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We've compiled a list of 13 free and paid alternatives to Cakewalk. The primary competitors include FL Studio, Ableton Live. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between Cakewalk and Avid Pro Tools, Rosegarden, MuLab. Also you can look at other similar options here: Audio and Music Software.


FL Studio
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FL Studio is a professional DAW for music production, offering a pattern-based sequencer, drag-and-drop editing, and an extensive library of plugins, synths, and effects. It enables composing, arranging, recording, editing, mixing, and mastering wit…

MuLab is a rich and rock solid sound and music production tool for Mac OSX and Windows, designed to...

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Cakewalk Platforms

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Cakewalk Overview

Cakewalk, formerly SONAR, is a comprehensive audio software for music composition, audio recording, editing, mixing and mastering. It features a full suite of high quality audio and MIDI effects and instruments and composition tools ranging from drum sequencer and piano roll editor to a sophisticated score composer. It's all powered by an advanced console for mixing and mastering unlimited tracks, complete with a pro channel section for analyzing audio and applying mastering and other studio effects like console emulation, tape emulation and convolution reverb.

FEATURES
Professional mixing console for mixing and mastering unlimited tracks.
Comprehensive suite of core audio effects for applying delays, filters and reverbs.
Modular guitar amp modeler featuring 3-D mic placement, blending and phase inversion, assorted ambience types and granular amp and fx controls.
Mastering suite for compression, tape and console emulation and audio analysis.
Bundled instruments ranging from drums and bass to piano and strings.
Built in time-stretching and slice-based audio manipulation.
MIDI effects including chord analyzer, transposer and arpeggiator.
World class convolution reverb with nice selection of impulse responses.
VST and DirectX instrument and effect support as well as Rewire support for connecting to other audio apps.

Cakewalk Features

tick-square Step Sequencer
tick-square Melodyne Intergration
tick-square Supports for MIDI
tick-square MultiTrack
tick-square Ad-free
tick-square Multitrack editing
tick-square Support for VST plugins
tick-square Piano Roll
tick-square Works Offline
tick-square Music Composer
tick-square Mix Music
tick-square Customizable

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Cakewalk Categories

Audio and Music Software

Cakewalk Tags

midi-editor music-recording digital-audio-workstation

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