DAW Software 11-13-11

After upgrading a couple of years ago to Sonar Producer 8.5 I was a bit skeptical about the new X-1 Producers qualifications. Whether there was sufficient need to upgrade and what not. The word from Cakewalk/Sonar was the Pro Channel selling point and as much as I wanted to get the Pro Channel Im needed more of a push to upgrade. This came from two sources one was the system requirements which were somewhat lower than required for 8.5 which was a plus because I had maxed the resources out a few times in my recording projects. Of course the Pro Channel was a definite plus also.....each track has it's on compressor, EQ, and tube saturation....good for that studio polished sound. But what really got me to got out the funds was a review by a Sound Egineer who stated there was a noticible increase in fidelity over the 8.5. Seeing how I'm always looking to get a higher fidelity sound I dropped the $99 for the upgrade. $99 isn't much but I've already upgraded from Studio 6XL to 8.5 Producer (which if I remember right the 6XL was $149, and the upgrade to 8.5 was $199) so the $99 was a relief from the retail$399 X-1 Producer price. Any how here are some of the specs.................




Cakewalk's SONAR X1 Producer has all the goods to deliver the polished, “radio-ready” recordings that are expected in today’s music industry.

Included are all of SONAR Studio’s cutting-edge music creation tools plus an unparalleled collection of world-class instruments and effects, making SONAR X1 Producer truly an all-in-one solution for creating today’s music. From the innovative Skylight interface to the legendary, “big-studio” sound of the ProChannel console strip, SONAR X1 Producer is the ideal choice for anyone serious about music production.SONAR X1 Producer highlights:
• ProChannel: Built in channel strip of modeled compression, EQ, and tube saturation on every audio track and bus. Fully customizable routing
• Session Drummer 3: Professional drum VST with kits from Steven Slate, Ocean Way, original 707, 808, 909, samples and over 700 included patterns
• Dimension Pro: 4 part wavetable virtual synthesizer; Over 8GB of sample content (1500 patches) including bass, strings, pads, the Garritan Pocket Orchestra and more
• Mastering Effects: Finalize your mix with the 64-bit linear phase-accurate equalizer and multi-band compressor
• Channel Strip Effects: VX-64 7-stage vocal effect strip and PX-64 7-stage percussion effect strip
• TruePianos Amber: The Amber module of TruePianos provides a truly immersive modeled piano VST that uses very little CPU

Cakewalk SONAR X-1 Producer DAW Features at a Glance:


Cakewalk SONAR X1 Producer will change the way you record and produce music in your PC!



Specification

Detail

Software Type

DAW

Supported Computer Format

PC

Supported Plug-In Formats

VST, DX

Supported Audio Formats

WAVE, AIFF, MPEG, .asf, .au, .snd, CAF, REX, Wave64, FLAC, Sound Designer II

Hardware Requirements - Mac

Not Mac compatible

Hardware Requirements - PC

Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 2.67GHz or faster, or AMD Phenom Quad Core 9750 2.4GHz or faster

OS Requirements - Mac

Not Mac compatbile

OS Requirements - PC

Windows XP or later

Manufacturer Part Number

10-CXSP1.00-10C



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