Is Cakewalk Sonar X2a On Windows 8 The Future Of DAWs?

Cakewalk has announced SONAR X2a – an update to the popular Windows DAW which includes many fixes, enhancements, plus support for multi-touch. Since music apps first started appearing on Apple’s iPad, many users have been anticipating the same types of multi-touch interaction coming to traditional DAWs. Sonar X2a is a major step in that direction.… Read More Is Cakewalk Sonar X2a On Windows 8 The Future Of DAWs?

Should Musicians Upgrade To Windows 8?

Should musicians upgrade to Microsoft’s new Windows 8? Based on initial reports, few Windows users are rushing to upgrade. But musicians have unique requirements, and Windows 8 promises to deliver better performance for music programs and to allow for new types of Windows multi-touch apps. As iOS developer Rob Fielding (Mugician, Geo Synth) puts it, “Microsoft realizes that music… Read More Should Musicians Upgrade To Windows 8?

New Cosmosƒ Synthesizer Lets You Explore ‘Parallel Universes’

Sonic-Lab has released a major update to Cosmosƒ – its real-time dynamic stochastic synthesis engine, which is designed to generate sonic textures with a complex event distribution process: Discrete sonic events of certain density are distributed in a time space with their onset time and duration parameter calculated with stochastic/deterministic functions. Each macro event defines… Read More New Cosmosƒ Synthesizer Lets You Explore ‘Parallel Universes’