Give yourself a little something extra this holiday season
Once you upgrade, customize your SONAR X2 setup with select extras and expansion packs – get 30% off or more. Fill up your mixing tool box with all 4 Cakewalk ProChannel Modules. Get premium drum kits for Session Drummer 3 from Platinum Samples, Sonic Reality, and Digital Sound Factory. Download fresh HD quality sounds for Dimension Pro & LE. In addition, you can save 50% off SONAR X2 video tutorials from SWA and Groove 3. These and other best selling extras are marked down for one week only. Hurry, offers end December 13th!
Explore SONAR X2’s Skylight User Interface
SONAR X2 takes its award winning Skylight interface to a new level. Learn the basics of Skylight and get up and running quickly with a brand-new CakeTV video series. The first four videos in the series show Skylight’s fundamental features including – workflow with audio and MIDI clips, zooming and navigation, Screensets, and customizing Skylight’s versatile workspace. Watch them now on CakeTV.
Get Started: Skylight
Learn how to arrange Skylight’s workspace in SONAR X2, from docking windows in the MultiDock to rearranging the positions of the Inspector, Browser, and much more.
Get Started: Screensets
Learn how to use SONAR X2’s Screensets, which are ‘presets’ that remember the position, size, and state of every window, plugin, and synth.
Get Started: Zoom & Navigation
Learn how the various ways to zoom and navigate in SONAR X2 like Timeline Zoom.
Get Started: Audio & MIDI Clips
Learn how to work with SONAR X2’s clips, from applying fades, creating Groove Clips, time-stretching, and much more.
Holiday Bonus: Upgrade to SONAR X2 and get FREE TH2 bonus content
Our friends at Overloud have created a special bonus pack for all SONAR X2 customers this holiday season. Just purchase any version or upgrade to SONAR X2 today and then visit the My Account page on the Cakewalk Store. You can then download this special bonus pack which includes 20 new Smooth Jazz presets and 10 new cabinets IRs taken from Mesa, Engl and Koch cabinet. In addition, they have created a video which shows you how to import new content into TH2 Producer and TH2 SONAR. Offer expires Dec. 31st.
The ProChannel Console Emulator is one of the new features available exclusively in SONAR X2 Producer. Over the past year, the use of console emulation has become very popular with producers and engineers. A Console Emulator plug-in emulates some important analog console characteristics. While these effects are subtle, they’re noticeable; and now thanks to the Console Emulator, they’re controllable as well.
Industry expert Craig Anderton gives you an in-depth look at understanding and applying the Console Emulator into your mix. For even more tips from Craig Anderton, you can also check out his monthly SONAR X2 column in Sound on Sound magazine.
Try it out for yourself: The Console Emulator is available in the SONAR X2 Producer trial so once you watch the video, you can try out some of the techniques on your mixes.
SONAR X2 Producer receives “9/10 rating” from Computer Music
The December 2012 issue of Computer Music features a full length review of SONAR X2 Producer and the verdict is great. Here are just a few excerpts from their review:
On Automation Lanes: “Automation Lanes come to SONAR and integrate beautifully with the Smart Tool for ease of use.”
Console Emulator: “You get three gorgeous vintage console emulations in SONAR X2 Producer, meticulously modeled after authentic analog circuit behavior.”
BREVERB SONAR: “This stunning reverb only comes with the Producer Edition, but it almost pays for the price difference itself.”
Verdict for upgraders: “The potential sound quality is awesome. The Console Emulator, BREVERB, and Overloud effects are stellar and very powerful enticements to upgrade from X1.”
Read the entire review in the December 2012 issue of Computer Music magazine, which is available at newsstands today.
Learn why SONAR X2 Producer is Cakewalk’s most popular upgrade ever. This playlist is packed with all the best SONAR X2 Producer videos in case you may have missed one. See what’s new in SONAR X2, try it for FREE, take a deeper look at the workflow enhancements and flagship features, then finish up by watching the entire 1h 29min CakeTV Live webinar! Just skip to the the next video if you have seen one before.
Faithfully modeled after one of the most sought after studio compressors in history, the RE-2A T-Type Leveling Amplifier brings the silky, smooth sound of this highly desirable unit right into Reason’s Rack Extension.
Since the 1960s, professional engineers have relied on the unique characteristics of this electro-optical tube-based compressor to work its magic on all kinds of sources, including guitars, bass, pads, and especially vocals.
Previously only available to big studios that could afford these all tube units, the RE-2A T-Type Leveling Amplifier lets you wield this legendary sonic weapon in your own studio, on your own tracks. With only a few simple controls, it’s easy to use and provides instant gratification with professional results. Get the kind of smooth, warm sound heard on so many classic recordings, at a fraction of the cost and with modern convenience.
Highlights:
-Meticulously modeled by Cakewalk
-Zero latency for realitime tracking and mixing
-Up to 40dB of smooth, transparent gain reduction
-Frequency dependent compression
-Program dependent attack/release
-Fully modeled “R37” HF Pre-emphasis control
-Dual photocell reset modes (Classic & Fast Reset)
-Use side-chain compression for ducking, de-essing, pumping, and more
-Modulate other effects using the Gain Reduction CV Output
FREE* Loopmasters 100 Artist Series Compilation Now Available
The announcement of the SONAR X2 Producer Content Club has generated a lot of excitement from users. If you are a SONAR X2 Producer Content Club member, the next big Content Club freebie is now in your Cakewalk Store Account.
Having released over 100 Artist Series titles, Loopmasters has created a unique compilation of sounds that will let SONAR X2 Producer users get their fingers wet with the enormous DJ/Producer line-up they have in their catalog. The 100 Artist Series Compilation includes no less than 100 folders of one-shots and loops with a wide spectrum of musical applications. From Drum & Bass to Dubstep to Hardcore to Techno, Funk, Reggae, RnB, Rock, Chillout or whatever you do, you will find plenty of ingredients to mix your own dish with this great selection of sounds.
Features over 1400 loops & sounds for over 1GB of Drums, Basses, Pads, FX, Synths and more.
If you upgrade to SONAR X2 Producer in by December 31st, you will automatically receive the Loopmasters 100 Artist Series Compilation with your download and in your Cakewalk Store Account. There will be an additional 4 offers coming over the next year.
Halloween treat: Upgrade to SONAR X2 Producer and get Haunted EDM
Just in time for Halloween, we have added a new treat to the SONAR X2 Producer Content Club. When you upgrade to SONAR X2 Producer, you will get the Haunted EDM Rapture Expansion Pack free of charge.
Haunted EDM for Cakewalk’s Rapture is a patch collection of tormented soundscapes, ghoulish leads, disembodied pads, frightening drum hits, and scary basses that will possess your music and reanimate your sound palette. From the laboratory of mad scientist Encanti, this library comes loaded with premier tricks and treats. Electronic Dance Music producers, beware…your sound collection will never be the same.
Please note: Haunted EDM will automatically be delivered with your SONAR X2 Producer order along with the DSF Symphonic Strings HD pack.
Last chance: Get special pricing on popular SONAR X2 extras
Customers have been raving about the new Overloud effects included in SONAR X2 Producer, as well as the amazing video tutorials created by SWA and Groove 3. Through October 31st, SONAR X2 Producer customers can buy the full version of TH2 and BREVERB 2 for a special price. These will not be available after October 31st. In addition, you can get special introductory pricing on the new video tutorials. After October 31st, they will go back up to their regular price.
Download any or all of these extras today:
Upgrade to BREVERB 2 – Save $140 off the regular price (requires SONAR X2 Producer)
