Digital Audio Workstations on STEAM

SONAR Home Studio is a Digital Audio Workstation. For more information on DAWs please read the STEAM DAW FAQ.

About the Software

Transform any Windows 7, 8, or 10 computer into your own personal music studio with all the tools, loops, instruments, and effects you need to create, edit, and mix great music. Packed with tools and features used by the professionals, SONAR Home Studio is an ideal platform to get started in music production. As part of SONAR’s lineage—the program that scored Call of Duty, MI:5 Rogue Nation, and powers countless hits—SONAR Home Studio benefits from the SONAR family’s years of refinement. When you’re ready to create music—not just listen to it—SONAR Home Studio is ready for you.

SONAR Home Studio does it all: Rock out with the TH3 Cakewalk virtual guitar amps, craft ground-breaking beats with the Step Sequencer, export samples to RPG Maker, and much more. And when you’re ready for a more full features application, SONAR Home Studio projects are compatible with all professional editions of SONAR.

Highlights:

Surface Pen, Surface Dial, and improved Touch Navigation powered by Windows 10.
Get ready to go wireless with support for Bluetooth MIDI Keyboards in addition to your speakers and headphones.
Use as many plug-ins as your heart desires in projects with no limits. Seriously.
Improved Built-in Audio Support: With new WASAPI drivers, SONAR now delivers low-latency performance with Windows Desktops, laptops and tablets.
A brand new Audio Loop Library from Big Fish Audio!

Key Features

Includes 700 loops, 400 One Shots and FX for music creation
Up to 64 audio tracks supporting large projects
Overloud TH3 Cakewalk Guitar Amp simulator with world-class guitar tones
Built-in Browser to easily drag and drop loops, instruments, effects, and track templates
Share your music on SoundCloud
Optimized for Windows 10, enjoy fast and responsive audio I/O, and robust performance
An intuitive guided setup on first launch to help get you get started immediately
Help Module: A “hovering” system to learn/command the program fast!
A great assortment of hi-quality effect plug-ins including Reverb, Delay, Chorus, Compressor/Gate, Filters, Phaser, EQ, Modulation and more
Studio Instruments Suite features four different instruments that create the perfect band: Bass, Electric Piano, Drums, and Strings
Rock-solid support for USB microphones and the Rocksmith Real Tone cable
VST2 and VST3 plug-in support – compatible with thousands of effects and instruments by the world’s leading developers
8 Style Dial FX modules that give you simple yet professional mix results with ease
Rapture Session sample player comes with 450 sounds ranging from soaring synth lead and devastating synth basses to thought provoking atmospheric pads and cinematic strings
Integration with LANDR online mastering – the easiest way to finalize your songs before sharing and publishing
An onboard “Curve EQ” for sophisticated tone shaping through equalization
Dedicated Comping Tool lets you consolidate the best sections from multiple takes into a single killer track
The Start Screen organizes all your projects with images of each session and provides quick tips to get you inspired
The SONAR Smart Tool gives you intuitive and powerful editing capabilities
Deep MIDI and audio editing tools let you tweak to perfection
Mix like a pro with a full mixing console that includes built-in EQ+ templates
Supports REX and “ACIDized” loop formats
8 languages French, German, Spanish, Italian, Brazilian/Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, and Russian

SONAR Home Studio 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
AliasFactor
Chorus/Flanger
Classic Phaser
Compressor/Gate
HF Exciter
Modfilter
Para-Q
Tempo Delay
TH3 Cakewalk Edition
8 One Knob StyleDials

SONAR Home Studio Virtual Synths:

Rapture Session
Studio Instrument Bass
Studio Instrument Drums
Studio Instruments Electric Piano
Studio Instrument Strings
Cakewalk TTS-1

Supported Formats:

Wave and Broadcast Wave (time stamped)
WMA, WAV, W64, ASF
AIFF, CAF, SD2, RAW
FLAC
OGG, RF64
MP3
WAV RIFF, ACID, Rex, Rex2, Rex64
Dithering options on export
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

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