Cakewalk® Announces the Music Production '08 Tour

—Tour to offer an in-depth exploration of the latest in digital audio workstation technology, the latest version of SONAR
and sneak preview of the new SONAR V-Studio 700 Production System—

The Music Production Tour is your chance to take a guided tour with certified Cakewalk product specialists through SONAR's new features, workflow enhancements, and performance optimizations. Drop by one of the tour stops to see first-hand:

• Demonstrations of SONAR 8's core enhancements in music creation, editing, and mixing & mastering.
• Newly-added instruments including Beatscape — the ultimate remixing instrument takes loop manipulation and real-time triggering/performance to new heights — and TruePianos Amber VSTi Module
• New features such as Loop Explorer 2.0, a dedicated instrument track (a single track optimized for mono/stereo virtual synths), Send Assign Assistant, and many routing, editing and mixing refinements
• New plug-ins, including the TS-64 transient shaper, TL-64 Tube Leveler, Channel Tools stereo image processor and Native Instruments Guitar Rig 3 LE
• New creative content — Maximize your creative potential with SONAR's massive collection of loops, samples, and presets. Includes 4 GB of custom REX loops from Heatseekers and XMiX for use with Beatscape; 8 GB of samples and programs for Dimension Pro including Strings, Bass, Brass, Ethnic Instruments and Evolving Ambient Textures; new and updated ACT mappings for popular control surfaces and MIDI controllers, and much more
• Your first glimpse at the new SONAR V-Studio 700, the groundbreaking new hardware/software solution from Cakewalk by Roland

In addition, you will also learn about other Cakewalk products that extend SONAR's creative capabilities including:

• Dimension Pro a full, newly-updated version of the classic Cakewalk synthesizer now comes standard in SONAR 8 Producer (Dimension LE in Studio version)
• Rapture LE
• And more

Both existing SONAR customers and users of other software products are encouraged to attend the SONAR 8 Tour. Visit www.cakewalk.com/events to learn more about the tour and pre-register for dates in advance. Cakewalk product specialists will be on hand at each tour date to provide an in-depth look at the powerful tools SONAR 8 provides, as well as to answer any questions. Giveaways, upgrades, and competitive upgrade pricing to SONAR 8 will be available the night of the event.