Audio & MIDI Recording

Now easier than ever: featuring an overhauled, intuitive interface that lets you quickly record, edit, arrange, and mix your music. New simplified Instrument Tracks allow you to set up, play, and record virtual instruments faster than ever. The updated Loop Explorer allows for quick auditioning of audio & MIDI loops and audio samples, increasing your workflow and efficiency. Record guitars, keyboards, vocals, live turntable scratches, CD samples, or any other sound. Even record MIDI performances in perfect time with Input Quantize. SONAR Home Studio puts it all together seamlessly.

Audio & MIDI Recording
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Enhanced Synth Rack

Use the new Synth Rack to control the VSTi and DXi instruments in your project from one easy to manage window. Find instruments quickly with customizable Synth Icons and display customized controls for each instrument, putting the most needed controls right at your fingertips. Get more synth sounds by patching Project5™, Kinetic™, Reason™, ReBirth™, and other ReWire compatible synths.

Enhanced Synth Rack
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Instruments

SONAR Home Studio 7 includes four instruments with thousands of sounds ranging from drums, bass, and guitar to keys, horns, and strings. Spark your creativity and layer your tracks using these new instruments:

• DropZone Drag-n-Drop Sampler—Perfect for creating remixes or for building the perfect hook for your song. Includes real instrument sounds, drums, vocals, REX-format loops, and more.
  
  
• Roland GrooveSynth—Get sounds from the classic Roland synths and beat boxes that shaped hip hop and electronica.
  
  
• TTS-1 GM2 synth—A high quality, multitimbral, multi-out GM2 synthesizer with a Roland® synth engine to generate amazing, expressive sounds. Includes Keys, horns, strings, guitars, drums, percussion, and more.
  
  
• Square 1—An easy-to-use vintage analog synthesizer, oriented to the serious music enthusiast. High quality sound with a warm and easy layout, perfect to learn synth programming.

DropZone
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GrooveSynth
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