Cakewalk^® Announces the Project5™ MUSIC.INSPIRED™ Tour

— 80 Date National Tour Will Spotlight how Project5 Version 2 blurs the boundary between studio and stage, providing everything you need to create and perform today's music—

Boston, MA — Cakewalk, developer of the world's best-selling music and sound software for Windows, today announced the Project5 MUSIC.INSPIRED retail clinic tour.

The Project5 MUSIC.INSPIRED Tour will be hosted by Cakewalk product specialists who will demonstrate how Project5 is simply, everything you need to create and perform today's music. 

Project5 Version 2 delivers the solid real-time performance, stability, and ease of use of traditional hardware music workstations—with the additional power, flexibility, and portability of PC software.  Attendees will be able to see first hand how Project5 Version 2 has been streamlined to put the features you need most—and larger than life sounds—easily in view and right at your fingertips.

The Project5 MUSIC.INSPIRED Tour is of special interest to Reason™ and Pro Tools® users. These customers will learn how Project5’s ReWire Host and Client capabilities extend Reason and Pro Tools with benefits including audio recording and editing (Reason), advanced MIDI editing (Reason and Pro Tools), and open, native synth host capabilities, giving them the freedom to use hundreds of DirectX and VST plug-ins and instruments.

Key Enhancements to Project5 Version 2:

• Streamlined user interface
• Dimension™ multimode sampling synthesizer
• Responsive audio engine optimized for real-time use
• GrooveMatrix™ multipad pattern triggering
• Per-track arpeggiator
• Integrated multitrack audio recording and editing
• ReWire host and client
• Open host environment
• Loop reconstruction tools
• Alias Factor™ bit decimator and resonant filter
• PSYN II subtractive synthesizer

The Project5 MUSIC.INSPIRED Tour will be staged at key music retailers around the nation starting May 23, 2005. Special promotions will be available for Project5 Version 2 purchases the day of the event. For more information visit the Cakewalk web site www.cakewalk.com; or call 888-CAKEWALK (617-423-9004 outside U.S.).

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Founded in 1987 and based in Boston, MA, Cakewalk is an international, industry-leading provider of software for music and sound creation. The company's award-winning products are used worldwide by more than 1,000,000 users, for applications including audio CD production, film/TV soundtracks, live stage sound, club remixes, computer game sound, multimedia applications, and Internet delivery.

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