Your Backing Band
No band? No problem. The included Cakewalk Studio Instruments (a $49 value) boasts top-quality electric bass, drums, piano, and strings—it's like having session players at your disposal 24/7. You can also add additional virtual instruments with support for VST and ReWire.
Drums Highlights
- Load multiple drum sound programs and play pre-recorded drum grooves in a variety of styles
- Includes patterns in a variety of styles: Rock, Pop, Hip Hop, Jazz, Blues, Funk, and more
- Drag patterns into your recording software to make variations
- Use your MIDI controller, computer keyboard, or mouse to play drums
- Drums pulse and cymbals crash in time with the music
- Use built-in compression and reverb to get edgy and realistic sounds
- Control tuning, panning, and volume for infinite variety
- Load and trigger multiple grooves for different sections of your song
Bass Highlights
- Load presets for multiple electric bass sounds from classic to modern
- Play essential bass lines in a variety of styles and easily transpose them to the key of your song
- Includes patterns in a variety of styles: Rock, Pop, Hip Hop, Jazz, Blues, Funk, and more
- You can also drag patterns into your recording software to make variations
- Get bass sounds ranging from aggressive to smooth with control over Bass, Mid, Treble, drive, and compression
- Select pick-ups and slide between notes for even more realistic sounds
- Use your MIDI controller, computer keyboard, or interactive fretboard to play
- Strings strum in time with the music
- Load and trigger multiple bass lines for different sections of your song
Electric Piano Highlights
- Load presets for multiple electric keyboard sounds from classic to modern
- Play pre-recorded keyboard chord changes and lines in a variety of styles and easily transpose them to the key of your song
- Includes patterns in a variety of styles: Rock, Pop, Hip Hop, Jazz, Blues, Funk, and more
- You can also drag patterns into your recording software to make variations
- Get awesome tones with special effects like drive, chorus, and tremolo
- Use your MIDI controller, computer keyboard, or click interactive keys to play
keys play in time with the music - Load and trigger multiple keyboard parts for different sections of your song
Strings Highlights
- Load presets for multiple string section sounds ranging from lush and ambient to orchestral and cinematic
Play commonly used string section parts in a variety of styles—easily transpose them to the key of your song - Includes patterns in a variety of styles: Rock, Pop, Hip Hop, Jazz, Blues, Funk, and more
- You can also drag patterns into your recording software to make variations
- Use your MIDI controller, computer keyboard, or click interactive keys to play
- Bass, cello, and violin are bowed in time to the music
- Control the nuances of your string sounds with control over attack, release, Chorus, and reverb for the string section, plus pan and tone for each individual instrument.
- Load and trigger multiple string section parts for different sections of your song
