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SONAR 7
Studio Edition

What's new

Key features

Step-sequencer

Smart MIDI

MIDI enhancements

Instruments

Boost 11

Sidechaining

External hardware

Mixing and recording

Studio vs. Producer

System requirements

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Key new features for SONAR 7 Studio Edition

New features

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  • Integrated Step Sequencer view—the most innovative step sequencer feature set available in any DAW
     
  • Smart MIDI Tools—intuitively use one tool for multiple editing tasks; completely customizable
     
  • Real-time Drag-Quantize allows selected notes and events to be quickly aligned with snap settings
     
  • Multilane controller editing in Piano Roll view; controller data can be moved/copied across lanes; multiple controls can be viewed/edited per lane to economize screen real estate
     
  • MIDI display features including MIDI Magnifier, MIDI Meters, and Velocity Colorizer
     
  • Enhanced MIDI editing with functions for splitting, gluing, and muting notes
     
  • New ACT (Active Controller Technology) presets for Akai MPK49, Korg padKONTROL, and Line6 TonePort KB37
     
  • New instruments: Session Drummer 2, Dimension LE (featuring Garritan Pocket Orchestra), Rapture LE, and DropZone Sample player/synth; Over 1000 instruments sounds
      
  • Internal sidechaining for Sonitus:fx Compressor, Sonitus:fx Gate, and 3rd party VST plug-ins with sidechain (multi-input) capability
     
  • External Insert Plug-in lets you insert and mix with external hardware effects and instruments with automatic delay compensation
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  • Boost 11 Peak Limiter
     
  • Dim Solo keeps tracks in context by reducing volume of unsoloed tracks by 6, 12, or 18 dB instead of muting
     
  • Drag & drop EQ settings across channels in the console view
     
  • Shortcuts for assigning a series of audio inputs, and routing selected tracks/busses to the same input/output/main
     
  • Rename Synths in Synth Rack
     
  • Original SMPTE time stamps now stored with clips with easy revert to original time stamp
     
  • Right-click at cursor to Import audio/MIDI data
     
  • Wave-64 support provides capabilities to record large scale (2 GB+) projects
     
  • High bandwidth multi-track recording optimizations
     
  • New file format import/export options including Sony Wave-64, AIF, CAF, FLAC, Sound Designer II
     
  • File Recovery mode
     
  • Integrated Audio CD ripping and burning
     
  • Cakewalk Publisher 2.0 for uploading and presenting music online

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