Hello, guies. This is good news, but I have some questions about upgrading. Over a week ago I successfully updated to Jaws 10, (and am loving the new features, I must say). However, when I tried to download Sonar 8.1, I did not have success with that. I knew I couldn't download CT 8 unless I had downloaded and run Sonar 8. I guess my main question is: Do I need to buy the software for CT 8 and Sonar 8 before upgrading? I'm currently using Sonar 7.0.2 Producer and CT 8. Thanks in advance. God bless you. Bobby Lusk. ---- Dancing Dots <billlist1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > > PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! > To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > unsubscribe > For other list commands such as vacation mode, > click on the immediately following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or > send a message, to > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > faq > PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! 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