[ddots-l] Re: GET WITH IT! GET AT IT! GET ON IT! Announcing the Latest CakeTalking for SONAR from Dancing Dots

  • From: "Gordon Kent" <dbmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:42:36 -0400

Sonar 8.5 is a completely separate install. You can actually have both sonar 8 and sonar 8.5 on your system at the same time.

Gord
----- Original Message ----- From: "blue wings" <bluewings1983@xxxxxxxxx>
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I have a question
is it the sonar 8.5 patsh upgrade for sonar 8? Or I can instal it on the
clean system? Is it the download version of the upgrade or completely new
version?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Smart" <bryansmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 9:32 PM
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Latest CakeTalking for SONAR from Dancing Dots


Bill forgot to mention, but the new Session Drummer 3 instrument is
accessible with CT, also.

Everyone feel free to post your questions about what is supported. We
can discuss anything about CT8.5 now that it has been announced.

Should have some audio demos in a few days.

Bryan

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On Behalf Of John Fioravanti
Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 1:58 PM
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Latest CakeTalking for SONAR from Dancing Dots

Bill: does this post suggest that we will have better access to the
native sof-synth instruments as well?
John Fioravanti
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Latest CakeTalking for SONAR from Dancing Dots


Dancing Dots proudly announces that CakeTalking for SONAR 8.5 is here,

bringing an amazingly high level of initial support for SONAR 8.5
which cakewalk Music Software released only days ago as well as
unmatched support for SONAR version 8.3.  CakeTalking's creator, David

Pinto, has once again outdone himself with his magical mix of
scripting prowess supported by informative yet entertaining tutorials.

Everyone from passionate hobbyist to seasoned professional will find
lots of reasons to get at, with and on this latest version of CT.

This announcement will give you details on new and improved features
as well as upgrade policy and pricing.  Dancing Dots will be shipping
this new version of CakeTalking by the end of September and should
have the downloadable version ready even sooner.

New Features

All of the following features are supported in both CakeTalking for
SONAR
8.5 and in CakeTalking 8.3 for SONAR 8.3.  It's up to you which
version of SONAR you want to use.  As in the past, Dancing Dots has
negotiated an arrangement with our friends at cakewalk Music Software
whereby our customers can continue to use what is now the previous
shipping version of SONAR, 8.3, while we perfect our support for their

new version.  But what's different with this particular release is
that we already have an extremely robust set of scripts working with
the 8.5 brand-new version.

So, if you like to live on the edge a bit and you want to get to use
some of the cool new features of SONAR 8.5 which are already
accessible, including a bunch of lovely new audio effects, then
install that version of CakeTalking.
We will give you a short list of things that we will improve and give
you free downloadable updates as those improvements are made.  If you
would rather happily enjoy the benefits of the past 8 months of
development and testing with the 8.3 version of CakeTalking for SONAR
8.3, you can install that version and wait for a more seasoned version

of CT 8.5 to become available.  You will receive the same no-cost
upgrades when you are ready to move up to SONAR 8.5.

If you are already prepared to order this new version, see the Upgrade

pricing at the close of this announcement.  Call us at 610-783-6692 to

place your order and we will ship it out or provide download
instructions as soon as we can.

Now, about those new CakeTalking features:

CakeTalking HELP.
The 400 page CakeTalking Tutorial has been thoroughly updated and
greatly expanded. There are new lessons on setting up your
workstation, working with soft synths, and using the many new features

of SONAR. There are also easy to follow supporting documents that
describe how to configure your computer for optimum performance with
JAWS, and how to download and install SONAR updates.

V Vocal
V Vocal is now completely accessible. V Vocal is an editor that is
perfect for correcting pitch and vibrato in vocal tracks, creating
backup vocals from a lead vocal track, and for shifting the rhythmic
placement of words and syllables within a melodic phrase. It also
works just as well with any monophonic instrument, like a sax or
trumpet. V Vocal can also change the dynamics and formant of the
audio. Formant is the overtone series of audio that makes it possible
to distinguish, for instance, a man singing a note, and a woman
singing the same note. So by adjusting the formant, you can transpose
audio while still retaining the sound signature of the vocalist.
This makes it possible to create harmonizing backup vocals from a lead

vocal track.

Loop Construction
CakeTalking now fully supports the Loop Construction View. In this
view, rhythmic audio clips can be converted to groove clips that
contains tempo, beat and pitch information. This allows SONAR to
stretch the groove clip so that it conforms to the tempo and key of
any project you import the groove clip into.

REORDERING MULTIPLE TRACKS.
Ever wanted to put your tracks in a different order. Well, you not
only can move one track at a time to a different position, you can
also re order multiple tracks in one fell swoop. Just type the new
numerical order you wish your tracks to be in, wait a second or 2, and

you've got a totally new track order.

Enhanced Clips Editing
CakeTalking now fully supports SONAR'S new set of features called
Enhanced Clip Editing.  Enhanced Clip Editing allows the user to use
simple keystrokes to manipulate audio clips quickly and efficiently.
You can do 3 basic things with Enhanced Clips editing. You can select,

fade, and crop any audio clip.
Cropping, means to trim or expand a selected clip. Cropping is useful
when you want to eliminate some of the audio at the start or end of
the clip, or when you want to expand a clip and restore some of the
audio that has been previously truncated from the clip.  You can crop
an audio clip instantaneously with a simple hotkey, and then
immediately audition the results.
Fading means to gradually increase the start of a clips, or decrease
the volume of the end of a clip. For instance, perhaps a punch in
needs to be faded out a little in order to soften a noisy breath. With

Enhanced clips editing, you can fade out the end of the clip with a
hotkey, and then immediately audition the results. And if you aren't
satisfied with the amount of fade, you can continue to press the
hotkey, and once again immediately audition the results.

Nudge Mode.
SONAR'S Nudge mode is now fully supported. With simple hotkeys, you
can now nudge audio clips a little later or earlier in time, thus
correcting timing mistakes. You can also move clips from one track to
another, thus making it easy to assemble a composite track from
several other tracks.

SOFT SYNTHS' AND AAA TEMPLATES.
CakeTalking now installs SONAR templates that are designed to get new
users up and going as quickly as possible. The 9 Soft Synth templates
allow you to use your MIDI keyboard to trigger Soft ware synthesizers
that reside in your computer, rather than external MIDI synthesizers.
By using software synthesizers, instead of external synthesizers, the
process of configuring SONAR is simplified. Instead of having to first

mess with external MIDI synths and their connections, with these new
templates, the user can immediately begin recording MIDI tracks in
SONAR.
Tracks that are devoted to soft synths are now fully supported and
recognized. And you can easily open a soft synth's window by pressing
CONTROL Y while on any column of a track that's assigned to a soft
synth.

Accessible Audio EFFECTS

In addition to almost the entire suite of Sonitus and lexicon Effects,

the following new effects are fully supported.

Vintage Channel 64. VC64 is a multi-function audio processor that
includes a noise gate, de-esser, two compressors and two equalizers.
The noise gate allows you to gate out noise, and tighten up percussive

sounds. The de-esser can remove prominent s's from vocals, tame
over-prominent hi-hats in dance music drum loops, as well as reduce
the 'buzziness' of distorted signals with lots of highs.

TL 64 Tube leveler. Digital audio recordings can sometimes sound
sterile and lifeless. The TL-64 Tube Leveler plug-in is a
preamp/processor that uses vacuum-tube modeling,  so you can add just
the right amount of warm tube saturation to individual tracks or full
mixes.

LP 64 EQ. Cakewalk's LP 64 E Q provides highly accurate control of
tonal balance while maintaining a linear-phase shift at all
frequencies, regardless of the gain settings. With LP 64 E Q  EQ
linear-phase processing, the integrity of your audio is maintained for

all frequencies, at all times--no unintended coloration,
cancellations, comb filtering, or muddy transients. LP 64 EQ is well
suited for critical mastering projects

Cakewalk's LP-64 Multiband Compressor. This is a transparent linear
phase multiband compressor plug-in for mixing and mastering purposes.
The LP-64 provides five bands of smooth, highly accurate, linear-phase

compression and equalization of audio, with each of the four
compressors operating on a single adjustable frequency band.

TS 64 Transient Shaper. The TS 64 Transient Shaper plug-in provides
powerful control over the dynamics of audio tracks and mixes. TS 64
Transient Shaper is primarily designed for drums and percussion, but
can also be useful on other percussive sounds, such as guitar and
electric piano. Transient refers to a sudden increase in sound output
that occurs for a short period of time.
For example, the attack portion of a drum hit is a transient. Unlike a

typical compressor, TS 64 Transient Shaper lets you shape the audio
signal's attack phase independently of the decay/sustain phase.

Boost 11
The Boost 11 Peak Limiter is a transparent peak limiting and volume
maximizing plug-in for mixing and mastering purposes; it is designed
to reduce peak levels without coloring the sound.

Note that in effects and soft synth dialogs that require you to lock
the mouse on a control before you can change its value, CakeTalking
will now report the current setting of the control, as soon as you
lock the mouse.
This is better than the way CT previously acted, where you had to
change the initial value before you could hear a value. So You could
never could hear the initial value.

All reported bugs in the previous version of SONAR 8 have been fixed.

New Features in CakeTalking 8.5 for SONAR 8.5.

In addition to all of the above, you will have access to the following

new features when you install CakeTalking for SONAR 8.5.  Remember,
certain features are still under construction.  You will be eligible
for maintenance releases as they become available.  Some new features
may not be documented thoroughly yet in the accompanying tutorial
documents although CT's online help has been enhanced to support you
as you learn.

Arpeggiator
Each MIDI and Instrument track in SONAR now has a built-in Arpeggiator

which allows you to turn even the simplest chord progression into
exciting new sound textures. The SONAR Arpeggiator is a perfect tool
for adding variety to any Instrument or MIDI track that repeats a
number of times in a song, or for creating complimentary parts using
other instrument sounds that follow your chord progression. The SONAR
Arpeggiator includes hundreds of presets, patterns, and classic
algorithms.

The new AudioSnap palette allows you to fix timing problems in audio
and align audio with the project tempo. Compared to its previous
incarnation, it is simpler and more reliable.
MOVE to Next or Prior Transient. You can use the TAB and SHIFT+TAB
keys to jump to audio transients, and MIDI Note events. In SONAR 8.5,
TAB to transients is always available when the transport is idle, and
is no longer dependent on AudioSnap. TAB to transients is now
selection-based, which means tabbing will go to the next/previous
transient amongst all selected clips. If there is no selection,
tabbing operates on the current track.

9 NEW EFFECTS Supported. Alias Factor , Classic Phaser,  HF Exciter,
Mod Filter, Multi-voice Chorus/Flanger, Para-Q, Stereo
Compressor/Gate, Stereo Delay, StudioBerb2

N.B.  The new Matrix feature in SONAR 8.5 is not accessible.  We will
continue to consult with the developers of SONAR on ways they might be

able to make it a feature that JAWS can access.  In its present form,
access is not possible.

Upgrade Policy and Pricing for CakeTalking Customers

Anyone who has purchased a new unit of CakeTalking after June 30,
2009, will receive a no-cost upgrade to CakeTalking 8.5.
Remember, along with your upgrade for CakeTalking, you can order your
SONAR upgrade from Dancing Dots.  It's the most affordable SONAR
upgrade we can remember.  The CakeTalking upgrades are also quite
economically priced especially considering the vastly improved access
to existing and new features like the V Vocal pitch correction and so
much more.  This new release of CakeTalking will authorize you to run
with SONAR 8.5 and with SONAR 8.3 as well.

$69 From CT 8.0

$99 From CT 7

$149 From CT 6

$199 From CT 4 or 5

$229 from all earlier versions

Call us at 610-783-6692 to register your order and we will ship it out

or provide download instructions as soon as we can.

As always, Dancing Dots thanks you for your business and strong
support.

Bill McCann
Founder and President of Dancing Dots since 1992 www.DancingDots.com
Tel: [001] 610-783-6692

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