Cakewalk has announced the release of Sonar 7 Producer Edition and Sonar 7 Studio Edition.
Sonar 7 Producer Edition includes user customization for MIDI with Smart MIDI Tools, the introduction of a powerful Step Sequencer, true Linear Phase Mastering Plug-ins, internal sidechaining, delay compensation for external hardware through an External Insert plug-in, pitch to MIDI functionality with Roland V-Vocal 1.5, integrated CD burning, and numerous workflow and delivery enhancements throughout the application.
New Features for SONAR 7 Producer Edition :
* Integrated Step Sequencer view provides an innovative step sequencer feature set.
* 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, of 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.
* 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.
Built upon the same core feature set as Sonar 7 Producer Edition,
Sonar 7 Studio Edition features all the music creation tools found in Sonar 7 Producer Edition with the following exceptions : LP-64 Linear Phase Equalizer, LP-64 Multiband Compressor, VC-64 Vintage Channel, Roland V-Vocal VariPhrase technology, Z3TA+, PSYN II subtractive synth, Pentagon I analog synth, RXP groove instrument, Perfect Space Convolution Reverb, surround mixing, Sonitus Surround Compressor, POW-r Dithering, MPEX-3 Time Stretching. In addition, AudioSnap in SONAR 7 Studio Edition is limited to one track at a time processing.
SONAR 7 Producer Edition has an MSRP of $619 ($499 street) U.S., SONAR 7 Studio Edition (MSRP) is $369 U.S. ($299 street) and both are now shipping. Europe's suggested street price for SONAR 7 Producer Edition and SONAR 7 Studio Edition are €499 and €299 RRP inc VAT respectively; U.K. pricing is £329 and £199 RRP inc VAT respectively; and will be available today. Note that upgrade paths are also available. For more information, please visit their web site.
