Welcome to Cakewalk DevXchange

Cakewalk DevXchange is the essential resource for third-party developers interested in creating products that are compatible with Cakewalk products or Cakewalk supported standards. Cakewalk DevXchange makes it easy to find timely, comprehensive development resources on topics such as ACT, Control Surface Support, and the SFZ file format.

The information provided on Cakewalk DevXchange is provided as-is with no warranties of any kind, and Cakewalk is under no obligation to provide any technical assistance. Several peer-only support newsgroups are available for developers who wish to discuss various issues related to creating complementary products.

ACT and Control Surfaces
SONAR 2.0 introduced bi-directional support for hardware control surfaces, and other Cakewalk products may support control surfaces in the future.

SONAR 6.0 introduced and integrated ACT technology into our Control Surface support, which lets a control surface "follow" a user as he navigates around SONAR and in and out of plug-ins.

If you are a control surface developer and would like SONAR to support your hardware device, a Software Development Kit (SDK) is available. Updated 10/5/2006

sfz File Format Specification
rgc:audio has developed the sfz file format that is used in rgc:audio and Cakewalk instruments. If you are a sound designer and would like information about this file format, please follow this link for a full description.

DirectX Plug-ins
DXi 2 SDK available for download.
DirectX audio plug-in SDK available for download.

Cakewalk Application Language (CAL)

Cakewalk Application Language (CAL) is an event-processing language that can be used to extend Pro Audio and Professional with custom editing commands. The CAL section of DevXchange includes additional online resources that will help you learn more about CAL.

Windows Developers
Multiprocessing in SONAR 3.1 White Paper view online or download the PDF.

Forums

Trade tips, advice, and success stories with other developers. There is a dedicated developer forum here.