Description:
Minimum: Operating System* Windows XP Processor Speed IntelR PentiumR 4 1.3 GHz or AMD AthlonT XP 1500+ Or higher RAM 256 MB Graphics 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 Recommended: Operating System* Windows XP/Vista (32 and 64-bit), can be run on Mac OS X with Boot Camp Processor Speed IntelR PentiumR 4 2.8 GHz [EM64T], AMD AthlonT 64 2800+ Or higher RAM 1 GB or higher Graphics 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+/-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.

Unlimited potential

SONAR 7 Producer Edition places no limits on your track count, bus routing, effect or instrument inserts, and includes an ample array of audio effects, virtual instruments, and innovative technologies to power your productions. These include the precision LP-64 EQT & LP-64 MultibandT linear phase mastering plug-ins, Z3TA+T Waveshaping Synthesizer, DimensionT LE and RaptureT LE, Active Controller TechnologyT, AudioSnapT, and much more. These are complemented by two RolandR virtual instruments and the V-VocalT processor, the Lexicon Pantheon Reverb, Perfect Space Convolution Reverb powered by Voxengo, VC-64 Vintage ChannelT powered by Kjaerhus Audio, AudioSnapT rendering with iZotope Radius, POW-r dithering, thousands of instrument sounds, over a gigabyte of sample content, and much more.


New features in SONAR 7 Producer Edition:
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* Integrated Step Sequencer view provides the most innovative step sequencer feature set available in any DAW today
* Smart MIDI Tools-intuitively use one tool for multiple editing tasks; completely customizable
* Real-time Drag-Quantize allows selected notes and events to be quickly aligned with snap settings
* Multilane controller editing in Piano Roll view; controller data can be moved/copied across lanes; multiple controls can be viewed/edited per lane to economize screen real estate
* MIDI display features including MIDI Magnifier, MIDI Meters, and Velocity Colorizer
* Enhanced MIDI editing with functions for splitting, gluing, and muting notes
* More ACT (Active Controller Technology) presets for popular hardware
* New instruments: Z3TA+ 1.5 waveshaping synthesizer, Dimension LE (featuring Garritan Pocket Orchestra), Rapture LE, and DropZone Sample player/synth; Over 1000 instruments sounds
* Roland V-Vocal 1.5, now with Pitch to MIDI conversion
* LP-64 Multiband linear phase mastering compressor/limiter with AutoQ functionality
* LP-64 EQ linear phase mastering EQ with 20-point control curve
* Internal sidechaining for Sonitus:fx Compressor, Sonitus:fx Gate, VC-64 Vintage Channel, and 3rd party VST plug-ins with sidechain (multi-input) capability
* External Insert Plug-in let\'s you insert and mix with external hardware effects and instruments with automatic delay compensation
* Boost 11 Peak Limiter
* Dim Solo keeps tracks in context by reducing volume of unsoloed tracks by 6, 12, or 18 dB instead of muting
* Drag & drop EQ settings across channels in the console view
* Shortcuts for assigning a series of audio inputs, and routing selected tracks/busses to the same input/output/main
* Original SMPTE time stamps now stored with clips with easy revert to original time stamp
* Right-click at cursor to Import audio/MIDI data
* Wave-64 support provides capabilities to record large scale (2 GB+) projects
* High bandwidth multi-track recording optimizations
* New file format import/export options including Sony Wave-64, AIF, CAF, FLAC, Sound Designer II
* Integrated Audio CD ripping and burning
* Cakewalk Publisher 2.0 for uploading and presenting music online