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    Which version of SONAR is right for me?

    Between SONAR Home Studio 7, SONAR Home Studio 7 XL, SONAR 8 Studio, and SONAR 8 Producer we are certain that there is a version of SONAR that's absolutely the right choice for your level of experience, music production needs, and budget. Although having choices is great you might be confused about which version of SONAR is the right one for you. To help you see how simple it really is, we've prepared the following comparisons to help you make the right decision.


    SONAr Home Studio 7

    SONAR Home Studio 7 XL

    SONAR 8 Studio

    SONAR 8 Producer

    SONAR Home Studio 7

    If you're a musician looking to build your own music studio, an MC looking to record and make your own beats, an educator, a video editor, or podcaster who wants to edit and record audio, or just looking to get started with digital recording, SONAR Home Studio is the best entry-level digital audio workstation on the market today.

    Based on Cakewalk's award- winning SONAR technology, yet with the easiest interface in the Cakewalk family, it offers you the fastest way to get powerful results.

     

    SONAR Home Studio 7 XL

    SONAR Home Studio XL gives you all the functionality and ease of use of SONAR Home Studio 7, but with the addition of more tools, effects, and virtual instruments. You get additional capabilities to create a more polished final product. SONAR Home Studio XL is perfect for aspiring producers, musicians who need a backing band, or anyone who's looking for more value.

     

    SONAR 8 Studio

    SONAR 8 Studio offers the best creative tools, and the most power of any digital audio workstation in its price range. If you used an earlier version of SONAR Home Studio, SONAR 8 Studio's user interface will be familiar to you but it will take your productions to the next level with unlimited tracks, advanced editing and mixing capabilities, more effects and instruments, and higher quality audio. Built upon the same core feature set as SONAR 8 Producer, SONAR 8 Studio is perfect for producers, engineers, and musicians who do not need the additional effects, instruments, surround, and mastering capabilities of our flagship SONAR 8 Producer.

     

     

    SONAR 8 Producer

    If you're serious about your music production, there is no better solution than SONAR 8 Producer. SONAR 8 Producer features our best creative tools, our leading technology innovations, an unmatched recording and mixing environment, the most effects and instruments in our product line, and it is all backed by the industry's leading 64-bit audio quality throughout. SONAR 8 Producer gives you what you need for recording, composing, editing, mixing, and mastering, and is used daily by Grammy and Emmy-winning professionals in the music, film, TV, gaming and post production industries.

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    What do the product managers have to say?

    Watch Samara Krugman, Cakewalk Product Manager discuss the vision for the new SONAR Home Studio 7.

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    Watch Alex Westner, Cakewalk's Director of Product Management discuss the main themes of SONAR Producer & Studio and the goals for version .

    Basic Comparison Chart

     

    SONAr Home Studio 7

    SONAR Home Studio 7 XL

    SONAR 8 Studio

    SONAR 8 Producer

    SONAR Home Studio 7
    SONAR Home Studio 7 XL
    SONAR 8 Studio
    SONAR 8 Producer

    User Interface

    Simple
     

    Simple

    Professional

    Professional

    Number of Tracks

    64
     

    64

    Unlimited

    Unlimited

    Included Virtual Instruments
     

    4

    7

    11

    14

    Included Audio Effects

    10
     

    12

    31

    42

    Maximum Audio Quality

    24-bit/96kHz
     

    24-bit/96kHz

    24-bit/384kHz

    24-bit/384kHz

    Internal Audio Engine

    32-bit
     

    32-bit

    64-bit

    64-bit

    Creative Tools

    Good
     

    Good + More Plug-ins

    Better

    Best

    Editing Capabilities

    Intermediate
     

    Intermediate

    Advanced

    Advanced

    Mixing Environment

    Basic

    Basic

    Advanced

    Advanced including Surround

    Mastering capabilities

    None
     

    Basic

    Intermediate

    Advanced

    Upgrades start at
    $59
     
    $79
    $99
    $179

    Estimated Street price

    $99
     

    $159

    $299

    $499

     

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    Need more details? High Level Feature Comparison

    The chart below details some specific feature differences between the versions of SONAR Home Studio 7, SONAR 8 Studio, and SONAR 8 Producer. Please note, this chart only provides highlights and is not a complete comparison. For a more detailed feature specification, we suggest you read through the specific product pages for these products.

     

    SONAr Home Studio 7

    SONAR Home Studio 7 XL

    SONAR 8 Studio

    SONAR 8 Producer

     
    SONAR Home Studio 7
    SONAR Home Studio 7 XL
    SONAR 8 Studio
    SONAR 8 Producer
    Active Controller Technology
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    Video Thumbnail Track
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    Simple Instrument Tracks
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    New Loop Explorer View
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    Step Sequencer
    No
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    AudioSnap audio quantize tools
    No
    No
    Yes
    Yes
    V-Vocal Vocal processor
    No
    No
    No
    Yes
    Mastering Features
    None
    Boost 11
    Boost 11, Windowed Sinc Sample Rate Conversion
    Boost 11, LP-64 mastering FX, TL-64 Tube Leveler, POW-r Dithering, Windowed Sinc Sample Rate Conversion
    Track Comping Tools
    No
    No
    Yes
    Yes
    External Hardware Inserts
    No
    No
    Yes
    Yes
    Dimension Synthesizer
    None
    LE
    LE
    Pro
    Beatscape Loop Instrument
    No
    No
    No
    Yes
    Z3TA+ Waveshaping Synthesizer
    No
    No
    No
    Yes
    TruePianos Amber VSTi
    No
    No
    No
    Yes
    64-bit version for Vista 64, more RAM access, 64-bit processing
    No
    No
    Yes
    Yes
    Smart MIDI Tools
    No
    No
    Yes
    Yes
    Per-clip effects
    No
    No
    Yes
    Yes
    User-customizable interface
    No
    No
    Yes
    Yes
    Internal Sidechaining
    No
    No
    Yes
    Yes
    Cakewalk Publisher
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    Integrated CD Ripping & Burning
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
     
     

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