SONAR Home Studio 4

Don't be deceived by the name, Home Studio 4 looks like it will be an editing powerhouse with one of the best interfaces in the Pro-sumer market with up to 64 audio tracks.

From the press release:

Based on SONAR 4 technology, SONAR Home Studio brings the professional power of SONAR to musicians looking to take the first step into digital recording. SONAR Home Studio provides everything needed to take music from inspiration to finished CD with features that include: 64 audio and unlimited MIDI tracks; 24-bit, 192 kHz audio engine; Master Control Toolbar; Track Presets for easy track setup; Track Icons for quick visual orientation when recording and mixing; Track Inspector; Project Navigator; enhanced loop-based composition tools; music notation printing; customizable Console, color schemes, layouts, toolbars and keyboard commands; ASIO, WDM, DirectX, DXi, VST, ReWire Support; PowerStrip multi-effects processor and Cakewalk Audio FX1 and Audio FX2 plug-in suites; SFZ SoundFont player; Virtual Sound Canvas DXi and Dreamstation DXi; CD burning; and hundreds of megabytes of ACID-format loops.

SONAR Home Studio Version 4 Highlights

Record, edit, arrange, and mix 64 audio tracks and unlimited MIDI tracks
24-bit, 192 kHz audio engine
32-bit floating point audio engine
Dynamic Console view
Master Control Toolbar
Track Presets and Track Icons
Navigator view
Track Inspector
Project Navigator
Loop-based composition tools with enhanced loop construction toolset
Universal Bus Architecture (up to 16 busses simultaneously)
Advanced MIDI routing & synth layering
Audio metronome
Confidence recording of audio, MIDI, and automation
Music Notation
PowerStrip multi-effects
Cakewalk Audio FX1 and Audio FX2 effects suites
Virtual Sound Canvas DXi
Dreamstation DXi
SFZ SoundFont player
ASIO, WDM, DirectX, DXi, VST, ReWire Support
Hundreds of megabytes of ACID-format loops
CD burning with included Cakewalk Pyro Express

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