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1. MULTITRACK RECORDING

Cakewalk Sonar Home Studio
WINDOWS Cakewalk Sonar Home Studio

Easy as plug-n-play
Recording any instrument is easy. Just plug in, check your levels, and hit record. Confidence Recording will draw the wave shape on to your screen as you record so you know you are getting the take. Hear internal effects on input, even while you record. If you need help getting a project started, choose from hundreds of preset sounds that will help ignite your creativity. Once you have recorded your tracks, you can visually arrange, edit, and mix your music with point-and-click ease—all in one view.

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Cakewalk Sonar Home Studio XL
WINDOWS Cakewalk Sonar Home Studio XL

Easy recording
Recording any instrument is easy. Just plug in, check your levels, and hit record. Confidence Recording will draw the wave shape on to your screen as you record so you know you are getting the take. Hear internal effects on input, even while you record. If you need help getting a project started, choose from hundreds of preset sounds that will help ignite your creativity. Once you have recorded your tracks, you can visually arrange, edit, and mix your music with point-and-click ease-all in one view. SONAR Home Studio Version 4 XL includes additional instruments, effects, and content for musicians looking for even more value.

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Cakewalk Sonar 5 Producer/Studio Edition
WINDOWS Cakewalk Sonar 5 Producer/Studio Edition

Version 5 adds an arsenal of responsive instruments, more effects, and powerful editing tools including Roland® V-Vocal™ VariPhrase technology. These features are complemented by a double precision floating point engine that delivers dramatic increases in dynamic range. SONAR’s 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.

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Steinberg Cubase SL3
MAC AND WINDOWS Steinberg Cubase SL3

Steinberg Cubase SL3 Hybrid version
Cubase SL3 takes music production to a new level by adding more than 50 new features including powerful Audio Warp Realtime Timestretching, an intuitive Play Order Track, new user-definable workspaces, an improved and expanded track inspector plus many new editing functions. For the first time, a native music production system combines full-featured audio and MIDI recording and editing, virtual instruments and powerful audio mixing with the added flexibility of loop- and pattern-based arranging and mixing. In addition, Cubase SL3 offers the same, outstanding audio quality and full-featured MIDI recording and editing found in Cubase SX3 at an exceptionally low price.

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2. SOFT-SYNTHS & SAMPLERS

Tascam Giga Studio 3
WINDOWS Tascam Giga Studio 3

GigaStudio 3 is the much anticpated new version of the best and most powerful sampler. Available in three versions, ORCHESTRA, ENSEMBLE, and SOLO, GigaStudio 3 offers up to unlimited polyphony, 96kHz/24-bit sample support, ReWire support, VST hosting, realtime convolution modeling and a new look and feel for improved usability and workflow. Naturally, it retains the features that made GigaStudio the professional choice for sampling, such as disk streaming, the lowest latency of any sampler and the best sound libraries in the world.

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Propellerhead Reason
MAC AND WINDOWS Propellerhead Reason

Reason 3.0 gives you one-step loading of complex, customizable instruments and effect setups, a new instrument-packed soundbank, instant integration with MIDI keyboards and controllers, a new intuitive file browser, plus a suite of mastering tools, and more! As a Reason user, you can forget about the downsides of music production. Forget malfunctioning modules and confusing connections. Reason's cables don't tangle. Forget about tiny backlit displays and steep learning curves. Reason is so direct you'll learn it in minutes.

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E-MU Emulator X Desktop Sampling System
WINDOWS E-MU Emulator X Desktop Sampling System

Winner of Keyboard Magazine's "Key Buy" award! Emulator X is a 24-bit/192kHz software sampler with integrated I/O and hardware-accelerated effects for Windows XP and 2000. You can run Emulator X as a VST instrument within your favorite sequencer application or standalone, from RAM or streaming from hard disk. Emulator X is the culmination of over 30 years of sampler and synthesizer development, offering musicians and sound designers the sampling technologies, powerful DSP and pristine sound quality of E-MU's hardware samplers with the latest disk streaming, file management and graphical interface.

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Native Instruments Kontakt 2
MAC AND WINDOWS Native Instruments Kontakt 2

KONTAKT 2 embodies the future of sampling. No other software or hardware sampler offers such a comprehensive set of features, so much flexibility and performance or such a high degree of compatibility. From authentic library playback of virtually any format to the intuitive creation of new instruments, from profound sound design to lively and dynamic surround sound mixes - KONTAKT 2 opens the doors to creativity.

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Native Instruments B4 II
MAC AND WINDOWS Native Instruments B4 II

The B4 software organ broke new ground when it was released in 2000 and was an instant success. It reproduces the sound of the legendary B3 and its rotary speaker cabinet with unmatched accuracy. Its expressiveness and immediate playability continues to amaze even the most experienced organ players. The B4 II raises the bar considerably, generating a much wider sonic range and a far richer, even more authentic sound.

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Arturia Mini Moog Software
MAC AND WINDOWS Arturia Mini Moog Software

In 1971 Bob Moog introduced the Minimoog, the very first compact and affordable synthesizer for musicians. With its fat sound and unparalleled filters, the Minimoog eventually became responsible for some of the best analog synth bass and lead sounds ever. In 2004 Arturia introduced the Minimoog V, a faithful reproduction of the Minimoog. Offering all the features of the original, the software version also brings polyphony, MIDI management, presets, coupled with other advantages of modern tools.

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3. SAMPLES & LOOPS

E-MU Street Kits by Sample Craze
WINDOWS E-MU Street Kits by Sample Craze

U.K. sound designers Samplecraze have created a huge collection of over 600 Hip-Hop and Dance drum kits for the Emulator X and Proteus X. Recorded through some of the finest valve compressors in the world - notably the Urei 1176, Chiswick Reach and the Phoenix - Street Kits samples are velocity layered to deliver playability and dynamics like real acoustic drums.

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IK Multimedia Miroslav Philharmonik
MAC AND WINDOWS IK Multimedia Miroslav Philharmonik

A powerful integrated Orchestral Workstation combining the legendary Miroslav Orchestra and Choir sample collection masterpieces with a dedicated plug-in instrument. Includes the legendary Miroslav Vitous orchestra and choir collections. Miroslav orchestral samples are some of the most playable and inspiring sounds ever produced for symphonic arrangements and composition. They've marked the atmosphere of hundreds of movies and productions and have become the tool of choice for many Oscar winning composers.

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