Description:

SONAR Home Studio 7 is the easiest way to turn your PC into a full-fledged music production studio. From start to finish, SONAR Home Studio 7 will help you capture your creativity and share it with the world. With SONAR Home Studio 7 you can record live instruments, vocals, or any audio source. You can easily edit audio, MIDI, and music notation. The updated Loop Explorer gives you the tools to build backing tracks faster than ever. Add real instrument sounds using the included virtual instruments suite. Bring your mix together with studio-quality audio effects and professional mixing tools. When you are finished, share your music on the web or burn it to CD for fans, friends, and family. SONAR Home Studio 7 is the complete solution for creating and sharing professional quality music--now easier than ever.

SONAR Home Studio 7 is perfect for:

• Bands who want to record their own music
  
• Singer-songwriters who want professional tools and a professional sound
  
• MCs who want to create beats fast and easy
  
• Educators who want to incorporate digital audio recording into their curriculum
  
• Podcasters looking to enhance programs with their own soundtracks and audio effects
  
• Anyone who enjoys making music and sharing it online or on CD

• Get creative with 64 audio tracks and unlimited MIDI tracks
  
• Track and project templates do the set-up for you so you’re making music fast
  
• Play and record MIDI parts in perfect time using Input Quantize
  
• Record your whole band at once using multi-input audio interfaces at up to 24-bit/192 kHz quality
  
• Browse over 1 GB of loop and instrument content and preview audio and MIDI loops in time and key with your song to create backing tracks
  
• Create instrument parts using the DropZone™ sampler and genuine Roland® sounds: drums, bass, guitar, keys, orchestral, and more

• Arrange and edit your project with an easy to understand user interface
  
• Recording, editing, and mixing tools are just a click away and always available
  
• Print music notation, lyrics, and lead sheets
  
• Keep projects organized with Track Folders and Track Icons
  
• Assemble the perfect take with non-destructive crossfades and other editing tools
  
• Zero in on edits and navigate quickly with Fast Zoom
  
• Freeze instruments and effects to get the best performance out of your PC
  
• Score soundtracks to video in time with the action using the Video Track

• Mix like a pro using the new Console view with built-in Sonitus:fx EQ on every channel
  
• New Send Assistant simplifies audio routing and effects busses
  
• Effortless mixing with powerful automation tools
  
• Sweeten your tracks with reverb, delay, dynamics, modulation, tape and amp simulation, and more
  
• Control your mix, effects, and instruments from external MIDI devices using Active Controller Technology™ (ACT)
  
• Burn your mixes directly to CD, or export your project to popular audio and video formats, including QuickTime
  
• Upload songs and create custom streaming music players for your website with Cakewalk Publisher

System Requirements:

Minimum Requirements
Operating System: Windows XP/Vista (32 bit)/ Mac OS X with Boot Camp
Processor Speed: Intel Pentium 4 1.3 GHz, AMD Athlon XP 1500+ or higher
RAM: 512 MB
Graphics: 1024 x 768, 16-bit color
Hard Disk Space: 100 MB program/application
Hard Disc Type: Any
MIDI Interface*: Windows-compatible
Audio Interface**: Windows-compatible
Media Drive: DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R, or DVD +/- RW Drive
Webserver Access***: None

Recommended Requirements
Operating System: Windows XP/Vista (32 bit)/ Mac OS X with Boot Camp
Processor Speed: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz, AMD Athlon XP 2800+ or higher
RAM: 1 GB or higher
Graphics: 1280 x 960, 24-bit color or higher
Hard Disk Space: 6 GB
Hard Disc Type: EIDE / Ultra DMA (7200 RPM) or SATA
MIDI Interface*: Windows-compatible
Audio Interface**: Windows-compatible
Media Drive: DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R, or DVD +/- RW Drive
Webserver Access***: Available web server space with FTP access privileges