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SONAR 8 Studio offers the best creative tools, and the most power of any digital audio workstation in its price range. Built upon the same core feature set as SONAR 8 Producer, SONAR 8 Studio gives you the edge in your productions —from recording audio and MIDI, composing with virtual instruments, remixing with loops, mixing with professional effects, to delivery of a polished final track—with the recognized best audio quality in the industry.

Create & Record

• Capture all of your ideas with unlimited tracks of audio and MIDI
• Start producing quickly with track templates that instantly load your favorite sounds
• Make beats and synth lines with a dedicated Step Sequencer
• Get inspired with high quality virtual instruments, now easier to use with new Instrument Tracks
• Plug-in direct to access fresh and versatile tones with the included suite of 31 audio effects
• Build audio and MIDI tracks fast using Groove Clips and the redesigned Loop Explorer
• Record at virtually any bit depth/sample rate up to 24-bit/384 kHz
• Record an entire performance at once with support for multichannel audio interfaces
• New responsive Transport for on-the-fly recording

Edit

• Manipulate the timing and feel of audio, just like MIDI, with AudioSnap
• Assemble the perfect take from Track Layers using powerful comping and editing tools
• Quickly edit MIDI with state of the art Smart MIDI Tools
• Streamline your workflow and project organization using Track Folders
• Edit multiple tracks at once with group editing
• Freeze audio and instrument tracks for optimal performance

Mix

• Retain every nuance of your mix with the industry’s leading 64-bit audio engine
• Get hands on control of your mix, instruments, and effects with Active Controller Technology
• Mix with a versatile Console view that looks and acts just like hardware
• Get sophisticated mixes with flexible routing options, unlimited submixes and sends, and internal sidechaining
• Find and correct mix problems as they occur with Bus Waveform Preview
• Integrate DX & VST effects and external hardware with Automatic Delay Compensation
• Experience high track counts with low latency performance
• Get more out of your PC with industry-pioneering multi-core/multi-processor support

Collaborate & Deliver

• Add audio recording and other features to Reason and other ReWire capable applications
• Collaborate with studios who use other DAWs including Pro Tools, Logic Studio, and others
• Save time with flexible export options and faster than realtime rendering
• Import/export AIF, Broadcast WAV, FLAC, SD2 (Sound Designer II), QuickTime, and many other audio & video file formats
• Upload music directly from SONAR to the web using Cakewalk Publisher to create online streaming flash players
• Rip & burn CDs right from within SONAR

Instruments:

• SONAR 8 includes a suite of some of the best virtual instruments available:
• Dimension LE—a special version of this award-winning instrument that combines real & synthesized sounds
• Rapture LE—modern electronic sounds for today’s music
• DropZone—easy-to-use drag n’ drop sampler with REX support
• Pentagon I—access vintage analog sounds
• PSYN II—full-featured subtractive synthesizer
• RXP—easy-to-use REX player/groove box
• Roland GrooveSynth and TTS-1 with genuine Roland Sounds
• Session Drummer 2—create drum parts easily with a live feel, includes popular drum patterns to get started
• 11 total instruments included

Effects:

• SONAR 8 includes all the essential FX you need to make your music come to life:
• Sonitus:fx Suite—Reverb, EQ, Delay, Compressor, WahWah, and more
• Boost 11 Peak Limiter for maximum punch from your final mix
• Channel Tools—essential stereo enhancement, utilizing sample delay, MS Decoding, and independent left/right panning
• Lexicon Pantheon SE Reverb based on legendary Lexicon® hardware
• 31 audio FX and 7 MIDI FX included

Content:

• Maximize your creative potential with SONAR’s massive collection of loops, samples, and presets:
• Garritan Pocket Orchestra for Dimension LE provides a complete set of orchestral instrumentation
• Preset patterns for the Step Sequencer offering useful beats to get your productions started
• New and updated ACT mappings for popular control surfaces and MIDI controllers
• New Project and Track Templates to get you set-up instantly
• Thousands of inspiring presets for the included instruments and effects
• And much more

• Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2 (32 and 64-bit), or Windows 7 (32 and 64-bit)
• Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz [EMT64] or AMD Athlon XP 2800+ or higher
• 1 GB
• 1024 x 768, 16-bit color
• 200 MB (Minimal Installation) or higher
  
• SONAR is presented on DVD media. DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R, or DVD+/-RW Drive required for installation