Cakewalk Sonar 8.5 Producer Edition

The Cakewalk Sonar 8.5 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 8.5 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 version 8.5, SONAR continues to innovate on all fronts.  New beat creating and arrangement tools, a new drum instrument loaded with stellar kits, enhanced audio quantizing, new multi-stage effect plug-ins, and more combine together to make SONAR the most complete, most professional, and best sounding DAW on any platform.

SONAR 8.5 is the digital audio workstation that offers one-of-a-kind music creation tools to help you right from the start of the production process.  Whether you are searching for new ideas or looking to add musical parts to existing songs, SONAR 8.5 can help you break through those creative blocks.

Session Drummer 3 lets you quickly and easily create original, mix-ready drum parts for your productions.  Get your groove on with hundreds of patterns ranging from vintage rock to electronica and 20 complete drum kits including genuine Roland® 707, 808, and 909 kits.  Content providers include Ocean Way Studios, Steven Slate, Sonic Reality, and Groove Monkee. SONAR 8 Producer Exclusive

Matrix View
Matrix View lets you enter the world of non-linear music composition and experience a whole new approach to creating music in any genre.  The Matrix view allows you to load audio or MIDI tracks, loops, and one-shots to improvise compositions on the fly.  Instantly create remixes, sketch out different arrangements for any song, and even perform live with just your MIDI keyboard or pad controller.  SONAR 8 Producer Exclusive

Step Sequencer

Step Sequencer 2.0 lets you create drum tracks, beats, bass, and synth lines with a click of the mouse.  Save time with a convenient auto-populate feature for common rhythmic patterns.   Don't settle for robotic, step-sequenced parts—the exclusive Per-step Probability feature lets you add automatic variations.  Make your sequences even more exciting with nuances like flam, swing, and time-offset

Arpeggiator
Use the new per-track Arpeggiator to create new sections for your songs, breathe life into stale chord progressions, and discover new musical lines and hooks.  With one key click you can experience sweeping staccato parts, chord strums, and lightning-fast runs to add new layers of sound to your productions.

Rapture
Rapture LE is a special version of the award- winning Rapture synthesizer. It includes over 200 programs & hundreds of oscillator shapes.  Quickly load production-ready patches from growling leads to bumpin' basses and spacious pads - ideal for today's pop, dance, and electronic music.

TruePianos
TruePianos Amber is a VSTi that provides realistic piano sounds, superb playability, and acoustic-style responsiveness.  Get brilliant sounds with low CPU usage for optimal performance.  SONAR 8 Producer Exclusive

Dimension Pro
Dimension Pro — your go-to instrument allows you to add both real and synthesized instrument sounds to your projects including synths, strings, basses, acoustic and electric guitars, vocal hits and more.  Its immense 7 GB content library, featuring 2200+ programs plus the Digital Sound Factory Vol. 2 Classic Keys Pack, gives you endless possibilities.

Media Browser
Media Browser lets you browse and preview audio and MIDI groove clips and patterns.  Quickly build backing tracks for your song and preview MIDI with the virtual instrument of your choice.