General Features Platforms supported: Windows 95/Windows 98/Windows NT Maximum simultaneous audio tracks: 128 Total MIDI and audio tracks: 256 Unlimited level of undo/redo Undo History, which lets you restore previous versions of a file within the same editing session Multiple dockable toolbars Familiar tape recorder-like transport controls (Rewind, Stop, Play, Record) Linked clips for improved pattern-based sequencing (edit one clip, and automatically update all other sibling clips) Double-click clips to open any view Split and combine clips Real-time processing of editing commands SMPTE/MTC support for syncing to film/video MIDI Sync (smart FSK) support (master and slave) MIDI Machine Control (MMC) support Key Macros (assign various commands to keyboard or MIDI hotkeys) Looping (recording and playback) Display and manipulation of loop points and punch in/out points in views Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete Display time in measures, beats, and ticks, or in SMPTE time Flexible methods to select events (select by filter, by time, select discontiguous events, etc.) Create templates to use as foundation when starting new songs Automate volume, panning, and other controllers during mixdown Supports the following event types: Note, Key Aftertouch, Controller, Patch/Bank Change, Channel Aftertouch, Pitch Wheel, RPN, NRPN, Sysx Bank, Sysx Data, Text, Lyric, MCI Command, Wave Audio, Expression, Hairpin, Chord Cakewalk Application Language (CAL) for custom editing commands and macros Keep multiple files open simultaneously Drag and drop events between simultaneously open files Drag and drop project files, MIDI files and wave files from Windows Explorer, Windows Desktop, Virtual Jukebox and Musician's Toolbox III into Cakewalk Insert Time/Measures Insert Series of Controllers: insert a series of controller events based on a starting and ending value (create fade ins/outs, etc.) Insert Series of Tempos: insert a series of tempo changes based on a starting and ending tempo (create accelerandos and ritardandos, etc.) Flexible Drag & Drop and Paste options (blend new and existing material, replace old material with new material, move old material over to make room for new material) Lasso Zoom Zoom Faders Create new clips from selected events (quickly separate musical phrases for easier editing, etc.) Big Time view to display the songs current time in any font and size Playlist of up to 128 songs (optional delay before playing each song) Instrument Definitions to see and select patches, banks, controllers, and notes by name Support for SoundFonts Mute, Solo and Record/Arm buttons for each track Context-sensitive online Help Tempo Ratio buttons (customizable; temporarily change the tempo during playback/recording with the touch of a button) Flexible navigation tools (jump to markers, next/previous markers, measures, specific times, beginning, end) Extensive use of inspector pop-up menus to access commonly used commands Unlimited number of user presets for most editing commands Clone tracks Temporarily transpose, time-shift, and scale velocities of individual MIDI tracks on-the-fly Snap To and Move By Snap Resolution feature to move, cut, split and insert events at definable time intervals Track Sorting (by criteria) Manual Track Sorting (drag and drop) Scrub both MIDI and audio data (audio scrubbing simulates the smooth rocking of an analog reel-to-reel tape) Reset command to automatically shut off stuck notes Tip of the Day at startup (optional) Compatible with earlier version of Cakewalk software (load old WRK files, and save as Cakewalk 3.0 for Windows files) Mute, Solo, and Arm buttons in Piano Roll and Audio views Specify minimum clip duration CPU and Disk meters Editing Views Track/Clips view for graphical editing of song structure Audio view for graphical editing of audio events Piano Roll view (multi-track) for graphical editing of MIDI note and controller events Console view for mixing audio and MIDI tracks and adding effects (supports automation and remote control) Staff view (music notation, percussion notation, and guitar tablature; can be printed) Tempo view for graphical editing of tempo changes (with option to stretch audio data when changing tempos) Tempo list Event List view (can be printed) Lyrics view (can be printed) Markers view (can be printed) Meter/Key view System Exclusive (Sysx) view (8192 banks per file) StudioWare view to control external MIDI gear Integrated MIDI & Digital Audio Editing Slide MIDI and audio events as well as markers by: measures, ticks, seconds, and frames Quantize (with stretch audio and audition option) Swing Quantize (with stretch audio and audition option) Groove Quantize (with stretch audio and audition option) Draw Tempo Changes to audio and MIDI in Tempo View Length: change the start time and duration of all selected events by a certain percentage (now with stretch audio option) Transpose: chromatically pitch shift audio & MIDI (with diatonic option for MIDI) Fit to Time: make the current selection fit a specific duration (with stretch audio option) Fit Improvisation: create a new tempo map based on the number of events in a specific track (with stretch audio option) Interpolate: search for events that meet certain criteria, and change their properties Retrograde: reverse the order of selected events Scale Velocity: scale the velocities of selected events Deglitch filter Audio Features 32-bit Audio Mix Engine Real-time 32-bit, floating-point, stereo effects processing 16-, 18-, 20-, 22- and 24-bit audio at variable sampling rates: 11.025, 22.05, 44.1, 48, 96 kHz WavePipe(TM) technology for ultra-low latency when mixing and adjusting affects parameters in real-time AudioX support for complete control of advanced audio hardware with AudioX driver True interleaved stereo support Vector-based mixing ("envelope" mixing for audio volume and pan) "Anchor" points for audio events Intelligent and automatic file management to conserve disk space (no need to name files; simply press record and let Cakewalk software take care of organizing the audio files) Audio layered loop record and playback Mixdown multitrack audio to stereo (bounce audio tracks in order to add more audio tracks than your system can normally handle) Graphic EQ Parametric EQ Gain Change (3dB Louder, 3dB Quieter) Normalize Reverse Pre-programmed & custom effects presets Fade/Envelope Cross-Fade With customized fade curves Remove Silence Extract audio timing Time/Pitch stretch (w/Formant Preserving Option) Create Tempo Maps from audio Pitch Detection Monophonic audio-to-MIDI conversion Audition audio effects prior to processing Launch third-party wave editors from the Tools menu for additional editing of selected audio events Compact Audio Data for more efficient use of disk space and better performance Clean Audio Disk (free up disk space by deleting audio data no longer in use by Cakewalk) Export music and sound to RealMedia format for Internet streaming Cut, split, and snap audio events to zero-crossing points for click-free editing Import WAV files Export audio to WAV, Windows Media Advanced Streaming Format, RealSystem G2, and MP3 Display audio waveform amplitude by percentage, dB, or sample Bounce tracks with option to include/exclude controller automation, volume envelopes, pan envelopes, track insert effects, aux return effects, and master effects 4-band parametric EQ hard-wired to all audio tracks (optional) Chromatic tuner Real-time Audio Effects Processing Maximum simultaneous real-time audio effects: 256 Apply effects as track inserts, to aux busses, or as master inserts Support for third-party DirectXTM audio plug-ins Pre-programmed & custom effects presets Pitch Shifter (off-line and real-time) FX Audio Effects Pack (reverb & chorus) CFX 2 Band EQ (32-bit, mono) CFX Chorus (32-bit, mono) CFX Delay/Echo (32-bit, mono) CFX Flanger (32-bit, mono) CFX Reverb (32-bit, mono) FX Parametric EQ (32-bit, stereo) FX Stereo Chorus (32-bit, stereo) FX Stereo Delay (32-bit, stereo) FX Stereo Flanger (32-bit, stereo) FX Stereo Reverb (32-bit, stereo) AmpSim Lite (amplifier simulation) Audition effects before processing

Realtime MIDI Effects Processing Maximum simultaneous real-time MIDI effects: 256 Apply effects as track inserts Pre-programmed & custom effects presets Arpeggiator Quantize Delay/Echo MIDI Filter Transpose Velocity Chord Analyzer Session Drumer Style Enhancer (performance modeling) Record Modes Step Record (optional pattern-based step record) Sound on Sound (blend) Overwrite (replace) Loop Recording (stack takes in the same track, or store each take in a separate track) Auto Punch Recording (replace) Manually insert MIDI notes with the mouse, keyboard, or Virtual Piano Console View Console View for mixing, recording and editing audio and MIDI Mute, Solo and Record buttons for each track Audio input and output meters with adjustable scale, peak hold and clipping indicators User-definable Auxiliary Sends for submixing audio tracks Master Output for each audio device Add audio effects as track inserts, to aux busses, or as master inserts Add MIDI effects as track inserts Access and edit effect parameters Apply patched effects to edit audio offline Apply patched effects to edit MIDI offline Select MIDI and audio inputs and outputs for individual tracks Select MIDI channel, bank and patch for individual MIDI tracks Color-coded fader grouping (Absolute, Relative, and Custom groups) Control volume and pan for individual tracks, aux sends, and master outputs Module Manager to temporarily hide individual tracks, aux busses, and master sections Apply Reverb and Chorus to MIDI tracks (if your MIDI instrument supports reverb and chorus) Automate your mixes Control faders and knobs remotely via MIDI (custom support for Peavey StudioMix) Take "snapshots" of mixer settings Un-named tracks are automatically numbered Staff Notation Display and print up to 24 staves per page Print score complete with lyrics, chord symbols, guitar chord diagrams and other symbols Percussion notation (5-line stave and single-line stave) Lyrics Chord symbols Guitar tablature Export guitar tablature to ASCII TAB Guitar Fretboard pane Guitar chord diagrams with preview Extensive guitar chord library Create custom guitar chord fingerings Expression markings Pedal symbols Hairpins (crescendo and diminuendo) Different clefs (treble, bass, treble/bass, alto, tenor, octave-treble, percussion) Support for different key signature for each track Beam rests (optional) Enharmonic spellings Use any font and size for text (lyrics, staff name, expression text, etc.) Zoom in and out in the Staff view Choose between 9 custom notation sizes when printing Lyrics Cut, copy, and paste text to and from the Lyrics view Automatically hyphenate syllables (optional) Current line is centered during playback Current word is highlighted during playback Lyrics entered in the Lyrics view are automatically displayed in the Staff view Display lyrics in any font and size (in both the Staff view and Lyrics view) Video Open AVI, MPEG, and QuickTime Video formats. Video playback window display Frame-accurate sync of video to your audio tracks Audio/Video Scrubbing Import and Export audio from and to videos Export to AVI Markers Display, move, edit, add and remove markers in the Track/Clips view, Piano Roll view, Audio view, Staff view, Markers view, and Markers toolbar Add markers on-the-fly (markers are automatically named and numbered by "takes") Jump to any marker Go to next/previous marker Click between two markers to automatically select all events between the markers Lock markers to SMPTE time Print a list of all markers System Exclusive Playback of Sysx Recording of Sysx Editing of Sysx Real-time record & playback of Sysx data as events in tracks MIDI Sysx echo 8192 Bank Sysx Librarian Receive Sysx dumps automatically by transmitting custom Dump Request Macros Display Options Unlimited custom screen layouts Assign screen layouts to hotkeys for instant recall Assign custom colors to MIDI events, text, window background, markers, clips, etc. Display audio by percentage, dB, or sample Assign custom wallpaper to the main program window Status bar (optional) Tooltips (optional) StudioWare Basic StudioWareTM panels: General MIDI editor, Roland GS Editor, Creative Labs AWE Editor Advanced StudioWareTM panels: Yamaha O3D, Yamaha ProMix 01, Yamaha SW1000, Roland VS-880, Roland JV-2080, Roland GR-30, Roland UA-100, Roland SC-88, Mackie OTTO 1604, MMC, Novation Bass Station, Novation Super Bass Station, Novation Drum Station, E-MU Orbit, Tascam RC-808, Line 6 POD, more StudioWareTM view Design Mode to create your own custom StudioWareTM panels Hardware Support Instrument Definitions for over 200 popular MIDI instruments Patch Browser (quickly find any patch in any bank) Support for individual Windows-compatible sound cards 16-bit to 24-bit/11kHz to 96kHz) Support for multi-channel sound cards Simultaneous use of multiple-installed sound cards Yamaha DSP Factory (DS 2416 audio card) support Additional Content and Applications On-screen Cakewalk TECHniques Tutorials Over 30 demo files from Yes keyboardist Igor Khoroshev, LA film scoring team Shawn Clement & Sean Murray Virtual Piano on screen MIDI instrument Virtual Jukebox Creative Labs SoundFont Manager JAMMER Hit Session Drag and Drop Drummer VAMTECH Drumtrax drum files (used by Session Drummer MIDI plug-in) The Musician’s Toolbox III (Deluxe version only) Sonic Implants SoundFont banks and MIDI files DNA groove files with audio files Drumtrax library of MIDI drum files Big Fish Audio stereo wave audio loops Oddball Film + Video AVI clips CINENET® AVI clips from QuickStock library CanvasMan 32 CE Cakewalk Audio Browser 12 Advanced Cakewalk TECHniques Tutorials