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Record and edit unlimited tracks of audio and MIDI.
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Get the perfect take with the best comping, editing, and take management tools available.
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Record live through professional audio effects including the Sonitus:fx Suite, featuring dynamics and multiband compression, 6-band parametric
EQ, reverb, delay, modulation, and more—28 audio and 8 MIDI effects in all.
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Use AudioSnap to non-destructively fix audio timing, time-compress or expand audio, or lock tracks into a groove. All with unmatched audio fidelity.
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Make music with 5 amazing instruments: two synths with genuine Roland® sounds; a vintage analog-style synth; SFZ and groove samplers.
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Freeze tracks, instruments, and effects to conserve processing power.
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Use Active Controller Technology (ACT) to get total control of virtual instruments, effects, and mixing from your MIDI controllers and control surfaces.
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Control and automate your virtual instruments with the enhanced Synth Rack. Group controls from multiple instruments together for ultimate
tweakability.
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Create backing tracks and remixes fast using MIDI groove clips and ACID™-format loops.
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Expand your sound with integrated support for VST, DirectX, and ReWire instruments and effects.
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Score to video with a thumbnail track and output to 1394 FireWire devices.
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Mix with superior sonic clarity using SONAR's industry-first, end-to-end 64-bit double precision floating point mix engine (accessible on 32-bit
computers).
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Work natively with 64 bit audio, streaming 64 bit audio tracks end-to-end through your mixes.
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Mix projects with complete flexibility using SONAR's new console view, Universal Bus Architecture, automatic plug-in delay compensation, bus
waveform preview, configurable metering, and unlimited tracks, busses, sends and inserts.
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Automate your mix with freehand and pattern-based envelopes, and individual read and write control of all tracks, instruments, and effects.
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Deliver pristine productions with Windowed Sinc sample rate conversion, 64-bit audio files, and support for virtually any audio format, bit-depth, and
sample rate.
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Connect any Windows-compatible MIDI devices, control surfaces, and WDM or ASIO audio interfaces (including Pro Tools | HD™ or M-Box™).
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Deliver productions at virtually any bit-depth, and sample rate (up to 64-bit, 500 kHz). Ensure pristine quality with Windowed Sinc sample rate
conversion. Native 64-bit audio is the highest quality in the industry.
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Deliver audio and video in virtually any format including WAV, QuickTime, MP3, WMA. Export to OMFI and Broadcast WAV for collaboration with Pro
Tools and other DAWs.
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Customize SONAR’s look and feel with new interface enhancements. Put your favorite features right at your fingertips.
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Take your productions deeper with superior support for multi-processor and multi-core computers.
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SONAR Studio
Edition includes both a 32-bit version for Windows XP and a 64-bit version for use with Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. Experience 20-30%
processing performance gains and access up to 128 GB of RAM on x64.
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Active Controller Technology (ACT): dynamically re-maps effect, mix and instrument parameters to hardware controllers
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AudioSnap suite of tools includes:
Non-destructive audio quantize
Quantize one track with another track’s feel
Convert audio beats to MIDI
Slip-stretch clips to a new time or length
High-quality processing with multiple algorithms including iZoptope Radius™, Percussion Mode, more
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New Synth Rack makes managing, controlling, and automating your instruments simple
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Console view redesigned for ergonomic mixing
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Modular Transport provides easy playback control and vital visual feedback
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Analyst spectrum analyzer
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Automation enhancements: read/write controls for tracks and plug-ins, enable automation during playback and record, visual automation cues, more
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Clip editing enhancements including lock to time
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Fast Zoom enables fast, precise edits without losing
your place
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Per-channel EQ and assignable FX controls in Console view and Track Inspector
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Clip editing enhancements including lock to time, clip data lock with options for specific atributes (position, duration, both)
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Work seamlessly with VST plug-ins—VST support is now integrated into SONAR 6 and no longer requires an external VST to DX adapter
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Mouse wheel support for parameter control and zoom
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Crash Recovery safeguards your projects against faulty plug-ins and other sources of crashes
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Automatic file versioning: back up projects with time/date stamps for easy access to old versions
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Score video with Video Thumbnail Track in Track view
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Customizable user interface: put favorite features right at your fingertips
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User-customizable plug-in menus for easy organization and grouping
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Friendly driver naming (user-customizable audio hardware port names)
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Custom color schemes with saturation, hue, and brightness controls and color categories for easy customization