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Sonar
General
features
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SONAR
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Pro
Audio 9
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Platforms
supported
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Windows 98/98SE/
ME/2000
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Windows 95/98/98 SE/NT 4.0
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Maximum
simultaneous audio tracks
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Unlimited
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128
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Total
MIDI and audio tracks
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Unlimited
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256
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MIDI
resolution
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960
PPQN
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480
PPQN
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Unlimited
level of undo/redo with Undo History
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X
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X
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Familiar
tape recorder-like transport controls (Rewind, Stop, Play, Record)
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X
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X
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Real-time
processing of editing commands
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X
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X
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SMPTE/MTC
support for syncing to film/video
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X
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X
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Automatically
monitor for incoming SMPTE time code with no wait mode.
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X
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MIDI
Sync (smart FSK) support (master and slave)
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X
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X
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MIDI
Machine Control (MMC) support
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X
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X
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Key
Macros (assign various commands to keyboard or MIDI hotkeys)
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X
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X
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Basic
audio and MIDI loop functionality (recording and playback)
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X
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X
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Advanced
audio loop functionality allowing loops to playback at project tempo
and pitch; click and drag to "paint" loops in your project; preview
loops in real-time; create loops from any WAV, MP3, or AIF file
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X
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Cakewalk
Application Language (CAL) for custom editing commands and macros
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X
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X
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Drag
and drop project files, MIDI files and wave files from Windows Explorer
and Windows Desktop |
X
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X
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Integrated
Explorer Window with file preview |
X
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Open
AVI, MPEG, and QuickTime 2 Video formats; export to AVI |
X
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X
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Resize
all tracks |
X
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X
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Individually
sizeable tracks |
X
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Context-sensitive
online Help |
X
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X
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Compatible
with earlier version of Cakewalk software (load old WRK files) |
X
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X
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Views
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SONAR
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Pro
Audio 9
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Track/Clips
view for graphical editing of song structure
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X
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X
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Enhanced
Track view with full arranging, audio editing, mixing and monitoring
capabilities. Includes Aux buses and mains.
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X
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Audio
view for graphical editing of audio events
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(integrated into Track view)
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X
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Loop
Explorer window to quickly find, preview, and drag and drop audio
loop files into project
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X
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Multitrack
Piano Roll view for graphical editing of MIDI note and controller
events
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X
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X
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Console
view for mixing audio and MIDI tracks and adding effects (supports
automation and remote control)
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X
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X
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Staff
view (music notation, percussion notation, and guitar tablature)
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X
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X
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Guitar
Fretboard view (notes displayed on guitar fretboard)
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X
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X
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Tempo
view for graphical editing of tempo changes
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X
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X
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Tempo
list
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X
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X
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Event
List view
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X
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X
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Lyrics
view
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X
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X
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Markers
view
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X
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X
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Meter/Key
view
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X
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X
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System
Exclusive (Sysx) view (8192 banks per file)
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X
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X
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StudioWare
view to control external MIDI gear
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X
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X
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Big
Time view to display the songs current time in any font and size
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X
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X
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Playlist
view
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X
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X
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Video
Playback Window
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X
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X
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Integrated
MIDI & digital audio editing
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SONAR
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Pro
Audio 9
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Slide
MIDI and audio events as well as markers by: measures, ticks, seconds,
and frames
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X
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X
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Quantize,
Swing Quantize, Groove Quantize
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X
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X
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Draw
Tempo Changes to audio and MIDI in Tempo View
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X
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X
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Length:
change the start time and duration of all selected events by a certain
percentage (with stretch audio option)
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X
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X
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Transpose:
chromatically pitch shift audio & MIDI (with diatonic option
for MIDI)
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X
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X
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Fit
to Time, Fit Improvisation (with stretch audio option)
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X
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X
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Interpolate:
search for events that meet certain criteria, and change their properties
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X
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X
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Retrograde:
reverse the order of selected events
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X
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X
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Scale
Velocity of events
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X
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X
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Deglitch
filter
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X
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X
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Vector-based
"envelope" mixing for audio volume and pan
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X
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X
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Vector
based mixing for audio auxiliary sends and pans; MIDI Velocity,
Reverb, Chorus, and any MIDI controller, RPN, and NRPN; DirectX
8 audio effects automation for all parameters; and DXi soft synth
automation.
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X
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Convert
MIDI controller data to envelope vectors
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X
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Non-destructive
slip editing (trimming) of Audio and MIDI clips
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X
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Audio
features
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SONAR
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Pro
Audio 9
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32-bit
Audio Mix Engine
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X
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X
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Real-time
32-bit, floating-point, stereo effects processing
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X
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X
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16-,
18-, 20-, 22- and 24-bit audio at variable sampling rates: 11.025,
22.05, 44.1, 48, 96 kHz
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X
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X
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Virtual
Main Buses
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Up
to 64
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AudioX
support for complete control of advanced audio hardware with AudioX
driver
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X
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X
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Support
for optional WDM Driver Kernel Streaming for lowest latency audio
mixing and real-time editing, DXi soft synths, and live input monitoring
of audio effects.
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X
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Basic
audio metering in console view
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X
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X
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Enhanced
Meters (Record and Playback meters in both Track view and Console
view; Peak, RMS, and Peak+RMS meters; pre fader, post fader, pre
fader post FX)
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X
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Auxiliary
sends post-fader
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X
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X
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Auxiliary
sends Pre-fader (optional)
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X
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True
interleaved stereo support
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X
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X
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Invert
Phase switch (per channel)
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X
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Intelligent
and automatic file management to conserve disk space (no need to
name files; simply press record and let Cakewalk software take care
of organizing the audio files)
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X
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X
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Audio
layered loop record and playback
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X
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X
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Mixdown
multitrack audio to stereo (bounce audio tracks in order to add
more audio tracks than your system can normally handle)
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X
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X
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Graphic
EQ
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X
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X
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Parametric
EQ
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X
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X
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Gain
Change (3dB Louder, 3dB Quieter)
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X
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X
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Normalize
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X
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X
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Reverse
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X
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X
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Pre-programmed
& custom effects presets
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X
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X
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Fade/Envelope
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X
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X
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Click
and drag audio clip corners to create fades |
X
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Cross-Fade
With customized fade curves
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X
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X
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Automatically
cross-fade overlapping audio clips (optional)
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X
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Remove
Silence
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X
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X
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Time/Pitch
stretch (w/Formant Preserving Option)
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X
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X
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Audition
audio effects prior to processing
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X
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X
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Compact
Audio Data for more efficient use of disk space and better performance
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X
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X
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Clean
Audio Disk (free up disk space by deleting audio data no longer
in use by Cakewalk)
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X
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X
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Cut,
split, and snap audio events to zero-crossing points for click-free
editing
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X
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X
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Import
WAV files
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X
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X
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Import
.MP3, ACID™, .AIFF, .ASF, .AU, .MP2,.MPG, .MPEG, .SND files |
X
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Export
audio to WAV, Windows Media Advanced Streaming Format, RealSystem
G2, and MP3 (SONAR uses trial-version MP3 encoder) |
X
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X
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Bounce
tracks with option to include/exclude controller automation, volume
envelopes, pan envelopes, track insert effects, aux return effects,
and master effects |
X
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X
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Audio
loop construction and editing
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SONAR
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Pro
Audio 9
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Supports
audio loops with embedded pitch and tempo data allowing for flexible
time stretching/pitch shifting.
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X
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Make
tempo and pitch changes to audio loops in real-time.
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X
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Automatic
beat matching.
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X
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Click
and drag to lay down loops when and where you want them.
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X
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Preview
loops in real-time from the Loop Explorer view. ACID™-compatible
loops will playback at project tempo.
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X
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Combine
an infinite number of different loops on the same track.
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X
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X
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Edit
individual beats of loops to customize your groove.
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X
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X
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Import
hundreds of included Smart Loops and Power FX loops, or create your
own from any WAV, MP3, or AIF file.
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X
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Reads
loop library files in formats like WAV, MP3 and ACID-compatible.
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X
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Real-time
audio effects processing
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SONAR
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Pro
Audio 9
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Maximum
simultaneous real-time audio effects:
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Unlimited
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256
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Apply
effects as track inserts, to aux buses, or as master inserts
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X
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X
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Support
for third-party DirectXTM audio plug-ins
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X
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X
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Fully
automatable support for DirectX 8 audio plug-ins
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X
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Pre-programmed
& custom effects presets
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X
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X
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Audition
effects before processing
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X
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X
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Real-time,
live input monitoring of effects
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X
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Pitch
Shifter (32-bit, mono, non-automatable)
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X
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X
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FX
Audio Effects Pack (reverb & chorus, Non-automatable)
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X
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X
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CFX:
2 Band EQ, Chorus, Delay/Echo, Flanger, Reverb (32-bit, mono, non-automatable)
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X
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X
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FX:
Parametric EQ, Chorus, Delay, Flanger, Reverb (32-bit, stereo, non-automatable)
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X
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X
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AmpSim
Lite amplifier simulation (32-bit, stereo, non-automatable)
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X
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X
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AmpSim
full version (32-bit, stereo, non-automatable)
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X
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Tape
Saturation (32-bit, stereo, non-automatable)
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X
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Compressor/Gate
(32-bit, stereo, non-automatable)
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X
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Expander/Gate
(32-bit, stereo, non-automatable)
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X
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Limiter
(32-bit, stereo, non-automatable)
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X
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Dynamics
Processor (32-bit, stereo, non-automatable)
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X
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Power
Technologies Chorus (32-bit, stereo, fully automatable)
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X
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Power
Technologies Delay (32-bit, stereo, fully automatable)
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X
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Power
Technologies Flange (32-bit, stereo, fully automatable)
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X
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Power
Technologies Parametric EQ (32-bit, stereo, fully automatable)
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X
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Power
Technologies StudioVerb (32-bit, stereo, fully automatable)
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X
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Integrated
DXi soft synth support
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SONAR
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Pro
Audio 9
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Support
for (DXi) DX Instruments software synthesizers
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X
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Quickly
patch DXi-compatible soft synths on tracks
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X
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Route
MIDI tracks to DXi soft synths or run synths as stand alone tone
generators.
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X
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Control
and play synths in real-time using their internal interface or external
MIDI devices.
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X
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Patch
audio effects to synth outputs.
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X
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Route
synth output through auxiliary sends.
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X
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Record
synth output to audio tracks.
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X
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Save
synth settings within SONAR projects
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X
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Included
synths Virtual Sound Canvas™ DXi, Tassman™ SE DXi, Live Synth™ Pro
SE DXi, and DreamStation™ DXi.
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X
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Tassman
2.0 (full version) and ReValver™ FX DXi
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SONAR
XL only
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Realtime
MIDI effects processing
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SONAR
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Pro
Audio 9
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Maximum
simultaneous real-time MIDI effects
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Unlimited
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256
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Apply
effects as track inserts
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X
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X
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Pre-programmed
& custom effects presets
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X
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X
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Arpeggiator
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X
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X
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Quantize
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X
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X
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Delay/Echo
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X
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X
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MIDI
Filter
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X
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X
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Transpose
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X
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X
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Velocity
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X
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X
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Chord
Analyzer
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X
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X
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Session
Drummer
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X
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X
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NTONX
Style Enhancer Micro 1.28 (performance modeling)
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X
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NTONX
Style Enhancer Micro 2.0 (performance modeling)
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X
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MusicLab
Rhythm'n'Chords 2.0 Lite
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X
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MusicLab
Looper
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X
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MusicLab
Fixed Length
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X
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MusicLab
Velomaster Lite (Compressor/Limiter for MIDI)
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X
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Display
options
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SONAR
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Pro
Audio 9
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Unlimited
custom screen layouts
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X
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X
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Assign
screen layouts to hotkeys for instant recall
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X
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X
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Assign
custom colors to MIDI events, text, window background, markers,
clips, etc.
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X
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X
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Display
time in measures, beats, and ticks, or in SMPTE time
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X
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X
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Assign
custom wallpaper to the main program window
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X
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X
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Status
bar (optional)
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X
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X
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Tooltips
(optional)
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X
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X
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Multiple
view tabs in track view to display only the data you want
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X
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Customize
Track view colors |
X
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Dual
monitor support
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X
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Hardware
support
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SONAR
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Pro
Audio 9
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Instrument
Definitions for over 200 popular MIDI instruments to see and select
patches, banks, controllers, and notes by name
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X
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X
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Patch
Browser (quickly find any patch in any bank)
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X
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X
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Support
for individual Windows-compatible sound cards 16-bit to 24-bit/11kHz
to 96kHz)
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X
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X
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Support
for multi-channel sound cards
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X
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X
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Windows
MME audio wave driver support
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X
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X
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Windows
WDM audio driver support
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X
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Simultaneous
use of multiple-installed sound cards
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X
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X
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Yamaha
DSP Factory (DS 2416 audio card) support
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X
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X
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8192
Bank Sysx Librarian
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X
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X
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Receive
Sysx dumps automatically by transmitting custom Dump Request Macros
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X
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X
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StudioWare™
for MIDI studio automation
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X
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X
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StudioWareTM
panels: General MIDI editor, Roland GS Editor, Creative Labs AWE
Yamaha O3D, Yamaha ProMix 01, Yamaha SW1000, Roland VS-880, Roland
JV-2080, Roland GR-30, Roland UA-100, Roland SC-88, Mackie OTTO
1604, MMC, Novation Bass Station, Novation Super Bass Station, Novation
Drum Station, E-MU Orbit, Tascam RC-808, Line 6 POD, more
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X
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X
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StudioWareTM
panels: Fender Cyber-Twin, Line 6 Bass POD, Line 6 POD version 2
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X
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StudioWareTM
design mode to create your own custom StudioWareTM panels
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X
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X
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