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 enlarge | From: CAKEWALK
Category: Software
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 13233
Format: Cd-rom
Platform: Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 8 x 3.2
Version 5 adds an arsenal of responsive instruments, more effects, and powerful editing tools including RolandA V-Vocala VariPhrase technology. These features are complemented by a double precision floating point engine that delivers dramatic increases in dynamic range. SONARas pristine 64-bit audio engine, seamless and accessible even on 32-bit computers, sets new standards for digital mixing. In addition, SONAR 5 introduces ground-breaking advances in RAM and native processing power on systems running Windows XP x64 Edition.
MPN: 10-CWP52.00-10-C
UPC: 787537956351
EAN: 0787537956351
ASIN: B000BL4W9S
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 More features, more complicated than its predecessors November 15, 2005
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I've been a fan of Cakewalk sequencers since the early 1990's, when I started out with the early Professional program. That program was a model of intuitive programming -- over many years of use, I seldom so much as peeked at the user manual. Everything in the program simply worked pretty much as you'd expect it to.
Cakewalk's latest offering has taken me into the new century with a quantum leap in features. This program does everything you would expect as well as lots of things you may not have realized you'd like to do. Cakewalk's own site lists the features well enough, so this review will cover things Cakewalk's site doesn't.
First, all the features in the program make for a tightly packed computer screen. I can barely make out all the icons, tabs, etc. on a 17-inch digital monitor; I recommend getting as large a monitor as you can for using this software.
Second, the program is no longer so intuitive to use. It comes with a phonebook-sized manual, which you will likely spend a lot of time with. The manual is not particularly well organized, and explanations sometimes omit useful details (e.g., a picture of the icon you're supposed to press.) Despite the size of the manual, there appear to be a fair number of undocumented features; e.g., the included virtual synths don't appear to have explanatory material. However, there are helpful tutorials to cover basic operation of the program.
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