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SONAR 5 Producer Edition

Version 5 adds an array of responsive instruments, VST effects, and amazing editing tools including Roland® V-Vocal™ VariPhrase technology. These new features are paired with a double precision floating point engine that delivers incredible increases in dynamic range. SONAR’s crystal clear 64-bit audio engine, seamless and stable even on 32-bit computers, sets the new bar for digital mixing. In addition, SONAR 5 delivers progressive advances in RAM and native processing power on computers running Windows XP x64 Edition.

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New Sonar 5 features include:

NEW—PSYN™ II subtractive synth, Pentagon™ I vintage analog synth, Roland® GrooveSynth™, SFZ SoundFont sampler, RXP ™ REX Player groove box

Additional instruments include TTS-1™, Cyclone™, and DreamStation™

NEW—Perfect Space™ Convolution Reverb

Additional effects include Lexicon® Pantheon™ Reverb, Sonitus:fx Suite (10 effects), many more

NEW—Updated MIDI FX plug-ins

NEW—Integrated inline audio and MIDI editing, arranging, and mixing all in one view

NEW—Envelope automation drawing enhanced with tempo-sync patterns, freehand, more

NEW—Object-oriented clip-based effects and editing including per-clip effects bin, clip-based effect automation, and more

NEW—BitBridge™ enables 32-bit VST effects and instruments in SONAR’s 64-bit environment

NEW—Remove DC offset during recording

Dynamic Console View with per-channel EQ and assignable FX controls

Freeze for tracks, effects, and synths—unloads plug-ins, frees RAM, frozen audio is editable, Quick Unfreeze allows for toggling, more

SurroundBridge™—use your favorite stereo effect plug-ins in surround

NEW—Advanced step recording

Edit and print traditional staff notation

Professional Project File Management Tools: manage large projects effectively with Navigator Pane and Track Folders; per project audio directories; consolidate project files for fast backup; search for associated files; more

NEW—Video output to 1394 FireWire devices for high quality viewing with lower CPU and disk usage

Sync to and send SMPTE/MTC for scoring external video

OMFI & Broadcast Wave import/export for collaboration with Digital Performer, Logic, Nuendo, and Pro Tools studios

Import formats: AIF, ASF, AU, AVI (with stereo or 5.1 audio), Broadcast Wave, MIDI, MP2, MP3, MPEG, MPG, OMFI, QuickTime 6, SND, WAV (including 32-bit float files), Windows Media Audio 9 (WMA), WMA9 Pro 5.1, WMA9 lossless, Windows Media Video, proprietary Cakewalk formats (.bun, .cwb, .cwp, .wrk)

Export: WAV (including 32-bit float files), ACID™-format WAV, Broadcast Wave, AVI (with stereo or 5.1 audio), OMFI, MIDI, MP3 (30-day trial encoder), QuickTime 6, Windows Media Audio 9 (WMA), WMA9 Pro 5.1, WMA9 lossless, Windows Media Video (with stereo or 5.1 audio), and proprietary Cakewalk formats (.cwb, .cwp); other audio formats supported via external command line encoders

Previous version: Sonar 4

Recommended System Requirements:

OS: Windows XP
Processor: 1.2GHz+
RAM: 512MB
HD Space: 100MB (7200 RPM)
Graphics: 1280x960 24-bit
MIDI Interface: Windows compatible
Sound Card: WDM or ASIO compatible

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If there was any shortcoming to this book, it would be that it contains TOO much information ...but that is not so much an issue with the book, as much as it is the scope of the topic itself, as Sonar 5 has a HUGE feature set which can be daunting to the home musician and even the professional alike.

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