Eligibility requirements for academic pricing - fax proof to 480-275-3322
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Eligibility |
K-12 & Home
School Students |
Higher Ed.Students
(College, incuding music, post production, and animation students) |
Teachers and
Faculty |
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Eligible for Discounts? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Enrollment Requirement |
Full-time and
Home-School |
Full-time and
Part-time |
Full-time and
Part-time |
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Verification of Eligibility Required |
Student ID card
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Class schedule
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Letter from school on letterhead |
Student ID card
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Registration Receipt
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Class schedule
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Letter from school on letterhead |
Faculty ID card
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Letter from school on letterhead
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Copy of pay-stub
(ink out pay amount) |
SONAR 8 Studio provides you with all the tools to
record, compose, edit, mix, and master music on your computer. Get
innovations that matter, from exclusive features to ignite creativity
and perfect your tracks, to groundbreaking technologies that always
keep you in control—all backed by 64-bit audio quality. SONAR 8 Studio
delivers an excellent combination of high-quality production tools with
a great collection of virtual instruments for easy mixing and mastering
effects.
With unlimited tracks, amazing creative tools,
incredible virtual instruments, the freedom to work with any audio
interface or control surface, and a complete delivery capability for
collaboration with users of other DAWS, SONAR 8 Studio is a great
choice. Below is just a sampling of the many things you can do:
Create & Record
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 a suite of critically acclaimed virtual instruments, now easier to use with new Instrument Tracks
Build audio and MIDI tracks fast using Groove Clips and the redesigned Loop Explorer
Record
Capture all of your ideas with unlimited tracks of audio and MIDI
Record at virtually any bit depth/sample rate up to 24-bit/384kHz
Record an entire performance at once with support for multichannel audio interfaces
New responsive Transport for on-the-fly recording
Experience high track counts with low latency performance
Get more out of your PC with industry-pioneering multi-core/multi-processor support
Edit
Perfect your vocal tracks with Roland V-Vocal VariPhrase processor
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 with 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 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, internal sidechaining, and over 30 surround
configurations
Find and correct mix problems as they occur with Bus Waveform Preview
Integrate DX & VST effects and external hardware with Automatic
Delay Compensation
Mastering
End-to-end 64-bit audio path: tracks, busses, effect inserts, file export provides pristine environment for mastering
Put a professional sheen on your final mix with the LP-64 Linear Phase EQ
Get dynamic mixes using the LP-64 Linear Phase Multiband Compressor
Add maximum punch with the Boost 11 Peak Limiter
Ensure superior quality when creating 16-bit audio for CD or MP3 from 24-bit master with POW-r Dithering
Collaborate & Deliver
Collaborate with studios who use other DAWs including Pro Tools, Logic Studio, and others
Save time with flexible export options and faster than real-time 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
Specs:
- System Requirements
- Minimum
- Operating system: Windows XP/Vista (32 bit)/ Mac OS X with Boot Camp
- Processor Speed: Intel Pentium 4 1.3 GHz, AMD Athlon XP 1500+ or higher
- RAM: 512MB
- Graphics: 1024 x 768, 16-bit color
- Hard disk space: 100MB program/application
- Hard disc type: Any
- MIDI interface: Windows-compatible (SONAR does not officially support Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 or XP x64)
- Audio interface: Windows-compatible (Required to connect external MIDI devices)
- Media drive: DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R, or DVD +/- RW drive (for audio playback)
- Webserver access: None
Recommended
- Operating system: Windows XP/Vista (32 bit)/ Mac OS X with Boot Camp
- Processor Speed: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz, AMD Athlon XP 2800+ or higher
- RAM: 1GB or higher
- Graphics: 1280 x 960, 24-bit color or higher
- Hard disk space: 6GB
- Hard disc type: EIDE / Ultra DMA (7200 RPM) or SATA
- MIDI interface: Windows-compatible (SONAR does not officially support Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 or XP x64)
- Audio interface: Windows-compatible (Required to connect external MIDI devices)
- Media drive: DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R, or DVD +/- RW drive (for audio playback)
- Webserver access: Available web server space with FTP access privileges
Note:
- SONAR is presented on DVD media. DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R, or DVD+/- RW Drive required for installation.
Registration
is required for continued use of product, and may be done by Internet
or telephone. Instructions and Cakewalk's privacy policy will be
detailed to you during launch of the product.
Features:
- Plenty of additional tools, plug-ins, and FX:
- LP-64 EQ linear phase mastering
- LP-64 Multiband linear phase mastering compressor/limiter
- VC-64 Vintage Channel with sidechaining capabilities
- Roland V-Vocal 1.5 with Pitch to MIDI conversion
- Perfect Space Convolution Reverb
- Lexicon Pantheon Reverb
- Sonitus Surround Compressor
- Z3TA+ waveshaping synthesizer
- Surround mixing in over 30 formats
- SurroundBridge technology to use stereo FX in surround
- POW-r dithering
Instruments:
- Rapture LE, modern electronic sounds for today's music
- Z3TA+ 1.5, an award-winning Wavetable synthesizer with incredible sound shaping features
- DropZone, the easy-to-use drag-n-drop sampler with REX support
- Roland GrooveSynth and TTS-1 with genuine Roland Sounds
- Session Drummer 2 lets you create drum parts easily with a live feel, including popular drum patterns to get started
- 14 total instruments included
Effects
- Effects can be used live during the recording process or later on in the mixing stage
- Sonitus:fx Suite, which includes Reverb, EQ, Delay, Compressor, WahWah, and more
- VC-64 Vintage Channel, a channel strip, dynamics processor, EQ, and De-Esser that works magic on virtually any track
- Channel Tools for essential stereo enhancement, utilizing sample delay, MS Decoding, and independent left/right panning
- LP-64 mastering plug-ins, including a linear phase EQ and Multiband Compressor
- 3 different Reverbs, all the spatial coloring you'll need from
convolution-based live spaces to simulated legendary Lexicon hardware
- 42 audio FX and 7 MIDI FX included
Content
- Content is important and that is why SONAR has content you can use to get immediate results
- Over 300 convolution reverb impulse responses
- 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
- 14-day SurCode unlimited trial Dolby encoders for Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro Logic II
- Much more