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1.Cakewalk  Rapture
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Cakewalk introduced Rapture, described as "the ultimate wavetable synthesizer for igniting 
the sounds of today's pop, dance, and electronic music."
Rapture is the latest dual platform synthesizer to come from the Cakewalk Instruments engineering team.
In Rapture, musicians will find powerful and flexible wavetable synthesis in an inspired creation 
tool that enables vast sonic possibilities and experimentation.

Rapture combines one of the most advanced and exciting modulation systems available in any 
synthesizer today, with an unrivaled non-aliasing wavetable resampling engine for unparalleled 
sound quality and creativity.

Rapture Highlights:

Wavetable synthesizer with cutting edge sound manipulation capabilities, well suited for 
electronica-related music styles
Non-aliasing resampling engine for pristine sound quality
Over 500 professionally-crafted sound programs
Six fully-programmable, stereo sound-generating Elements
Multi-waveform Oscillators with ring modulation
Two 16-mode filters per oscillator with LoFi and Drive
Over 40 Envelope Generators, LFOs, and Step Generators for superior parameter modulation
Comprehensive MIDI Modulation Matrix
Mix and modulate all Elements through global FX and dynamic Step Generator
Superbly designed graphical envelope generators and LFOs for ease of use
Expandable with native support for SFZ sample formats
Mac formats: AU, RTAS, VSTi
Windows formats: DXi (32-bit & x64), RTAS, VSTi
Sounds


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2. Guitar Tracks Pro 3
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Cakewalk have announced the release Guitar Tracks Pro 3, the latest version of the recording software, 
designed specifically for guitar players and songwriters.

Based on Cakewalk's SONAR audio and MIDI technology, Guitar Tracks Pro 3 provides recording 
guitarists and songwriters with all the professional tools necessary to create quality 
music productions using their home computer. Guitar Tracks Pro 3 boasts new features such 
as a completely redesigned 32 mixing view, dynamic edit view, and navigator pane; multi I/O 
support for up to 32 channels of hardware at 24/96 resolution, allowing users to record large 
scale projects with ease; real-time monitoring of effects and inputs; complete automation 
of track parameters and effects; audio looping tools and ACID loop support; sample accurate 
sync generation for use with external hard disk recorders or sequencers; extensive library 
of ACID loops from Smart Loops for the quick creation of backing tracks at any tempo; 
GT:FX multi-effects suite; IK Multimedia's Amplitube LE guitar amp simulator.