Get innovations that matter for professional recording, composing, editing, mixing, and mastering with this amazing studio software bundle.

For the digital recorder comes this amazing studio bundle deal that lets you compose, record and master music, with or without a computer. The music software bundle includes Cakewalk SONAR 8.5 Studio and the V-Studio 100 Portable Music Studio for professional recording at a price that'll make you smile.

Cakewalk SONAR 8.5 Studio
Cakewalk SONAR 8.5 Studio offers an incredible amount of music production tools within a powerful digital audio workstation at a great price. Built upon the same core feature set as SONAR 8 Producer, SONAR 8.5 Studio software gives you the edge in your music productions. Use Sonar 8.5 Studio for recording audio and MIDI, composing with virtual instruments, remixing with loops, mixing with professional effects or to deliver of a polished final track. All of your DAW projects will be backed by Cakewalk Sonar 8.5 Studio software's 64-bit audio quality.

Create and Record
Capture all of your musical ideas with unlimited tracks of audio and MIDI Start producing quickly with track templates that instantly load your favorite sounds Make beats and synth lines with a dedicated Step Sequencer Get inspired with a suite of critically acclaimed virtual instruments, now easier to use with Instrument Tracks Build audio and MIDI tracks fast using Groove Clips and the redesigned Loop Explorer Record at virtually any bit depth/sample rate up to 24-bit/384kHz Record an entire performance at once with support for multichannel audio interfaces New responsive Transport for on-the-fly recording Experience high track counts with low latency performance

Edit
Manipulate the timing and feel of audio, just like MIDI, with AudioSnap Assemble the perfect take from Track Layers using powerful comping and editing tools Quickly edit MIDI with state-of-the-art Smart MIDI Tools Streamline your workflow and project organization with Track Folders Edit multiple tracks at once with group editing Freeze audio and instrument tracks for optimal performance

Mix
Retain every nuance of your mix with the 64-bit audio engine Get hands-on control of your mix, instruments, and effects with Active Controller Technology Mix with a versatile Console view that looks and acts just like hardware Get sophisticated mixes with flexible routing options, unlimited submixes and sends, internal sidechaining Find and correct mix problems as they occur with Bus Waveform Preview Integrate DX & VST effects and external hardware with Automatic Delay Compensation Experience high track counts with low latency performance Get more out of your PC with superior multi-core/multiprocessor support

Collaborate and Deliver
Add audio recording and other features to Reason and other ReWire-capable applications Collaborate with studios who use other DAWs including Pro Tools, Logic Studio, and others Save time with flexible export options and faster than real-time rendering Import/export AIF, Broadcast WAV, FLAC, SD2 (Sound Designer II), QuickTime, and many other audio & video file formats Upload music directly from SONAR music software to the web using Cakewalk Publisher to create online streaming flash players Rip and burn CDs right from within Cakewalk SONAR 8.5 Studio software.

V-Studio 100 Portable Music Studio
V-Studio 100 is a portable music production system that lets you create, record, produce, and perform music with or without a Mac or PC.

V-Studio 100 works with all the leading digital audio workstations on the market today including Ableton Live, Cubase, Logic, and SONAR. It includes the critically acclaimed V-Studio 100 hardware which combines an audio interface, control surface, digital mixer, and SD WAVE recorder into one compact, portable design. In addition, V-Studio includes the VS Production pack—a collection of 10 essential effects and instruments that will enhance your productions in any Mac or PC digital audio workstation. V-Studio 100 is based on technology found in Cakewalk's flagship V-Studio 700 music production system with some new added functionality. Its compact, all-in-one design is portable enough to take anywhere for your mobile recording needs and powerful enough to be the centerpiece of your home studio.

With your computer
Take control of your music production using the V-Studio 100 as a high-quality audio and MIDI interface and DAW controller. Connect to a Mac or Windows and use your favorite software such as Cubase, Logic, SONAR, and others, or the included SONAR VS digital audio workstation (Windows Only). Take your music to the next level with the VS Production Pack—a powerful collection of effects and instruments for Mac and Windows.

Away from your computer
Record directly to V-Studio 100's SD-card wherever or whenever inspiration strikes—without the need to boot up your computer. Take the VS-100 to your live gigs and use its digital mixer, reverb, compression, and EQ to mix vocals and other instruments. Use its SD recorder to play backing tracks that you produced on your computer. Even record a mix of your set directly to the SD-card. Then transfer your recorded audio to your computer for additional editing and tracking. When you're done, upload it to the internet, burn CDs, and more.

Included VS Production Pack: In-depth details:
VX-64
A seven-stage processor specifically fine-tuned for shaping and sculpting incredible sounding vocal tracks.

Boost 11
Get more volume and punch from your final mix with this easy to use limiter/maximizer. Boost 11 gives you professional results with a simple to use interface.

Guitar Rig 3 LE
Plug in to this award-winning guitar amp modeler from Native Instruments. It includes 3 amps & cabinets, 11 effects, tuner, metronome, and over 50 presets.

Channel Tools
Easy-and-powerful zero-latency channel processing for adjusting L/R channel placement, gain, pan/width, and phase; and more.

Dimension LE
Features over 400 sound programs, ranging from real bass, organ, and electric piano samples to cutting-edge synth sounds and rhythmic grooves.

Rapture LE
Access rich, hypnotic, and rhythmic basses, leads, and pads. Includes over 200 programs and hundreds of oscillator shapes. Perfect for today's pop, dance, and electronic music.

Studio Instruments Bass
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.

Studio Instruments Drums
Create drums parts for your songs and play prerecorded drum grooves in a variety of styles including: Rock, Pop, Hip Hop, Jazz, Blues, Funk, and more. Drums pulse and cymbals crash in time with the music.

Studio Instruments Electric Piano
Play and record using a variety of electric keyboard sounds—from classic to modern. Includes patterns in a variety of styles: Rock, Pop, Hip Hop, Jazz, Blues, Funk, and more.

Studio Instruments Strings
Add lush and ambient sounds your songs—from the orchestral to the cinematic. Play commonly used string section parts in a variety of styles—easily transpose them to the key of your song.

Cakewalk V-Studio 100 and Sonar 8.5 Studio Bundle Features:

• V-Studio 100 Portable Music Studio
  
• VS-100 Audio Interface
• 8 in + mix/6 out
• 24-bit/96 kHz quality
• 2 Mic Preamps w/Phantom Power, MIDI I/O
• Hi-Z Guitar Input
• ASIO, WDM, WASAPI, Core Audio support
• Compatible with DAWs such as Ableton Live, Cubase, Logic, and SONAR
  
  VS-100 Control Surface
• Use with any DAW through Mackie Control
• 100 mm motorized, touch-sensitive fader
• 5 rotary encoders, 11 buttons, and transport control
• Advanced control of SONAR through Active Controller Technology
• Dynamic LCD display
• Programmable footswitch
  
  VS-100 Digital Mixer
• Ideal for mixing small bands, solo musicians, DJs, home studios
• 8 inputs, 6 outputs, plus headphone out
• 4 types of reverb
• 6 channels of EQ with LCD plot
• 6 channels of Compression with threshold and compression meter
• Meter & FX Display on LCD
  
  VS-100 SD recorder
• Record away from your computer
• 2 channel wave recording and playback
• Capture rehearsals and live performances or play along to backing tracks
• Play backing tracks and record your mix simultaneously
• Easily transfer audio to and from any computer via USB
• Built-in metronome
  
  VS Production Pack
• Phenomenal suite of 4 effects and 6 instruments for Mac and Windows
• VX-64 Vocal Strip
• Native Instruments Guitar Rig 3 LE
• Boost 11 Peak Limiter
• Channel Tools
• Cakewalk Studio Instruments Bass
• Cakewalk Studio Instruments Drums
• Cakewalk Studio Instruments Electric Piano
• Cakewalk Studio Instruments Strings
• Dimension LE
• Rapture LE
  
  SONAR VS Digital Audio Workstation (Windows Only)
• Included for Windows customers getting started with digital recording
• Record, arrange and edit your project with an easy to understand user interface
• Get creative with 64 audio tracks and unlimited MIDI tracks
• Create tracks with 5 included virtual instruments and genuine Roland sounds
• Create backing tracks easily with new Loop Explorer and included content
• Sweeten tracks with 12 studio-quality FX including Reverb, Delay, and more
• Mix like a pro using Console view with built-in EQ on every channel
• Share your music on the internet or burn CDs for friends, family, and fans
  
  Cakewalk SONAR 8.5 Studio
  
• New features, optimizations, and enhancements include:
• Loop Explorer 2.0 gives you a view that provides browse and preview of audio and MIDI groove clips and patterns; quickly drag-and-drop loops and patterns into the track view; and MIDI groove clips and patterns can be previewed with the virtual instrument of your choice.
  
  Dedicated Instrument Track is a single track optimized for mono or stereo virtual synths which simplifies the process of working with virtual instruments. In the pursuit of offering you options of how you want to work, the multitrack method of using virtual instruments employed by previous versions of SONAR is still supported. In addition, you can split and combine instrument tracks to/from discrete audio/MIDI tracks.
  
  SONAR performance optimizations focus on functionality, including improved performance at high track counts and low latencies, faster launch time, and the ability to change audio devices without restarting. Cakewalk has also streamlined communication with VST plug-ins and improved ASIO performance with output latency compensation.
  
  User Interface optimizations include smoother display when resizing windows and panes, optimized metering, more responsive zoom and scroll.
  
  Clip Selection Groups further SONAR's multitrack recording and take management capability. Now SONAR automatically groups clips together across tracks after each recording pass. This is perfect for comping any multitrack ensemble performance, especially drum takes.
  
  The Aim Assist Cursor gives you a visual guide to assist in lining up tracks for precision editing.
  
  Split and Mute Tools can now edit multiple clips simultaneously.
  
  The free Edit Tool lets you perform edits by clips or by time without the need of a modifier key.
  
  Live Effects and Soft Synth Recording make it so you can play and record effect and soft synth output into audio tracks in realtime using SONAR's live bounce feature.
  
  The Anytime Recording features means that while the SONAR transport is running or looping, you can now arm/unarm audio and MIDI tracks, punch in, punch out, and toggle between play and record.
  
  Exclusive Solo Mode with Solo Override is a new solo mode that forces soloing to one track/bus at a time and prevents tracks and buses from being muted when other tracks/buses are soloed.
  
  The Bus Inputs QuickGroup Command automatically groups all source tracks feeding a selected bus.
  
  Mono hardware outputs makes it easy to assign tracks and buses to individual hardware outputs in addition to stereo pairs.
  
  Transport Updates include True Rewind, Fast Forward and Pause buttons; Audition button; improved Jog/Shuttle Heuristics; and optimizations for control surfaces and scrub performance.
  
  With the Control Surface Enhancements you can now Show/Hide Tracks, Surface can follow either the Track View or Console View, obey visible/hidden tracks, control surfaces MIDI port assignments retained/stored in SONAR, real-world VST parameter values are now displayed.
  
  Track View and Console View Sync now automatically syncs visible/hidden tracks between the Track View and Console View channels.
  
  Enhanced Sample Rate Conversion now employs the same fast convolution engine as the LP-64 series 64-bit mastering plug-ins.
  
  SONAR 8 now includes Vista Audio/WASAPI support, which is compatible with any Vista audio device, including WaveRT PCI and motherboard audio, USB, and FireWire devices. It also has QuickTime 7 Import/Export support for the latest QuickTime 7 codecs, including H.264 and AAC audio.
  
  The Insert Send Assistant provides a fast and easy way to create effect buses and insert sends to new or existing buses.
  
  Updated ACT Presets now have mappings for popular plug-ins and controllers.
  
  Over 400 production-ready Track Templates and Project Templates.
  
  Updated Drum Maps and Plug-in Presets enhancing the most popular SONAR plug-ins. New collection of drum pattern presets for the integrated Step Sequencer.
  
  Virtual Instruments
• Dimension LE: a special version of this award-winning instrument that combines real & synthesized sounds
• Rapture LE: modern electronic sounds for today's music
• DropZone: easy-to-use drag-n-drop sampler with REX support
• PSYN II: full-featured subtractive synthesizer
• RXP: easy-to-use REX player/groove box
• Roland GrooveSynth and TTS-1 with genuine Roland Sounds
• Session Drummer 2: create drum parts easily with a live feel, and with included popular drum patterns to get you started
• 11 total instruments included
  
  Effects
• Sonitus:fx Suite: Reverb, EQ, Delay, Compressor, WahWah, and more
• Boost 11 Peak Limiter for maximum punch from your final mix
• Channel Tools: essential stereo enhancement, utilizing sample delay, MS Decoding, and independent left/right panning
• Lexicon Pantheon SE Reverb based on legendary Lexicon hardware
• 33 audio FX and 7 MIDI FX included
  
  Content
• Garritan Pocket Orchestra for Dimension LE provides a complete set of orchestral instrumentation
• Preset patterns for the Step Sequencer offering useful beats to get your productions started
• New and updated ACT mappings for popular control surfaces and MIDI controllers
• New Project and Track Templates to get you set-up instantly
• Thousands of inspiring presets for the included instruments and effects
• And much more
  
  

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Cakewalk V-Studio 100 and Sonar 8.5 Studio Bundle Specifications:

• Cakewalk SONAR 8.5 Studio Software
  
• System Requirements
• Minimum
• Operating system: Windows XP/Vista (32 bit)/ Mac OS X with Boot Camp (SONAR does not officially support Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 or XP x64)
• Processor Speed: Intel Pentium 4 1.3GHz, AMD Athlon XP 1500+ or higher
• RAM: 512MB
• Graphics: 1024 x 768, 16-bit color
• Hard disk space: 100MB for core program
• Hard disc type: Any
• MIDI interface: Windows-compatible (Required to connect external MIDI devices)
• Audio interface: Windows-compatible (for audio playback)
• Media drive: DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R, or DVD +/- RW drive (for installation because SONAR is presented on DVD media, so DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R, or DVD+/- RW)
• Webserver access: None
  
  Recommended
• Operating system: Windows XP/Vista (32 bit)/ Mac OS X with Boot Camp (SONAR does not officially support Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 or XP x64)
• Processor Speed: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz, AMD Athlon XP 2800+ or higher
• RAM: 1GB or higher
• Graphics: 1280 x 960, 24-bit color or higher
• Hard disk space: 6GB for program and content
• Hard disc type: EIDE / Ultra DMA (7200 RPM) or SATA
• MIDI interface: Windows-compatible (Required to connect external MIDI devices)
• Audio interface: Windows-compatible (for audio playback)
• Media drive: DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R, or DVD +/- RW drive (for installation because SONAR is presented on DVD media, so DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R, or DVD+/- RW)
• Webserver access: Available web server space with FTP access privileges (Cakewalk Publisher requires you to have available web server space with FTP access privileges. An internet connection is required for music uploading. A broadband connection is recommended.)
  
  Note:
• Registration is required for continued use of product, and may be done by Internet or telephone. Instructions and Cakewalk's privacy policy will be detailed to you during launch of the product.
  
  V-Studio 100 Portable Music Studio
  
• System Requirements
• USB port
• 1+ GB RAM (2+ GB recommended)
• 8+ GB Hard Disk Space
• 1024 X 768 screen resolution or higher
• DVD ROM Drive for installation
  
  Macintosh
• Mac OS X 10.4.11, Mac OS X 10.5.6 and higher (does not support the Mac OS X Classic environment, including running the Classic environment simultaneously, and SONAR VS software does not support Macintosh)
• Intel Core2Duo Processor or higher (If you are using this product with an application that requires a certain level of performance, that application must support the CPU that is installed in your Macintosh)
  
  PC
• Microsoft Windows Vista, XP Home/Professional SP2 or later (does not support Windows XP Media Center Edition or XP Professional x64; when running Vista x64, SONAR VS runs in the 32 bit emulation layer; Macintosh computers running Microsoft Windows are not officially supported)
• Intel Core Processor 1.5GHz or higher
• Optional: CD R Drive for CD writing; Internet Connection and Web Server
• Space with FTP Access for uploading music via Cakewalk Publisher