SONAR 6 Producer Edition

SONAR 6 Producer Edition

SONAR set new standards for audio quality with the first true 64-bit double precision mix engine, now SONAR 6 propels music production forward. New features include: Active Controller Technology™ (ACT) changing the way you work with instruments forever; AudioSnap™ the very best non-destructive audio timing/manipulation toolset available; completely redesigned Track and Console views, offering advanced customization and navigation; and VC-64 Vintage Channel™ offering the sought-after sound of big desk analog channel strips, with the added benefit of pristine 64-bit double precision processing; more.

New features, workflow innovations, and enhancements include:

• Native Windows® Vista™ support (see below for details).
• MIDI Input Quantize: Time-align MIDI input as it is recorded to a track, and hear and see the effect of the quantization as soon as the track is looped or played back. Per-track quantize settings with presets makes recording MIDI parts easier.
• X-Ray Windows: Use keyboard shortcuts to temporarily make plug-ins and views in SONAR transparent and immune to mouse and keyboard activity so that you can quickly access and edit the SONAR views and plug-ins below—all without minimizing, moving or closing windows.
• Bit Meter VST Plug-in: See the benefits of SONAR's 64-bit audio engine in action. A valuable tool for monitoring the digital activity of your audio stream. View output word length, dynamic range, signal peaks, and more to analyze the quality of your digital signal.
• Active Controller Technology (ACT): dynamically re-maps effect, mix and instrument parameters to hardware controllers
• VC-64 Vintage Channel™—warm sound, dual EQ and compressor stages, analog component modeling, presets by professionals
• Session Drummer™ 2 instrument with professional multi-sampled drum kits, hundreds of vital, usable patterns
• New Synth Rack makes managing, controlling, and automating your instruments simple
• AudioSnap suite of tools includes:
  • Non-destructive audio quantize
  • Lock multiple tracks into the same groove
  • Apply seamless tempo changes to audio
  • Convert audio beats to MIDI
  • Slip-stretch clips to a new time or length
  • High-quality time stretching algorithms including iZotope Radius™, Percussion Mode, more
• Console view redesigned for ergonomic mixing
• Transport provides easy playback control and vital visual feedback
• Automation enhancements: read/write controls for tracks and plug-ins, enable automation during playback and record, visual automation cues, more
• Analyst spectrum analyzer
• Clip editing enhancements including lock to time
• Fast Zoom enables fast, precise edits without losing your place
• Mouse wheel support for parameter control and zoom
• Import 64-bit floating point audio files
• Crash Recovery safeguards your projects against faulty plug-ins and other sources of crashes
• Automatic file versioning: back up projects with time/date stamps for easy access to old versions
• Customizable user interface: put favorite features right at your fingertips
• User-customizable plug-in menus for easy organization and grouping
• User-customizable audio hardware port naming
• Custom color schemes with saturation, hue, and brightness controls
  

Pricing and Availability

SONAR 6 Producer Edition has a manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) of $619 U.S., SONAR 6 Studio Edition is $369 U.S. (MSRP), and both are now shipping. Registered SONAR 5 Producer customers can upgrade to SONAR 6 Producer Edition directly through Cakewalk for $179; SONAR 5 Studio to SONAR 6 Studio Edition for $99. Other upgrade paths are available, visit Cakewalk.com for details.

International pricing

SONAR 6 Producer Edition and Studio Edition ship with English, French, and German printed documentation, and Italian and Spanish electronic quick start guides; along with English, French, German, and Spanish software. SONAR 6 is available through Roland and Edirol distribution partners. Europe's recommended retail price for SONAR 6 Producer Edition and SONAR 6 Studio Edition are €569 and €329 RRP inc VAT respectively; U.K. pricing is £369 and £229 RRP inc VAT respectively; and will be available 15, October 2006. For localized pricing and availability visit:

• Edirol Europe ( United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Austria)
• Roland Brazil
• Roland Canada
• Roland Central Europe ( Belgium, France, Netherlands & Luxembourg)
• Roland Eastern Europe
• Roland Switzerland
• Roland Iberia (Portugal, Spain)
• Roland Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Russia, and Iceland)
• Intelliware Australia

SONAR 6 Studio Edition

At last, project studios and musicians on a budget don’t have to sacrifice features for affordability, because SONAR 6 Studio Edition is built upon the same core feature set and pristine 64-bit double precision engine as SONAR 6 Producer Edition. Fast forward your music production today with the unmatched music creation tools and sonic clarity of SONAR 6.

NOTE: Studio Edition contains AudioSnap Audio Quantize that is limited to one track at a time processing. SONAR 6 Studio Edition also does not have the following features found in SONAR 6 Producer Edition: VC-64 Vintage Channel, Session Drummer 2 virtual drum instrument, Roland V-Vocal VariPhrase technology, PSYN II subtractive synth, Pentagon I analog synth, RXP groove instrument, Perfect Space Convolution Reverb, surround mixing, Sonitus Surround Compressor, POW-r Dithering, MPEX-3 Time Stretching.

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