Cakewalk SONAR Home Studio 6 Recording Software

The power of SONAR geared towards budget-conscious musicians.

Turn your PC into a complete music production studio. Record instruments and vocals and mix them with studio-quality audio effects. Edit audio, MIDI, and music notation. Build backing tracks or entire songs with hundreds of included instrument sounds and tempo-syncing loops.

Boasts the core features of SONAR with a quick-start guide, track presets, project templates, and video tutorials to make getting started easy. Sleek, customizable interface; updated mixing console; lots of effects; automated tracks, effects, instruments, and mix control; realtime MIDI quantize; freeze function; native VST support; easy-to-use sampler with sounds; and internet music-sharing tools. Also built to be compatible with Microsoft Windows Vista.

Easy as plug-n-play
Recording any instrument is easy. Just plug in, check your levels, and hit record. Confidence Recording will draw the audio on screen as you record so you know you're getting the take. Hear internal effects on input, even while you record. If you need help getting a project started, use Track Presets for access to hundreds of sounds that will help ignite your creativity. Once you have recorded your tracks, you can visually arrange, edit, and mix your music with point-and-click ease—all in one view.

Create backing tracks fast
Create backing tracks in a matter of seconds. Find the perfect loop or sample in DropZone or the Loop Explorer, then click and drag it to start building your arrangement. You can chop up your beats, add dynamics, and create remixes with just a few clicks of the mouse. The enhanced Loop Construction View allows you to take control of your loops—tweak the pitch, pan, and gain of slices in any ACID-format loop.

Edit with powerful tools
Edit and arrange audio and MIDI together in one view with simple tools that give powerful results. Zoom in and make pinpoint edits to your project. Change the tempo and pitch; normalize or reverse the audio; preview, move, extend, or cut certain sections; add track envelopes. Use many of the same powerful features found in SONAR Producer Edition including multi-clip edits, loop-rolling, fade drawing, and more. And with SONAR Home Studio 6 you can feel free to experiment with non-destructive editing and unlimited undo/redo.

Mix and share your music
Mixing in SONAR Home Studio 6 is easy with Track Icons—no more guessing which track contains guitar or which track has the vocals. Mute, Solo, Pan, and change the Gain all in one view to achieve the best mix. Add effects to your mix and A/B them with just a click of a button. Professional metering provides the visual feedback you need for better real-time mixing. Mix in a more traditional studio console view or use your own control surface hardware to get the feel of real knobs and faders.

Cakewalk SONAR Home Studio 6 Recording Software Features:

Designed for compatibility with Microsoft Windows Vista
Core feature set based on SONAR 6.2
Quick Start guide, Track Presets, Project Templates, and Video Tutorials make getting started easy
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
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
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
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