Cakewalk Home Studio 7 Audio Software - SONAR Home Studio 7 is the easiest way to turn your PC into a full-fledged music production studio. From start to finish, SONAR Home Studio will help you capture your creativity and share it with the world. With SONAR Home Studio you can record live instruments, vocals, or any audio source. You can easily edit audio, MIDI, and music notation. The updated Loop Explorer gives you the tools to build backing tracks faster than ever. Add real instrument sounds using the included virtual instruments suite. Bring your mix together with studio-quality audio effects and professional mixing tools. When you are finished, share your music on the web or burn it to CD for fans, friends, and family. SONAR Home Studio is the complete solution for creating and sharing professional quality music--now easier than ever.

SONAR Home Studio 7 is perfect for:

• Bands who want to produce their own album
• Singer-songwriters who want high-quality versions of their songs
• MCs who need beats and an easy tool for recording
• Aspiring producers and engineers getting started with recording
• Educators who need to create accompaniment and lead sheets
• Video editors and podcasters who are looking to create their own soundtracks
• Anyone who dreams of having their own multitrack recording studio

Sonar Home Studio 7 Key Features

Create & Record

• Get creative with 64 audio tracks and unlimited MIDI tracks
• Track and project templates do the set-up for you so you're making music fast
• Play and record MIDI parts in perfect time using Input Quantize
• Record your whole band at once using multi-input audio interfaces at up to 24-bit/192 kHz quality
• Browse over 1 GB of loop and instrument content and preview audio and MIDI loops in time and key with your song to create backing tracks
• Create instrument parts using the DropZone™ sampler and genuine Roland® sounds: drums, bass, guitar, keys, orchestral, and more
• Expand your studio with VST, DX, and ReWire synths, effects, and applications including Reason™

Arrange & Edit

• Arrange and edit your project with an easy to understand user interface
• Recording, editing, and mixing tools are just a click away and always available
• Print music notation, lyrics, and lead sheets
• Keep projects organized with Track Folders and Track Icons
• Assemble the perfect take with non-destructive crossfades and other editing tools
• Zero in on edits and navigate quickly with Fast Zoom
• Freeze instruments and effects to get the best performance out of your PC
• Score soundtracks to video in time with the action using the Video Track

Mix & Share

• Mix like a pro using the new Console view with built-in Sonitus:fx EQ on every channel
• New Send Assistant simplifies audio routing and effects busses
• Effortless mixing with powerful automation tools
• Sweeten your tracks with reverb, delay, dynamics, modulation, tape and amp simulation, and more
• Control mix, effects, and instruments from external MIDI devices using Active Controller Technology (ACT)
• Burn mixes directly to CD, or export your project to popular audio and video formats, including QuickTime
• Upload songs and create custom streaming music players for your website with Cakewalk Publisher

SONAR Home Studio XL Exclusives

SONAR Home Studio 7 XL adds more value by giving you the tools you need to take your productions to the next level. Features include Cakewalk's acclaimed Step Sequencer, Dimension LE with Garritan Pocket Orchestra, Studio Devil VGA+ Guitar Amp Simulator, Cakewalk Studio Instruments backing band, and Boost 11 Peak Limiter.

Cakewalk Studio Instruments Can't play bass, drums, piano, or violin? No problem! Just point and click and you are making music. It's that easy!  New to SONAR Home Studio XL is Cakewalk Studio Instruments which includes a high quality Drum Kit, Bass Guitar, Electric Piano, and String Section that can be played stand alone or inside SONAR Home Studio XL.  Cakewalk Studio Instruments include pre-recorded patterns played by ace session musicians so you can build sections for your songs, practice, or just have fun jamming along.
Studio Devil VGA+ Guitar Amp Simulator Leave your amp at the practice space and keep your neighbors happy. Plug in your guitar or bass for direct recording and get amazing overdrive and distortion sounds and more right from within SONAR Home Studio XL.  Studio Devil VGA+ features all the controls you need to craft your sounds including bass, middle, treble, and presence as well as the ability to toggle between two different cabinet models and Direct Box emulation
Boost 11 Peak Limiter Get more volume and punch from your final mix with this easy to use limiter/maximizer. Boost 11 gives you professional results with a simple to use interface. Boost 11's features include: Look-ahead peak detection prevents clipping Program dependent Release minimizes pumping Dynamic waveform displays of input vs. output Stereo peak and RMS input/output meters Operation at sampling rates up to 192 kHz 64-bit double precision signal path VST Automation
Dimension LE A special version of the acclaimed synth from Cakewalk. Dimension combines real instruments with advanced synthesis, giving you endless sound possibilities Sounds Over 400 factory programs spanning acoustic, electric, and synthesized instruments Sounds range from real bass, organ and electric piano samples to cutting-edge synth sounds and rhythmic grooves Over 150 MB of Guitar, Bass, Piano, Percussion, and Ethnic Multisamples Full compatibility with programs created in Dimension Pro Expand using SFZ, AIF, WAV, OGG, REX files
Garritan Pocket Orchestra Expands Dimension LE with more instrument sounds from the industry’s standard bearer of quality for orchestral instrument libraries. This special edition of the Garritan Pocket Orchestra expressively, programmed for Dimension LE features orchestral instrument libraries of unrivaled quality that include strings, brass, woodwinds, keyboards, and percussion sounds.
Step Sequencer Create beats, grooves, and synth lines easily with the integrated Step Sequencer.    Sequence up to 16 steps per beat with 64 beats per pattern Supports odd time signatures (non 4/4 meters) Features a powerful "Fit Pattern to Quarters" control that fits patterns into lengths of any number of quarter notes for creation of polyrhythmic parts (5 against 4 rhythms, hemiolas, septuplets, etc.) Control velocity offset and scale values in an entire row all at once MIDI controller automation drawing More: step ties; monophonic/polyphonic toggle switch; global portamento toggle switch with time control; swing and articulation controls.

Cakewalk as a brand is created by musicians for musicians. Cakewalk is the world's leading developer of powerful and easy to use products for music creation and recording. Cakewalk's product range includes the award winning digital audio workstations and sequencers, fully integrated software and hardware solutions, and innovative virtual instruments.

Cakewalk products are used by millions of musicians worldwide - including Grammy & Emmy winning producers, composers, sound designers and engineers - to produce audio for the professional music, film, broadcast and video game industries.