Sonar 7 New Features

• Integrated Step Sequencer view provides the most innovative step sequencer feature set available in any DAW today
• Smart MIDI tools-intuitively use one tool for multiple editing tasks
• Real-time Drag-Quantize allows selected notes and events to be quickly aligned with snap settings
• Multilane controller editing in Piano Roll view; controller data can be moved/copied across lanes; multiple controls can be viewed/edited per lane to economize screen real estate
• MIDI display features including MIDI Magnifier, MIDI Meters, and Velocity Colorizer
• Enhanced MIDI editing with functions for splitting, gluing, and muting notes
• More ACT (Active Controller Technology) presets for popular hardware
• New instruments: Z3TA+ 1.5 waveshaping synthesizer, Dimension LE (featuring Garritan Pocket Orchestra), Rapture LE, and DropZone Sample player/synth
• Over 1000 instruments sounds
• Roland V-Vocal 1.5, now with Pitch-to-MIDI conversion
• LP-64 Multiband linear phase mastering compressor/limiter with AutoQ functionality
• LP-64 EQ linear phase mastering EQ with 20-point control curve
• Internal sidechaining for Sonitus:fx Compressor, Sonitus:fx Gate, VC-64 Vintage Channel, and 3rd party VST plug-ins with sidechain (multi-input) capability
• External Insert Plug-in let's you insert and mix with external hardware effects and instruments with automatic delay compensation
• Boost 11 peak limiter
• Dim Solo keeps tracks in context by reducing volume of unsoloed tracks by 6, 12, or 18 dB instead of muting
• Drag & drop EQ settings across channels in the console view
• Shortcuts for assigning a series of audio inputs, and routing selected tracks/busses to the same input/output/main
• Original SMPTE time stamps now stored with clips with easy revert to original time stamp
• Right-click at cursor to import audio/MIDI data
• Wave-64 support provides capabilities to record large scale (2 GB+) projects
• High bandwidth multi-track recording optimizations
• New file format import/export options including Sony Wave-64, AIF, CAF, FLAC, and Sound Designer II
• Integrated audio CD ripping and burning
• Cakewalk Publisher 2.0 for uploading and presenting music online

Producer Edition Exclusives

• LP-64 Linear Phase Equalizer
• LP-64 Multiband Compressor
• MPEX-3 Time Stretching
• Multitrack AudioSnap
• Pentagon analog synth
• Perfect Space Convolution Reverb
• POW-r Dithering
• PSYN II subtractive synth
• Roland V-Vocal VariPhrase technology
• RXP groove instrument
• Sonitus Surround Compressor
• Surround Bridge for use of stereo fx in surround
• Surround mixing in over 30 formats
• VC-64 Vintage Channel
• Z3TA+Waveshaping Synthesizer

Software Versions

There are two current versions of Sonar -- Sonar 7 Producer Edition and Sonar 7 Studio Edition. As shown in the list of Producer Edition Exclusives above, the Producer Edition is a more full-featured version and is priced accordingly. The Studio Edition has a subset of the features of the Producer Edition. Our training course is based on the Producer Edition and thus includes the features of Studio Edition.

System Requirements
Minimum:

• Windows XP, Intel Pentium 4 1.3 GHz, AMD Athlon XP 1500+, or higher
• 256 MB RAM
• 1024x768, 16-bit color graphics resolution
• 100 MB hard disk space for full program installation
• Any Hard Disk Type
• Windows-compatible MIDI interface for connecting external MIDI devices
• Windows-compatible audio interface for audio playback
• DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R, or DVD+/- RW Drive

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