Just choose a hip hop or electronic style then build your track with hundreds of professional sounds patterns and loops. Tap out your own rhythm with your computer keyboard and the GRID. Edit patterns and sounds with Kinetic's part editor. Bring in your own samples. Mix it down. 100%-genuine Roland sounds from their genre-defining groove boxes and synthesizers. The Roland name is synonymous with the cutting edge tones of Hip Hop Dance and Electronica. These instruments have been used by chart-toppers and underground legends for over 20 years. A whole new arsenal of sounds and effects plus VST and DirectX support so you can add hundreds of instruments to your productions.

Set It Off

Making your own tracks is easy even if you have no experience. Just choose a musical style and audition different sounds musical patterns and loops in Kinetic's browser. Layer patterns and sounds on up to 16 tracks to start building your song.

The GRID

Get hands-on control with The GRID. Just tap your computer keys to create drum patterns chords and more. You can even use your mouse or a MIDI controller to lay down a rhythm.

Take Control

Add your own style to any pattern or create your own by just pointing and clicking. Kinetic's Part Editor makes it simple.

Customize your tracks with over 1000 preset sounds or create your own with Kinetic's exclusive instruments including PSYN II synthesizer and DropZone sampler.

Unstoppable Sounds

Get inspired. Kinetic comes with over a thousand sounds to get you moving—drums keys bass guitar percussion and more. You can even use your own samples and loops or add VST and DXi synths and effects to your projects.

Roland GrooveSynth

Get sounds from the classic Roland synths and beat boxes with Roland GrooveSynth. Roland instruments defined the sounds that shaped hip hop and electronica. It would take thousands of dollars to create these sounds with hardware but now they can be yours—all you need is Kinetic and your computer.

PSYN II

Bring the sounds of classic analog synths and beyond to your music with PSYN II. This powerhouse synth is perfect for earth-shaking bass lines funky leads and rich pads. Hundreds of massive presets are included.

DropZone Sampler

There's no easier way to add your own style to a track. Just drag and drop a sample into DropZone and make it part of your beat. Perfect for creating remixes or for building the perfect hook for your song. Includes real instrument sounds drums vocals REX-format loops and more.

Loops

Kinetic includes tempo-syncing ACID-format loops and MIDI Groove Clips that will get your tracks moving no matter what style you choose. Electronic and acoustic drums basses keys guitars and other grooves automatically lock to the tempo of your project. Bring any ACID loop or Cakewalk Groove Clip into your project.

In the Mix

Control the faders. Mute solo and pan sounds. Add audio effects with the aux busses. Kinetic's mixer gives you all the control you need right at your fingertips.

Effects

Kinetic has all the effects you need to add professional polish to your productions. Add reverb delay EQ filter sweeps bit decimation and more with 10 included effects. Plus add any VST or DirectX effect to your project.

Build Your Track

Just hit record and Kinetic will automatically capture your performance as you trigger different sections change the mix and tweak your sounds. You can also point and click to arrange songs with your mouse. When you're done export WAV files for CD or WMA and MP3* files for the internet.

Cakewalk Kinetic 2 Specifications:

• System Requirements:
  
  Windows XP 1.2 GHz processor 512MB RAM 400MB of disk space Windows-compatible soundcard using WDM ASIO or DirectSound drivers. Does not support Windows 95/98/ME/NT/or 2000.

Cakewalk Kinetic 2 Features:

• Make beats and produce music with an easy point-and-click interface
  
  Includes hundreds of professional music patterns and ACID -format loops in many styles
  
  Over a thousand instrument patches featuring genuine Roland© sounds
  
  Add samples to projects with DropZone —includes instrument sounds hits drums and more
  
  Tap beats with your mouse computer keyboard or MIDI controller with
• The GRID
  
  Build & edit patterns with a powerful step sequencer/piano roll view
  
  Create bass lines leads and pads with PSYN II virtual analog synth
  
  Tweak sounds with filter reverb EQ delay enhancer decimator modulation and more
  
  Add VST & DirectX instruments & effects
  
  Connect to recording programs with ReWire support to expand your studio
  
  Export WAV files for CD or WMA and MP3* for the Internet

Order now for the ultimate software-based beat-making experience.