tweak to your heart's content. The tweaking part is a little non-intuitive and I had to hunt around for some things that should have been more obvious in my opinion.
Support:
Cakewalk has known and acknowledged that this is a real issue for well over a year and a half and has done nothing to fix it.
Overall:
If Cakewalk doesn't release a fix, I will have to find other software that works and I will be out the $200+.
Submitted: 03/10/2009
Style of Music: Everything from Classic Rock to Southern Gospel
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