This video demonstrate the percussion and vocal strips.
You will have a saturation before and after the strip.

If you are a new customer for Cakewalk Sonar, you can straight away buy the Sonar 8 version comes in a box.
Then you can download the 8.5 update absolutely free of charge.

If you registered your Sonar 8 on or after July 1st 2009, you are eligible to free update of Sonar 8.5.

If you own the VS-700, you will be entitled to download the Sonar 8.5 free too, no matter when you purchased.

The Matrix view is the new and exciting feature of Sonar.
You can trigger MIDI and audio loops.
I think the Matrix view has some similarity with Ableton Live kind of sequencing environment.

You can simply drag and drop any audio and MIDI loops in the matrix cell. Then you can trigger the playback for the entire column or row.

After arranging the cells accordingly, you can record the sequence while playback by altering the triggers.

This will be very useful for mixing artist, especially in the dance and trance genre.

I am getting a feeling that Sonar is going to dominate the computer music sequencing world.
More to come!

This is a screen cast tutorial showing you how to use the step sequencer 2.0 found in Sonar 8.5.

Have fun making music!

SONAR supports two different MIDI file formats, MIDI Format 0 and MIDI Format 1.

Format 0 MIDI files contain a single track, with all events stored in that track.

Format 1 MIDI files can store up to 7256 tracks, just like SONAR project files.

When you load a MIDI Format 0 file, SONAR splits it into 16 separate tracks, based on the MIDI channels assigned to each event.

When you save a project to a MIDI Format 0 file, SONAR collapses MIDI information from all of its tracks into one single track.

So, please export to MIDI 1 format. So that when you import the MIDI file in Pro Tool or other sequencer software, all the MIDI data is separated into designated tracks and channels.

Don’t you read the Cakewalk Forum???
Haha .. this conversation would make you laugh.

The synthesizer was built-in into the SONAR V-Studio 700R hardware. So there is no need to have another hardware synthesizer on your rack.

The sounds are identical with Fantom G8 keyboard synthesizer. Similarly, Fantom VS can be upgraded with the Roland ARX expansions series.

Having the Fantom VS is like having a great-sounding hardware sound module, but without having to connect it with MIDI, Audio and power cables. Since it is not a software synth, it doesn’t use up your CPU power and thus no latency!

Since it comes with all the software control interface, and easy integration with Sonar sequencer software, you can start making music right after you open the bundled template project files.

What I can say is that Cakewalk makes a musician’s life easier than ever.

Watch the video below for more details.

Read this tutorial to find out more.

All you have to do is to add Sonar 8 Power Book to your shopping cart when you purchase Sonar 8. Then use the Promo Code “GetPro”.
The offer ends on June 29th. Act now!

More information at Digifreq.

Video walkthrough of the Cakewalk VS-700R hardware.

There is a handy function “Click here to tap tempo” which allows you to use computer mouse and tap the tempo. But most of the time, mouse clicks are not even and you will find that the tempo slightly fluctuates. You will end up adding and subtracting the beats per minute to try to match it with the song.

In fact, there is an easier way. After you click the “Click here to tap tempo”, you can replace the mouse click with “space bar” or “enter”. Tapping your space bar will give more accurate result. Keep looking on the tempo shown. The number that appears more often is usually the matching tempo.

See the video below created by Maltcus.

One of the special feature of V-Studio 100 (VS100) is the ability to record wave file and store it in a SD card. You can transfer your wave files recorded anywhere using VS100 into a PC via SD card reader.

Watch the video below for more details.

Video produced by Cakewalk.

This piece of musical gear gives you much ability to do stuff like recording, sequencing, audio and midi interfacing etc .. yet.. it is very compact and sexy.

Read the article here.

Watch the video below, prepared by Digital Music Doctor.

• controlling pan for separate audio in the stereo file
• controlling the width of the individual left and right channel
• adding delay to make your stereo audio sounds wider.

Watch the video below for the features explanation.

There are several bug fixes and new feature. Visit Cakewalk for more information and download link.

The project is developed and maintained by JSonar development team with multiple contributions from the community of JSonar users.

JSonar now support several languages including English, Russion, Dutch, German and Swedish.

Learn more about JSonar by first reading their FAQ section.

You can download JSonar for free.

There is another Cakewalk Sonar screen reader titled CakeTalking selling for $289. It supports the latest version of Sonar 8.0.

Now the built-in plug-ins are decent enough that you might not need to spend extra dollars to buy third party plug-ins.

One of the tool shown by Seth is the Channel Tools, which provides easy and powerful zero-latency channel processing for adjusting L/R channel placement, gain, pan/width, and phase; sample delay for precision timing adjustment of L/R channels in recordings; Automatic Mid-Side decoding of imported Mid-Side recorded material. Channel Tools can also provide a widening or narrowing effect to stereo recordings through adjustments to mid-side gain.

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Brandon demonstrated the new effect processors

TS 64 Transient Shaper – a powerful tool for sculpting the transient dynamics of any percussive based source material such as drums or guitars.

TL-64 Tube Leveler — a line driver/leveling processor that employs advanced analog vacuum-tube circuit modeling algorithms to add the unique qualities of tube color and warmth found in classic recordings to whatever source material it is applied.

Beatscape loop performance instrument — Beatscape, the latest instrument by Cakewalk’s premier synthesis architect René Ceballos takes loop manipulation and realtime triggering/performance to new heights. Beatscape provides 16-pads to load and trigger loops or samples for sequencing your productions and beats. Each pad features a full powered REX player, Rapture-style step generator, multiple effect processors, and sophisticated groove slicing and dicing tools powered by Cakewalk’s own AudioSnap slicing technology.

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• Newly-added instruments including Beatscape, Dimension Pro, and TruePianos Amber VSTi
• New features such as Loop Explorer 2.0, higher track counts with lower latency, single instrument tracks, Anytime Recording, more
• New plug-ins, including the TS-64 transient shaper, TL-64 Tube Leveler, Channel Tools, and more
• New creative content — Maximize your creative potential with SONAR’s massive collection of loops, samples, and presets

Also, get your first glimpse at the new SONAR V-Studio 700, the groundbreaking new hardware/software solution from Cakewalk by Roland. Visit www.sonarvstudio.com to watch exclusive videos and get in-depth product information.

SONAR 8 Music Production ‘08 Tour:

Thursday, November 13, 2008
Guitar Center Rockville
12401 Twinbrook Parkway
Rockville, MD
301-231-6100
Time: 7:00 – 8:30

Thursday, November 13, 2008
Guitar Center Seattle
530 Westlake Ave.
Seattle, WA
206-287-9100
Time: 7:00 – 8:30

Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Guitar Center Central Dallas
7814 North Central Expressway
Dallas, TX
214-692-9999
Time: 7:00 – 8:30

Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Sam Ash Carle Place
385 Old Country Road
Carle Place, NY
516-333-8700
Time: 6:30 – 8:00

Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Guitar Center Natick
321-C Speen St. Cloverleaf
Natick, MA
508-655-6525
Time: 7:00 – 8:30

Tuesday, December 2, 2008
West LA Music
11345 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
310-477-1945
Time: 7:00 – 8:30