Sonar Home Studio 6 introduces Cakewalk Publisher, a
tool that helps you publish and present your music online. Use Cakewalk
Publisher to create a customized, streaming music player with playlists
of your music that can be directly uploaded from Sonar Home Studio to
band Web sites, MySpace pages, and other Web sites.
Sonar Home Studio's other new features include
compatibility with Microsoft Windows Vista; a core feature set based on
Sonar 6.2; a quick start guide, track presets, project templates, and
video tutorials; a new mixing console; 10 new audio effects; Active
Controller Technology to control and automate effects, instruments, and
mixes from MIDI controllers; the ability to rip from and burn to CD
directly from Sonar Home Studio; enhanced automation tools; MIDI input
quantize; native and fully integrated support for VST plug-ins; and
lastly, the DropZone sampler with an extended library of instrument
sounds, including a Drum Pack and Bass Pack.
Create & Record
- 64 audio tracks and unlimited MIDI tracks
- Record your whole band with support for multi-input audio interfaces
- Pristine audio quality up to 24-bit/192kHz
- Start your projects faster with Track Presets and Project Templates
- Use ACID™-format loop library to create backing tracks
- Includes real, playable instrument sounds: drums, bass, guitar, keys, orchestral, and more
- Expand
your studio with VST and DX synths and effects, and ReWire™ compatible
applications including Project5™, Kinetic™, and Reason™
- The Synth Rack provides a control center for all of your virtual instruments
- MIDI Input Quantize corrects your MIDI performance as you record
Arrange & Edit
- Edit Audio and MIDI from one central view
- Edit and print music notation
- Powerful non-destructive editing: fades and crossfades, multi-clip editing, slip editing, more
- Organize your projects with Track Folders and Track Icons
- Freeze instruments and effects to save CPU power
- Zero in on edits and navigate quickly with Fast Zoom
- Score soundtracks with video thumbnails and video window
- Easy-to-use controls can be customized to suit your way of working
Mix & Share
- Responsive mixing with a 32-bit floating point audio engine
- Automate your mix on the fly with powerful automation tools
- On-screen mixing console with integrated Sonitus:fx EQ on every track
- Mix your tracks with professional effects including reverb, delay, dynamics, modulation effects, tape, amp simulation, and more
- Use
your keyboard or other MIDI control surfaces to control effects,
instruments and your mix with ACT (Active Controller Technology)
- Export
your mix: WAV, ACID-format WAV, AVI, MIDI, MP3 (30-day trial MP3
Encoder included), Windows Media Audio (WMA), and Windows Media Video
(WMV)
- Upload your songs to the Web and build your own song player for your website, MySpace page and more with Cakewalk Publisher
- Burn your mix directly to CD
