The Leading Choice in Digital Audio Workstations
SONAR 8 Producer gives you what you need for recording, composing,
editing, mixing, and mastering. Get innovations that matter, from
exclusive features to ignite creativity and perfect your tracks, to
groundbreaking technologies that always keep you in control, all
backed by the industry's leading 64-bit audio quality. And SONAR 8
Producer delivers the go-to production tools you want with the best
collection of virtual instruments, mixing, and mastering effects found
in any DAW.
With unlimited tracks, amazing creative tools, inspiring virtual
instruments, the freedom to work with any audio interface or control
surface, and the most complete delivery capability for collaboration
with users of other DAWS, award-winning SONAR Producer is your best
choice in a digital audio workstation.
SONAR 8 is the only DAW that offers one-of-a-kind music creation tools
that actually help in the songwriting process. Whether you are
searching for new ideas or looking to add musical parts to existing
songs, SONAR 8 can help you break through those creative blocks.

Create


Start producing quickly with over 400 track and project
templates that instantly load your favorite sounds

**Includes templates for audio tracks, virtual instruments,
and entire projects

**Save your own template to recall at any time

Make beats and synth lines with a dedicated Step Sequencer

**Sequence up to 16 steps per beat with 64 beats per pattern

**Supports odd time signatures (non 4/4 meters)

**Features a powerful "Fit Pattern to Quarters" control that
fits patterns into lengths of any number of quarter notes for creation
of polyrhythmic parts (5 against 4 rhythms, hemiolas, septuplets, etc.)

**Control velocity offset and scale values in an entire row
all at once

**MIDI controller automation drawing

**More: step ties; monophonic/polyphonic toggle switch;
global portamento toggle switch with time control; swing and
articulation controls

Includes a critically-acclaimed suite of 14 virtual instruments
in SONAR 8 Producer and 11 virtual instruments in SONAR 8 Studio (see
complete list)

**Use input quantize to record in perfect time

**Instrument Tracks optimized for mono or stereo virtual
synths simplifies the process of working with virtual instruments

**Multi-track method of using virtual instruments employed
by previous versions of SONAR still supported

**Split and combine instrument tracks to/from discrete
audio/MIDI tracks

Add cinematic themes with the Hollywood Edge sound FX library
for Dimension Pro SONAR 8 Producer Exclusive

Dimension Pro 1.2 now includes the Digital Sound Factory Vol. 2
Classic Keys pack SONAR 8 Producer Exclusive

Build audio and MIDI tracks fast using Groove Clips and the
redesigned Loop Explorer

**Perfect for building backing tracks for your songs

**Browse and preview audio and MIDI groove clips and
patterns

**Quickly drag and drop loops and patterns into the track view

**MIDI groove clips and patterns can be previewed with the
virtual instrument of your choice

Support for VST, DXi and ReWire instruments and application

Record

Capture all of your ideas with unlimited tracks of audio and MIDI

Edit audio and MIDI fast and inline right in the track view

Record at virtually any bit depth/sample rate up to 24-bit/384 kHz

Record an entire performance at once with support for
multichannel audio interfaces

Faster I/O Assignment provides a quick way to set a series of
consecutive inputs/outputs, set selected tracks to same input/output,
and assign multiple bus outputs to same main

Connect any Windows-compatible MIDI devices, control surfaces,
and WDM or ASIO audio interfaces

Experience high track counts with low latency performance

ASIO latency compensation to keep new recordings in perfect sync
with your project

Stereo and mono hardware outputs for flexible routing options

Live Effects and Soft Synth Recording.play and record effects
and soft synths into audio tracks in realtime using SONAR's live
bounce feature

Anytime Recording.while the SONAR transport is running or
looping, arm/unarm audio and MIDI tracks, punch in, punch out, and
toggle between play and record

New responsive Transport for on-the-fly recording

Get more out of your PC with industry-pioneering
multi-core/multi-processor support

Record longer projects with support for 2+ GB Sony Wave-64
files.SONAR has also been optimized for high-bandwidth multitrack
recording

File Recovery mode.while not a substitute for good backup
practices, File Recovery Mode may be able to open damaged projects
with minimal data loss, preserving your valuable data

Edit

Perfect your vocal tracks with Roland. V-Vocal VariPhrase
processor SONAR 8 Producer Exclusive

**Based on Roland VariPhrase technology

**A unique technology that allows you to control the tempo
and pitch of audio phrases in real time with virtually no degradation
of sound quality

**Powerful vocal processing: automatic pitch correction,
vibrato, and more

**Adjust the phrasing or timing of vocals

**Control the dynamics of vocals

**Create harmonies by copying vocal clips, then applying
V-Vocal pitch shifting to copied audio

**Pitch to MIDI conversion allows you to create new synth
parts based on monophonic audio

**Completely non-destructive processing

Manipulate the timing and feel of audio, just like MIDI, with
AudioSnap

**Quantize and fix audio timing without slicing up or
destructively editing your audio

**Quantize one part at a time or even an entire project at once

**Quantize an out-of-time track to follow an in-time track

**Convert audio beats to MIDI Groove and quantize MIDI notes
with audio rhythms or even extract rhythmic MIDI information from
audio and paste it into a track

**Slip Stretch and non-destructively time compress or expand
your audio's duration.

**Elastic Tempo allows you to change the tempo or draw in
changes from the Tempo View with all selected audio tracks following
the project tempo

Assemble the perfect take from Track Layers using powerful
comping and editing tools

Clip Group Editing.edit multiple tracks at once across multiple
tracks or folders

Clip Selection Groups.groups clips together across tracks after
each recording pass.perfect for comping any multitrack ensemble
performance.especially drum takes

Aim Assist Cursor.visual guide to assist in lining up multiple
tracks for precision editing

Split and Mute Tools can now edit multiple clips simultaneously

Free Edit Tool for allows you to edit by clips or by time
without the need of a modifier key

Streamline your workflow and project organization with Track
Folders

Use the Navigator Pane to get a birds eye view of your project,
quickly zoom in and out to make quick edits, and scroll through your
project with ease

Freeze audio and instrument tracks for optimal performance;
frozen audio data can be edited for added convenience

Streamline your workflow and project organization with Track
Folders

Use X-Ray to temporarily make plug-ins and views in SONAR
transparent

Fast Zoom

**Use your mouse wheel or shortcut keys to jump from a
birds-eye view of your project to a high magnification instantly

**Quickly jump back to previous views without losing your place

Mouse Wheel

**Use your mouse wheel to scroll and zoom horizontally and
vertically in the Track View or Piano Roll

**Adjust any of SONAR's controls

Clip-based effects and editing

**Audio and MIDI clips contain full-featured FX bins with
automatic delay compensation

**Copy effects from clip to clip, clip to track, or track to track

**Apply fades and effect automation to selected audio
clips.specify the fade duration and curve type

**Clips can lock to time (including SMPTE), and can even be
slip-stretched to a new length

Nudge

**Vertically and horizontally within the Track and Piano
Roll views

**Customize nudge with multiple configurable resolutions and
shortcut key

Quickly edit MIDI with state of the art Smart MIDI Tools

**Perform multiple MIDI operations without the need to
switch tools, expediting your editing session

**Includes three preconfigured Smart MIDI Tools; the default
tool can be used to draw, select, erase, and edit notes and
controllers.

**Create your own Smart MIDI Tool presets by selecting from
20 different mouse actions and assigning them to edit functions such
as slip-editing and transposition

**New MIDI editing features including split, glue, event
mute, and drag quantize

**Control specific edit behaviors: change the way draw and
erase works, it's all user-definable

**Custom Smart MIDI Tool assignments can be saved as presets
and apply to both the Piano Roll View and the Inline Piano Roll

**Smart MIDI tools feature presets that match MIDI
operations in applications such as Logic, Cubase, and Digital
Performer

MIDI Magnifier

**Work with MIDI in-place, even when zoomed out

**MIDI Magnifier allows you to quickly zoom in on isolated
areas and make edits without changing the overall zoom level of the
view in which you are working

Velocity Colorizer

**Provides improved visual feedback to the user

**Notes are tinted depending on velocities for easier
identification

MIDI Meters

**Standard MIDI Meters in the Track and Console view respond
to MIDI velocity information

**MIDI activity indicators respond any MIDI activity

Multiple Controller Lanes

**Multiple MIDI parameters can be displayed simultaneously
within the Piano Roll View (PRV) in a multi-lane format

**Easier than ever to edit and view MIDI data such as
velocity, modulation, pitch bend and CCs

**Controller data can also be moved and copied across lanes

**Make precise comparisons and edits of multiple controller
types by assigning controllers to the same lane

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

Snap to Scale

**Quickly make MIDI tracks conform to the pitches of a
specified scale

**Many modes, altered scales, pentatonic, and non-western
scales available

Drag Quantize

**Select notes then drag up to quantize them closer to the
grid

**Drag down to move them away from the grid

New MIDI Edit Functions

**Split Notes, Glue Notes, Event Mute, Drag Quantize, and
Repeat have been added to the MIDI tool palette

Control

Active Controller Technology

**Get total control of virtual instruments, effects, and
mixing from MIDI controllers and control surfaces

**ACT eliminates the common workflow bottleneck of
constantly remapping parameters by re-mapping to whichever plugin you
have open

**Use preset mappings or create your own custom mappings

**SONAR 8 includes new updated ACT presets mappings for
popular MIDI devices and controllers

Support for Control Surfaces and MIDI Controllers made by
popular manufacturer's like Edirol, Mackie, Euphonix, Frontier Design,
and more

Transport Updates including True Rewind, Fast Forward and Pause
Buttons; Audition Button

Anytime Recording.while the SONAR transport is running or
looping, arm/unarm audio and MIDI tracks, punch in, punch out, and
toggle between play and record

Automatically sync visible/hidden tracks between the Track View
and Console View

Synth Rack

**Control the instruments in your project from one easy to
manage window.

**Find instruments quickly with customizable Synth Icons

**Display customized controls for each instrument, putting
the most needed controls right at your fingertips for easy adjustment
and automation

**Access parameters of all instruments loaded in the rack
without having to expand individual plug-in windows

**Achieve creative and dynamic sound design by linking
controls of multiple synths together with SONAR's advanced grouping
options

**Quickly toggle through presets to find the right sound

**Mute, solo, arm, and automate your instruments

**Freeze synths to conserve CPU resources

**Insert and delete instruments dynamically during playback,
with undo/redo capability

Create custom toolbars with all the features you need immediate
access to

Configurable Track View Controls

**Make the best use of your workspace by re-organizing or
hiding Track View controls

**Call up different control configurations by simply
clicking on customizable tabs

Configurable Track Inspector gives you detailed information and
control of any selected track

Display multiple time rulers simultaneously; Options include
Measure:Beat:Tick, Hours:Minutes:Seconds:Frames, Samples,
Milliseconds

Change the names of your audio and MIDI inputs and outputs for
easy organization

Customize all of SONAR's menus; hide items you never use; rename
menu items; create different layouts

Organize your plug-in menu to make finding the right plug-ins
easier

User-customizable color schemes let you adjust virtually every
aspect of the interface

Mix


Retain every nuance of your mix with the industry's leading
64-bit audio engine

**SONAR achieves this unmatched level of audio quality by
providing spacious amounts of headroom and footroom through extended
dynamic range

**Realize more definition in your mix through the improved
summing and pristine digital signal path provided by 64-bit mixing

**SONAR's unique mix engine maintains the 64-bit signal path
from track to plug-in to bus, making it possible to retain absolute
integrity of your audio throughout the production process, even when
passing information to and from plug-ins

**Features native support for 64-bit floating point audio
files, allowing you to import, stream, and render tracks and mixes at
the highest quality available in the industry

**SONAR's 64-bit mix engine is seamless and accessible even
on 32-bit computers

Mix with a versatile Console view that looks and acts just like
hardware

**The Console View controls, metering, and layout make
mixing fast and enjoyable

**Parametric EQ is available on every track and bus, and
each EQ can be controlled directly from its track strip

**See the EQ state of every track with integrated EQ plot
displays

**Show or hide tracks, busses or mains with simple controls

**Copy EQ settings across tracks via a simple drag and drop
of EQ plots

Choose from a suite of 42 professional grade audio effects and 7
MIDI FX in SONAR 8 Producer and 31 audio effects and 7 MIDI FX in
SONAR 8 Studio (see complete list)

Integrate DX & VST effects with Automatic Delay Compensation

External Hardware support

**Easily integrate external hardware effects and MIDI
instruments with Automatic Delay Compensation

**Latencies for external hardware will automatically be
measured and compensated through SONAR's plug-in delay compensation
(PDC)

**External Insert plug-in for outboard gear appears in
SONAR's plug in menu where it can be inserted into the audio FX bin on
any track or bus

Use Track Icons to visually organize your mix

Get precise visual feedback from user-configurable meters with
adjustable ballistics

Take advantage of SONAR's infinitely flexible Universal Bus
Architecture

**Unlimited sends and busses, and limitless routing
possibilities, make organizing, grouping and mixing your projects
simpler

**Quick Groups provide you with on-the-fly grouping of track
or bus controls with a simple click of a selector on each track/bus
you want to group

**Bus Inputs QuickGroup Command automatically groups all
source tracks feeding a selected bus

Internal sidechaining

**More flexibility and control over mix processes and
creative options for key-triggered sound effects

**Effectively avoid the clashing of multiple instruments
occurring in the same frequency range

**Common uses include "Ducking" which is a technique used in
radio broadcast

**Sidechain the Sonitus:fx Compressor, Sonitus:fx Gate,
VC-64 Vintage Channel, and all sidechain compliant VST processors such
as those available from Voxengo and Sonalksis

Dim Solo mode isolates soloed tracks by applying a configurable
6, -12, or -18 dB dim to non-soloed tracks instead of a complete
mute

New Exclusive Solo Mode with Solo Override forces soloing to one
track/bus at a time and prevents tracks and buses from being muted
when other tracks/buses are soloed

Analyst plug-in

**Real-time spectrum analyzer with a number of display
options, including spectrum color bars, cumulative averages, minimums
and maximums, and a built-in Sonograph mode

**Analyst can create automation envelopes based on the
average levels of four frequency ranges

BitMeter plug-in

**See the benefits of SONAR's 64-bit audio engine in action

**Monitor the digital activity of your audio stream and view
output word length, dynamic range, signal peaks, and more to analyze
the quality of your digital signal

Envelope Automation

**Get complete, sample accurate control over all aspects of
your mix, effect, and instrument parameters with Tempo Synced envelope
automation

**Drawing options include freehand and multiple curve
types.get virtually any sound you can imagine

Mix in surround SONAR 8 Producer Exclusive

**Over 30 supported surround configurations

**Built-in surround panner

**Sonitus:fx Surround Compressor

**Use stereo plug-ins via SurroundBridge technology

Use Control Surfaces and even MIDI controllers to get hands on
control of your mix.use Active Controller Technology to automatically
map or remember custom settings

Exclusive Solo mode with Solo Override forces soloing to one
track/bus at a time and prevents tracks and buses from being muted
when other tracks/buses are soloed

Use Dim Solo Mode to isolate soloed tracks by applying a
configurable -6, -12, or -18 dB dim to non-soloed tracks instead of a
complete mute

Mono hardware outputs allow for easy assigning of tracks and
buses to individual hardware outputs in addition to stereo pairs

Insert Send Assistant provides a fast and easy way to create
effect busses and insert sends to new or existing busses

Find and correct mix problems as they occur with Bus Waveform
Preview

Mastering

LP-64 EQ SONAR 8 Producer Exclusive

**Offers flexibility in editing by offering both traditional
parametric editing with graphical control points representing filter
components that control frequency, gain, and Q

**Graphical curve editing mode for more intuitive editing
where control points rest directly on the equalization curve, and
provide smooth means for curve manipulation

**Up to 20 control points can be added to an EQ graph and
both modes of operation produce the same superior-quality,
linear-phase output.

**Two modes of operation: traditional parametric and
graphical curve

**Create deep notches, resonant peaks, and steep roll offs

**HUD (heads-up display) provides constant and detailed
control point information

**+/- 24 dB gain change range per control point

**64-bit double precision signal path

**Up to 192 kHz resolution

**Optimized for low CPU usage

**Full VST functionality for access from dedicated audio
editors

LP-64 Multiband SONAR 8 Producer Exclusive

**Operation modes are user selectable or PDR (Program
Dependent Release) that automatically minimizes pumping (audible
fluctuations of the volume) and maximizes loudness

**'Auto-Q' feature automatically adjusts the linear-phase
filters to maintain ideal overlap - whether dialing in broad, subtle
crossovers, or tight notches and boosts

**+/- 18 dB gain change range per control point

**Up to 192 kHz resolution

**64-bit double precision signal path

**Mono and stereo operation

**Optimized for low CPU usage

**Full VST functionality for access from dedicated audio
editors

Boost 11 Peak Limiter

**Look-ahead peak detection to prevent clipping

**Program Dependent Release to minimize pumping

**Dynamic waveform displays of input vs. output

**Stereo peak and RMS input/output meters

**Operation at sampling rates up to 192 kHz

**64-bit double precision signal path

**VST Automation

TL-64 Tube Leveler SONAR 8 Producer Exclusive

**Powered by StudioDevil (Gallo Engineering) known for their
ultra-high-quality analog tube amplifier emulation

**Provides intuitive controls to determine the level and
character of analog tube saturation, from subtle "warming" to
hard-driving saturation

**Features a unique selectable Dynamic Response Filter
control that when engaged employs a dynamic (versus static) tube model
algorithm

**Bass Compensation control compensates for any reduction in
bass material as a result of low-shelf filtering and the filter allows
you to reduce clipping in the bass bands while still maintaining a
flat output response

**Several instances of the TL-64 plug-ins can also be
combined in effects chains, along with other processors, EQ, and
compressors, to create a limitless palette of virtual analog effects

**Dynamic and static tube model algorithms

**High quality signal processing algorithms

**Switchable oversampling option defeats high-frequency
aliasing/quantization noise

**Smooth, zipperless output

**Automatable parameters

**Library of presets

**Full VST functionality for access from dedicated audio
editors

Collaborate & Deliver

Collaborate with other studios using DAWs like Pro Tools, Logic,
Cubase and more

**Export files to OMF

**Export files to Broadcast WAV

Import/export Sony Wave-64, AIF, CAF, FLAC, SD2 (Sound Designer II)

Digital video import/export.support for the latest QuickTime 7
codecs, including H.264 and AAC audio; Windows Media Video (WMV)
including Windows Media Pro; and AVI

Right-click at cursor to import audio/MIDI data

Use presets in the Export options section to deliver files in
virtually any format: stems, mixes, bounces, and more

Deliver in surround using the 14-day SurCode unlimited trial
Dolby encoders for Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro Logic II SONAR 8
Producer Exclusive

Ensure pristine quality with POW-r dithering SONAR 8 Producer
Exclusive and Windowed Sinc sample rate conversion

Enhanced Sample Rate Conversion now employs the same fast
convolution engine as the LP-64 series 64-bit mastering plug-ins

Integrated CD Ripping and Burning.import audio from CD directly
into a SONAR project and burn multiple tracks to audio CDs right from
within the application

Integrated Cakewalk Publisher presents an innovative new tool to
publish and present your music online

**Simply drag files into Publisher to quickly create
playlists

**Build custom Flash-based audio players with choice of
colors, size, layout, etc to match your web design

**Support for album art: choose an image and URL for each
song in your playlist

**Includes FTP client to upload music and players directly
to your website

**XML generation to embed customized players on many
websites (Myspace, etc.)

Included Instruments

SONAR 8 Producer includes the best collection of included virtual
instruments found in any DAW. Whether you're looking for acoustic or
electric instrument sounds, emulations of classic gear, modern
synthesized tones, drums, or a groovebox, you need to look no further
than SONAR 8. You may be surprised to find that some of these included
plug-ins would cost hundreds of dollars if purchased separately.

Beatscape SONAR 8 Producer Exclusive - New to SONAR 8

16-pad looping/performance instrument

Great for layering and triggering audio clips and creating beats
and grooves

4 GB of custom-designed loop construction kits
Dimension Pro SONAR 8 Producer Exclusive - New to SONAR 8

Wavetable based synthesizer

Electric pianos, organs, basses, orchestral, strings, woodwinds,
brass, ethnic, pads/layers, and other real-world instruments

Over 1500 patch presets, 8 GB of content

TruePianos Amber SONAR 8 Producer Exclusive - New to SONAR 8

Award-winning piano model designed to transparently integrate
with your hands and playing style for even more realism

7 model variations

Reverb and velocity controls

SONAR customers are eligible for a 30% discount on 4Front
TruePianos

Rapture LE

LE version based on the award-winning Rapture wavetable
synthesizer

Searing synthesized sounds, leads, basses, pads, sequences, and
more

Nearly 200 patch presets, expandable
Session Drummer 2

Drum and Percussion Sequencer

Programming multi-layered, realistic drum parts either a la
carte or using included patterns

4 kits with over 55 drum presets in varying styles: Rock, Swing,
Shuffle, Reggae, more

Z3TA+ SONAR 8 Producer Exclusive

Waveshaping synthesizer

Analog synth modeling, leads, basses, synths, pads, and
more.even use it as an FX

6 banks, with 750+ patches

Cyclone

16-pad groove sampler

Perfect for drums and other loop-based music

Load, edit, and trigger your own Groove Clips and ACID.-format
loops

Roland TTS-1

16 channel multi-timbral GM2 instrument

Keys, horns, strings, guitars, drums, more

256 patch presets, 9 drum kits

Pentagon I

Vintage analog sounds

Sound design, all the controls you need to replicate virtually
any analog synth

6 banks, with 550+ patches

PSYN II

Subtractive synthesizer

Bass, leads, pads, more

8 banks with 550+ patches

RXP

REX loops/sample player

Programming and sampling drums and other pattern/groove based
content

Over 250 MB of REX loops included

SFZ

SFZ SoundFont sampler

High Quality band limiting sample-playback engine for SF2 files

256 voices of polyphony, unlimited layers per voice

Roland GrooveSynth

Groove synthesizer

Genuine Roland. synths and beat boxes including the legendary
808 and 909 sounds

30 different instrument categories

DropZone

Drag and Drop Sampler, REX editor

Bass, piano, pads, drums, vocals, REX-format loops, and more

Nearly 300 MB of programs, REX files, and multisamples


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