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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 XL adds more value by giving you the tools you need to take your productions to the next level. Enhanced features include Cakewalk’s acclaimed Step Sequencer, Studio Devil VGA+ Guitar Amp Simulator, Cakewalk Studio Instruments backing band, and Cakewalk Audio Creator LE featuring the Editor and Burner Modules.

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
  

XL Includes:

• Step Sequencer: New to Home Studio XL, the Step Sequencer allows you to easily create beats, synth parts, and more. 
• Studio Devil VGA +: Leave your amp at the practice space. Plug in your guitar or bass for direct recording and get amazing overdrive and distortion sounds.
• Studio Instruments with Digital Sound Factory Expansion Pack: Everything you need for your built-in backing band: Drums, Bass Guitar, Electric Piano, and a String Section with more drum kits, electric pianos, strings and bass sounds.
• Dimension LE: A special version of the acclaimed synth with over 400 sounds including real bass, organ, electric piano, cutting edge synths, rhythmic grooves, and more.
• Boost 11 Peak Limiter: Get more volume and punch from your final mix with this easy-to-use limiter/maximizer. Boost 11 gives you professional results through a simple interface.
• Garritan Pocket Orchestra
  

Create & Record

• 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
• Expand your studio with VST, DX, and ReWire synths, effects, and applications including Ableton Live™ and Reason™

Arrange & Edit

• 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 & Share

• 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

• Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2 (32 and 64-bit), or Windows 7 (32 and 64-bit)
• Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz [EMT64] or AMD Athlon XP 2800+ or higher
• 1 GB
• 1024 x 768, 16-bit color
• 200 MB (Minimal Installation) or higher
  
• SONAR is presented on DVD media. DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R, or DVD+/-RW Drive required for installation