Take Control Of Your Music
It's time to take control of the creative process. Now you don't have to depend on anyone else to get your music recorded. Do it all from your PC with Cakewalk Home Studio Version 2. There is no better Windows software available for musicians taking the step into the world of digital recording. Cakewalk Home Studio provides you with everything you need to turn your PC into a powerful multitrack recording studio. Home Studio Version 2 adds box packaging and Cakewalk's VST adapter to Home Studio 2004. When you install the Cakewalk VST Adapter you will seamlessly add support for VST audio effects and instruments to your Cakewalk software or any DirectX compatible application. Cakewalk Home Studio Version 2 at a Glance:
- Mix with real-time audio and MIDI effects.
- Plug and play DXi soft synths.
- Create loops fast.
- Supports ACID-format, MP3, WAV, WMA and MIDI files.
- New features for 2004.
- Integrate ReWire Synths.
- Edit and print multiple MIDI tracks
Real-time Audio and MIDI effects: Sweeten your mix with Amp Sim Lite, Chorus, Reverb, EQ, Delay, Flange and other professional audio effects, or even add hundreds of other available DirectX-compatible audio plug-ins. With Cakewalk Home Studio 2004 you can apply real-time effects to your MIDI tracks, just like audio effects. Use effects in real-time on input and during playback, or apply them as off-line edits. MIDI FX include Arpeggiator, Quantize, Delay/echo, Change Velocity, MIDI event filter, Session Drummer, NTONYX Syle Enhancer Micro 2.0 Lite and MusicLab VeloMaster Lite. Perform with built-in software synthesizers CakewalkHome Studio Version 2 adds hundreds of high quality instrument sounds to your studio with the included DXi soft synths.Home Studio Version 2's new Synth Rack makes loading and working with the synths for your project a snap. Home Studio Version 2 now supports automation from the synth interface, plus DXi synths are now more efficient and offer lower latency than ever before. Cakewalk Home Studio Version 2 offers EDIROL's Virtual Sound Canvas DXi, a software synthesizer, modeled after the famous Roland synth of the same name with over 990 sounds and drum sets to choose from. CakewalkHome Studio Version 2 also includes Audio Simulation DreamStation DXi, which is a vintage analog-style synthesizer reproduced as a DXi plug-in. It combines physical models of analog circuits together with mathematical models of analog oscillators and works just like a vintage hardware synthesizer worth thousands of dollars. Loop-based composition tools Now you can easily create and layer loop-based music tracks along with live recordings. Create entire compositions or add new sonic layers to your existing songs. The Loop Explorer helps you find the right samples fast. Browse the included Cakewalk Loops sample library created by leading producers, or thousands of available sample collections. Preview multiple loops in Home Studio Version 2 while your project is playing back in tempo and in key with your song. Then just click and drag to paint your canvas of sound. Even make your own loops out of any MP3 or WAV file. Cakewalk Home Studio Version 2 opens and reads ACID-format audio loops. New Home Studio Version 2 Edition Features The new 2004 edition of Cakewalk Home Studio supports multi-channel audio cards so you can simultaneously record your whole band at resolutions up to 24-bit/96kHz. Cakewalk Home Studio also features ReWire support to integrate Home Studio 2004 with Project5, Reason, and other ReWire synths to give you an amazing new pallette of sounds and easier soft synth implementation. Other features that desktop musicians will find extremely useful is the ability to click and drag to paint drum tracks with new a pattern brush and Drum Editing Grid, .WAV ripper for easy audio file import, and Pyro Express CD maker for when it's time to release your masterpiece. Cakewalk Home Studio Version 2 supports all Windows compatible audio hardware through WDM, MME, or ASIO. Integrate ReWire Synths Get more synth sounds by patching Project5, Kinetic, Reason, ReBirth, and other ReWire 1.0 and 2.0 compatible synths right into Home Studio Version 2's Synth Rack. Or use Home Studio to add audio recording and editing to your Project5, Kinetic, or Reason studio. * Use Home Studio's MIDI FX, automation, and sequencing capabilities to control Project5 or Reason - route ReWire channels into audio tracks inside Home Studio - process Project5's or Reason's audio outputs with DirectX effects - Add loops or recorded audio tracks to your Project5 or Reason projects. Notation Features Edit and print multiple MIDI tracks (up to 24 staves per page) in Home Studio Version 2 as high-quality notation. Notes appear on-screen as you record from a MIDI instrument. You can zoom-in or out the Staff view to display notation at any size and assign any number of tracks to individual staves. CakewalkHome Studio Version 2 extensive notation capabilites include standard and single-line percussion clef notation, guitar chord grids, expression text, dynamic markings, pedal markings, composer name and title Variable fonts for expression text and lyrics. With support for real-time DirectX effects, DXi and ReWire software synths, MIDI FX plug-ins, and ACID-format audio loop technology, Cakewalk Home Studio Version 2 takes your music farther, faster, and for less money than any comparable software product. Cakewalk Home Studio Version 2 Features:
- Record and play back unlimited tracks of audio and MIDI.
- Support for multi-channel audio cards.
- Record up to 24-bit/96 kHz audio.
- Real-time mixing console.
- Loop-based song construction tools.
- Import WAV, ACID-format WAV, and MP3 files.
- Complete library of ACID-format audio loops.
- Support for DXi 2.0 (Synth Rack, Multiple outputs) third-party soft synth plug-ins.
- Includes Virtual Sound Canvas DXi and Dreamstation DXi soft synths.
- Real-time DirectX audio effects: Amp Sim Lite, Reverb, Chorus, Delay, Flange, EQ.
- Multi-port Drum Grid Editing
- Support for hundreds of available third-party DirectX audio plug-ins.
- ReWire support to integrate Home Studio 2004 with Project5, Reason, and other ReWire synths.
- Support for VST instruments and effects with Cakewalk VST Adapter.
- Edit and print notation, along with chord symbols, guitar chord grids, lyrics, dynamic markings.
- Unlimited Edit Undo.
- 24-bit and 16-bit audio support.
- Multitrack Piano Roll view.
- Drum Editing Grid with Pattern brush.
- Import and synchronize AVI video to music projects.
- Non-destructive slip-editing of audio and MIDI clips.
- Per-track audio meters.
- Support for all Windows compatible audio hardware through ASIO, MME, or WDM.
- Pyro Express CD-maker and WAV ripper.
