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To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 1:06 PMSubject: [ddots-l] GET WITH IT! GET AT IT! GET ON IT! Announcing the 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 whichcakewalk Music Software released only days ago as well as unmatched supportfor 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 wellas 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 ofSONAR, 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 extremelyrobust 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 becomeavailable. You will receive the same no-cost upgrades when you are ready tomove up to SONAR 8.5. If you are already prepared to order this new version, see the Upgradepricing 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 soonas we can. Now, about those new CakeTalking features: CakeTalking HELP. The 400 page CakeTalking Tutorial has been thoroughly updated and greatlyexpanded. There are new lessons on setting up your workstation, working withsoft synths, and using the many new features of SONAR. There are also easyto follow supporting documents that describe how to configure your computerfor 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 vocaltrack. 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 sothat 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 canmove 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 youwish your tracks to be in, wait a second or 2, and you've got a totally newtrack 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 3basic things with Enhanced Clips editing. You can select, fade, and crop anyaudio clip. Cropping, means to trim or expand a selected clip. Cropping is useful whenyou want to eliminate some of the audio at the start or end of the clip, orwhen 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 iteasy 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 yourcomputer, 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 anoise gate, de-esser, two compressors and two equalizers. The noise gateallows you to gate out noise, and tighten up percussive sounds. The de-essercan 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 andlifeless. 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-64provides five bands of smooth, highly accurate, linear-phase compression andequalization 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 Shaperis primarily designed for drums and percussion, but can also be useful onother 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 atypical compressor, TS 64 Transient Shaper lets you shape the audio signal'sattack 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 theinitial 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, certainfeatures are still under construction. You will be eligible for maintenance releases as they become available. Some new features may not be documentedthoroughly yet in the accompanying tutorial documents although CT's online help has been enhanced to support you as you learn. ArpeggiatorEach MIDI and Instrument track in SONAR now has a built-in Arpeggiator whichallows you to turn even the simplest chord progression into exciting new sound textures. The SONAR Arpeggiator is a perfect tool for adding varietyto any Instrument or MIDI track that repeats a number of times in a song, orfor creating complimentary parts using other instrument sounds that followyour 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 andalign audio with the project tempo. Compared to its previous incarnation, itis 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 totransients is always available when the transport is idle, and is no longerdependent 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 willcontinue to consult with the developers of SONAR on ways they might be ableto make it a feature that JAWS can access. In its present form, access is not possible. Upgrade Policy and Pricing for CakeTalking CustomersAnyone who has purchased a new unit of CakeTalking after June 30, 2009, willreceive a no-cost upgrade to CakeTalking 8.5.Remember, along with your upgrade for CakeTalking, you can order your SONARupgrade 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
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