Other upgrade paths are available, visit for details. An upgrade DVD is also available for an additional nominal fee for those customers with slower connection speeds or who prefer physical media. All SONAR V-Studio 700 customers and those SONAR customers who purchased SONAR 8 after July 1st are eligible for a free download of the 8.5 upgrade. Registered SONAR 8 Producer customers can download the SONAR 8.5 Producer upgrade for $99.00 and SONAR 8 Studio customers can download the SONAR 8.5 Studio upgrade for $79.00 directly from. SONAR 8.5 Producer has a street price of $499.00, SONAR 8.5 Studio $299.00, and are available at select music and sound retailers. Sonar 8.5 adds enhanced beat creation and arrangement tools, a new drum instrument loaded with kits and patterns, an enhanced audio timing toolset, new multi-stage effect plug-ins for drums and percussion sounds and vocal tracks, engine optimizations and stability improvements, and many additional workflow and technological advances, notably Windows 7 compatibility. All specifications and appearances are subject to change without notice.Cakewalk has announced an upgrade for Sonar Producer and Sonar Studio. Other trademarks mentioned are held by their respective owners. V-Studio is a trademark of Roland Corporation. We invite you to learn more about our company and products by visiting Cakewalk is a registered trademark and the Cakewalk logo, SONAR, and Music Creator are trademarks of Cakewalk, Inc. These customers include Grammy® and Emmy®-winning producers, composers, sound designers and engineers. Millions of musicians around the world choose Cakewalk products to produce audio for the professional music, film, broadcast, and video game industries.
Once the trial version expires, users will be able to save their projects and purchase the full version of SONAR 8 if they choose, at which time they will be able to re-access their projects.
Users can test-drive the SONAR 8 demo for up to 15 days, create and save their projects, then register on-line to earn another free 15 trial days. The trial version of SONAR 8 in both 32- and 64-bit versions is available in five localized languages. For First Time, Fully-Functional Trial of SONAR Available For Both 32- and 64-Bit Versions-īoston, MA (December 22, 2008)-Cakewalk, the world's leading developer of powerful and easy to use products for music creation and recording, today announces availability of a free demonstration version of its industry-leading SONAR 8 DAW.