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    SONAR 7
    Studio Edition


    What's new

    Key features

    Step-sequencer

    Smart MIDI

    MIDI enhancements

    Instruments

    Boost 11

    Sidechaining

    External hardware

    Mixing and recording

    Studio vs. Producer

    System requirements

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    Key new features for SONAR 7 Studio Edition

    New features

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    • Integrated Step Sequencer view—the most innovative step sequencer feature set available in any DAW
       
    • Smart MIDI Tools—intuitively use one tool for multiple editing tasks; completely customizable
       
    • 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
       
    • New ACT (Active Controller Technology) presets for Akai MPK49, Korg padKONTROL, and Line6 TonePort KB37
       
    • New instruments: Session Drummer 2, Dimension LE (featuring Garritan Pocket Orchestra), Rapture LE, and DropZone Sample player/synth; Over 1000 instruments sounds
        
    • Internal sidechaining for Sonitus:fx Compressor, Sonitus:fx Gate, and 3rd party VST plug-ins with sidechain (multi-input) capability
       
    • External Insert Plug-in lets you insert and mix with external hardware effects and instruments with automatic delay compensation
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    • 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
       
    • Rename Synths in Synth Rack
       
    • 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, Sound Designer II
       
    • File Recovery mode
       
    • Integrated Audio CD ripping and burning
       
    • Cakewalk Publisher 2.0 for uploading and presenting music online

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