SONAR Professional complements a wealth of advanced features with a full set of professional effects and virtual instruments, including the acclaimed ProChannel Console Strip, Melodyne Essential with ARA integration, and Addictive Drums 2 Solo Edition. Move effortlessly through the award-winning, touch-enabled Skylight User Interface as you create—then take advantage of the comprehensive editing, mixing, mastering, and publishing tools to craft your masterpiece.
2017 Season Passes
2017 pass holders enjoy Cakewalk's rolling updates to 12/31/17. After that time you can keep and use SONAR forever. Continued updates will be available via 2018 season passes.
Professional Feature Highlights:
- Dota 2 Music Pack Template
- Analog-style ProChannel Strip with 3 modules (Note: Fly-Out EQ Only in Platinum)
- Melodyne Essential with ARA integration
- Addictive Drums 2 Solo Edition
- RPG Maker Clip Export compatibility
- 50 professional mixing and mastering effects
- 19 virtual instruments including Rapture Session and Z3TA+ Classic
SONAR Features:
- Unlimited Simultaneous I/O
- Unlimited Audio Tracks
- Unlimited MIDI Tracks
- Unlimited Sends/Buses
- Unlimited Patch Points & Aux Tracks
- 384kHz Maximum Sample Rate
- 64-Bit Maximum Bit Depth
- 64-Bit Internal Mix Engine Resolution
- VST 2.4 32/64-Bit Support
- VST3 32/64-Bit Support
- ReWire 32/64-Bit Support
- Groove Clip Support (follow tempo & Pitch)
- Windows 7/8/10 support
- Windows 8/10 Multi-touch support
- Project Tutorials
- Mixing and Mastering Templates
Professional Plugin Suite:
- Sonitus Compressor
- Sonitus Delay
- Sonitus Equalizer
- Sonitus Gate
- Sonitus Modulator
- Sonitus Multiband
- Sonitus Phase
- Sonitus Reverb
- Sonitus Surround
- Sonitus Surround Compressor
- Sonitus Wahwah
- Boost11
- Channel Tools
- LP-64 EQ
- LP-64 Multiband Compressor
- LP-EQ
- LP-MB
- TH3 Cakewalk Edition
- AliasFactor
- Chorus/Flanger
- Classic Phaser
- Compressor/Gate
- HF Exciter
- Modfilter
- Para-Q
- Tempo Delay
- Analog Chorus CH2S
- Analog Phaser APH2S
- BlueVerb DRV-2080
- Brickwall BW-2S
- Compressor CP-2S
- Compressor FA770
- DeEsser DS-25
- Equalizer BQ2S
- Equalizer BX2S
- Equalizer GEQ12
- Equalizer PEQ2B
- Equalizer PEQ5B
- Equalizer PEQ322
- Gate Expander GX622
- Limiter LM2S
- Oilcan Echo TLE2S
- Stereo Imager ST2S
- Tempo Delay 3D
- Valve Driver ADR2S
- 8 One Knob StyleDials
Professional Virtual Synths:
- Cyclone
- Dimension LE
- PSYN II
- Rapture LE
- Rapture Session
- Roland Groove Synth
- RXP
- SFZ Player
- Square I
- Sound Center
- Studio Instrument Bass
- Studio Instrument Drums
- Studio Instruments Electric Piano
- Studio Instrument Strings
- Session Drummer 3
- TTS-1 General MIDI Player
- Z3TA+ Classic (1.5)
Supported Formats:
- Wave and Broadcast Wave (time stamped)
- WMA, WAV, W64, ASF
- AIFF, CAF, SD2, RAW
- FLAC
- DSD-DSF, DSD-DFF
- OGG, RF64
- MP3
- WAV RIFF, ACID, Rex, Rex2, Rex64
- AVI, QT, MPEG video import/export
- Dithering options on export
- SMPTE/MTC
- SoundCloud integration
- MusicXML Export
- 32/64-Bit VST3 support
- 32/64-bit VST2, VSTi and DXi support
- Bit Bridge (allows 32-bit plug-ins in 64-bit mixing environment)
- PNG Track Icon support
