Version 9 - 11/1/99

• The demonstration has been updated to Version 9.

Version 9

• WavePipe technology for faster audio effects processing, mixing and track playback on Windows audio cards.
• Export audio to MP3, RealSystem G2, and Windows Media Advanced Streaming Format for delivering music and sound on the Internet. Includes the patented Fraunhofer MP3 Encoder technology.
• Advanced support for professional audio cards using AudioX technology. AudioX-compatible cards include the Yamaha DSP Factory, Sonorous STUDI/O, Digital Audio Labs CardDeluxe, and others.
• Analog-tape style audio scrubbing for smooth, accurate queuing and auditioning of audio tracks.
• Enhanced mixdown options for bouncing audio tracks and mastering to stereo, mono, and dual mono wave file formats at variable bit depths.
• Guitar tablature editing and printing with synchronized, real-time fretboard display.
• AmpSim Lite audio plug-in for adding vintage amp simulation to digital audio tracks.
• Chromatic Tuner display for tuning guitars or other instruments through a PC audio card.
• System meters provide real-time visual feedback over CPU and disk activity to monitor system capabilities.
• All-new, context-sensitive, searchable online help system.
• Over thirty other usability enhancements, including global mute/solo/record, enhanced MIDI patch browsing and organizing, drag-and-drop enhancements, MIDI and audio effects presets, and others.
• Session Drummer MIDI FX plug-in allows you to compose and arrange drum tracks on the fly.
• Style Enhancer for performance modeling in real-time to give MIDI recordings a more "human" feel.
• Multitrack Piano Roll has the ability to display, select, and edit multiple tracks of MIDI notes and Controller data simultaneously.

Version 8

• Now records up to 128 tracks of audio along with MIDI, with up to 256 real-time effects.
• Supports 24-bit audio with up to 96 kHz sampling rate- the highest resolution available in software (requires 24-bit audio card). Also supports 16-, 18-, 20-, and 22-bit audio hardware.
• Cakewalk MIDI FX plug-ins. Apply real-time effects to MIDI tracks using non-destructive plug-ins.
• Synchronize AVI, MPEG, and QuickTime video to audio and MIDI tracks.
• Visualize your mix with Vector-based audio mixing (non-destructive envelope mixing). Draw volume and panning changes directly onto audio events.
• New toolbars, shortcut keys, command menus, and many other interface enhancements.