DJzone DJ Magazine

Rain Recording is pleased to announce that all Element and LiveBook audio computers will now ship with Cakewalk®’s SONAR LE software installed. Despite its “LE” moniker, this powerful music production software will satisfy the demands of many users. Features include 64 tracks of audio; 256 MIDI tracks; 8 tracks of simultaneous recording; 24-bit/192 kHz audio support; 14 studio quality real-time audio effects and 6 MIDI effects; audio loop construction tools including ACID™ loop support; dynamic console view; multi-port graphical drum grid editor; multitrack piano roll view; staff notation; support for ReWire 2.0, DirectX/DXi and VST/VSTi instruments and effects; MIDI clock and MTC slave; Cyclone™ DXi groove sampler; and Audio Simulation’s Dreamstation DXi soft synth.

Rain president Bill Paschick commented: “By including SONAR LE with every Rain system, customers will be able to start doing serious audio production work without any additional software purchase. It’s also a great way to become acquainted with the power of SONAR 4 before purchasing.”

“The power, stability, and superb customer service offered by Rain Recording provides the perfect match for our SONAR LE audio production software,” added Carl Jacobson, Cakewalk’s Director of Marketing. “Musicians will now be able to immediately make quality music right out of the box through the turnkey solutions offered by Rain.”

Registered SONAR LE customers can upgrade to SONAR 4 Studio Edition for only $249 ($50 off the regular price) and also receive special pricing on add-on products like DirectX and VST instruments and effects, loop CDs, resource books and CD-ROMS, and other products sold direct at www.cakewalk.com.