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Sonar 7 |
Cubase 4 |
Pro Tools 7 |
Live 7 |
Acid Pro 6 |
FL Studio 8 |
Logic Pro 8 |
Category |
Setup |
Instrument Definitions |
Predefined |
Comprehensive instrument definitions available for banks, patches, note, and controller names. |
Comprehensive instrument definitions available for banks, patches, note, and controller names. |
Comprehensive definitions available for patch and bank names and General MIDI standard controller names; no drum note names |
No |
Comprehensive instrument definitions available for banks, patches, note, and controller names. |
No |
Comprehensive instrument definitions available for banks, patches, note, and controller names. |
Custom |
Instrument Definition Editor |
Instrument Definition Editor |
Edit XML File |
No |
Instrument Definition Editor |
Dashboard |
Comprehensive instrument definitions available for banks, patches, note, and controller names. |
Assign Patches, Banks, Devices |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Comprehensive instrument definitions available for banks, patches, note, and controller names. |
Drum Mapping |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
MIDI FX |
Input mapping, no output remapping |
Input mapping, no output remapping |
Comprehensive instrument definitions available for banks, patches, note, and controller names. |
System Exclusive |
Receive / Send |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Send, no receive |
No |
Comprehensive instrument definitions available for banks, patches, note, and controller names. |
Import / Export |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Comprehensive instrument definitions available for banks, patches, note, and controller names. |
Edit |
Yes |
Yes |
SysEx data cannot be edited, but SysEx events can be moved, copied and pasted. |
No |
Yes |
No |
Comprehensive instrument definitions available for banks, patches, note, and controller names. |
Mixing |
Inserts |
Inserts & Sends to MIDI FX only |
Inserts |
Inserts & Sends (Instrument Rack) |
Inserts |
No |
Comprehensive instrument definitions available for banks, patches, note, and controller names. |
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Sonar 7 |
Cubase 4 |
Pro Tools 7 |
Live 7 |
Acid Pro 6 |
FL Studio 8 |
Logic Pro 8 |
Category |
Processing |
Real Time Processing |
Event Filters |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Track/Mixer Controls |
Volume, pan, chorus, reverb |
Volume, pan |
Volume, pan |
Clip automation only |
Volume & pan plus 4 other controls |
Volume, pan, pitchbend |
Volume, pan, chorus, reverb |
Event/Controller Automation |
All available controllers plus patch events |
All available controllers |
10 controllers plus SysEx & patch events |
All available controllers |
6 controllers plus SysEx & patch events |
All available controllers plus patch events |
All available controllers |
Note Processing |
Transpose, time shift, velocity scale |
Transpose, velocity scale, length scale, randomize, range limit & filter, quantize |
Quantize, duration, delay, velocity, transpose |
Pitch, scale, arpeggiator, length, compression, velocity |
Clip transpose |
Channel transpose |
Transpose, velocity scale, length scale, randomize, range limit & filter, quantize |
Batch
Processing |
Selection |
Event Filter |
Logical Editor |
Note range & chord selection |
MIDI Editor select |
Event Editor select |
Editor, channel, and random select |
Transform Window |
Edit Functions |
9 functions |
19 functions |
4 functions |
No |
3 functions |
21 functions |
14 Transform Window presets |
Complex Processing |
Cakewalk Application Language
(no longer documented) |
Logical Editor |
2 predefined functions |
No |
No |
Predefined tools |
Transform Window |
MIDI FX Plug-ins |
7 FX plug-ins |
16 FX plug-ins |
0 FX plugins |
6 FX plug-ins |
0 FX plugins |
4 FX in channels settings |
0 FX plugins |
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Sonar 7 |
Cubase 4 |
Pro Tools 7 |
Live 7 |
Acid Pro 6 |
FL Studio 8 |
Logic Pro 8 |
Category |
Editors |
Event Editor |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Piano Roll/Drum Editor |
Notes |
Piano key, MIDI value or drum note names display |
Piano key or drum note names display |
Piano key name display only |
Piano key or drum note names display |
Drum note names displayed only in track Inline MIDI Editor |
Piano key, scale value or drum note names display |
Piano key or drum note names display |
Controllers |
Multiple controller lanes available for display |
Multiple controller lanes available for display |
Single controller at one time displayed per track |
Single controller at one time displayed per clip |
Single controller at one time displayed per track |
Multiple controllers as Playlist clips |
Multiple controller lanes available for display only in Hyper Editor |
Edit Windows |
Piano Roll View as both a separate window and in the timeline |
Piano Roll Editor as both a separate window and in the timeline |
Note editor in the timeline only |
MIDI Editor as separate window |
Track Inline MIDI editor and separate Piano Roll Editor |
MIDI Editor as separate window |
MIDI Editor as separate window |
Staff Notation Editor |
Basic staff notation and lyrics display |
Complete score editor suitable for creating professional scores |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Complete score editor suitable for creating professional scores |
