Cakewalk Dimension Pro Software Synth (Macintosh and Windows)

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Advanced sample mapping and a powerful sound-sculpting engine with analog sound generation.

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 read more 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.
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Minimum System Requirements - Macintosh
OS: OS X 10.3.9 or higher

Processor: G4 1.2 GHz

Memory: 512 MB RAM

Disk Space: 8 GB

Screen Resolution: 1024 X 768, 16-bit color

An Audio Units, RTAS (Pro Tools 6.x & higher), or VSTi capable host application

Audio Units support on Intel-enabled Macs requires free 1.2 Update

RTAS support requires free 1.2 Update

Minimum System Requirements - Windows
OS: Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7

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

A DXi (32-bit or X64), RTAS (Pro Tools 6.x & higher), or VSTi capable host application

RTAS support and native Windows x64 DXi support requires free 1.2 Update

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 888-CAKEWALK

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars. (11 ratings)
Submitted May 19, 2007 by a customer from verizon.net

"Amazingly good quality software synthesizer. Great for soundtracks and immersing pads..."

Overall: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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This review has been selected by our experts as particularly helpful.
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.
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.
Features
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.
Ease of Use
Really pretty easy. I was surprised.
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.
Manufacturer 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!
The Wow Factor
Above average.

Musical Background:

music is my life

Musical Style:

anything, really
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