Comparison Chart 28/4/2018

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1	Product Comparison
2	The following table highlights the key differences between SONAR Home Studio, SONAR Artist, SONAR Steam Edition, SONAR Professional, SONAR Platinum and Cakewalk by BandLab
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6	Product Comparison	Cakewalk by BandLab 28th April 2018	SONAR Home Studio	SONAR	SONAR Professional	SONAR Platinum	Cakewalk by BandLab Early Access Edition 4th April 2018
7	Product Comparison	Cakewalk by BandLab 28th April 2018	SONAR Home Studio	Artist & Steam Edition	SONAR Professional	SONAR Platinum	Cakewalk by BandLab Early Access Edition 4th April 2018
8	General
9	Max number of audio tracks	Unlimited	64	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
10	Max number of MIDI tracks	Unlimited	128	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
11	Max Bit Depth / Sample Rate	64-bit float / 384kHz	24-bit / 48kHz	64-bit float / 384kHz	64-bit float / 384kHz	64-bit float / 384kHz	64-bit float / 384kHz
12	Max number of effects / instruments	Unlimited	Unlimited / 64 (gated by available audio tracks)	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
13	Max simultaneous buses	Unlimited	8	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
14	Max audio effects sends (per track/bus)	Unlimited	5	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
15	Max simultaneous I/O	Unlimited	16 mono or 8 stereo	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
16	Internal mixing engine	64-bit	64-bit	64-bit	64-bit	64-bit	64-bit
17	Windows x64 Support	Native x64	Native x64	Native x64	Native x64	Native x64	Native x64
18	Windows Pen and Multi-touch support	x	x	x	x	x	x
19	Microsoft Surface Dial support	x		x	x	x	x
20	Drum Replacer	x				x
21	VocalSync automatic audio alignment	x				x	x
22	Mix Recall	x		x	x	x	x
23	Virtual keyboard controller	x	x	x	x	x	x
24	Step Sequencer 2.0	x	x	x	x	x	x
25	Video import/export	x	x	x	x	x	x
26	GPU Acceleration	x	x	x	x	x	x
27	Video view	x	x	x	x	x	x
28	Matrix view	x	x	x	x	x	x
29	Arpeggiator	x	x	x	x	x	x
30	Inline Piano Roll	x		x	x	x	x
31	Clip Inspector	x		x	x	x	x
32	Track Inspector	x		x	x	x	x
33	FX Chains	x		x	x	x	x
34	FX Chain UI customizing	x		x	x	x	x
35	ARA integration	x		x	x	x	x
36	Region FX	x		x	x	x	x
37	Playlist	x	x	x	x	x	x
38	Track folders	x		x	x	x	x
39	Clip FX Racks	x		x	x	x	x
40	Staff view	x	x	x	x	x	x
41	Guitar tablature and Fretboard view	x	x	x	x	x	x
42	Synth Rack view	x		x	x	x	x
43	Event List view	x		x	x	x	x
44	Markers view	x		x	x	x	x
45	Sysx view	x		x	x	x	x
46	Lyrics view	x		x	x	x	x
47	Navigator view	x		x	x	x	x
48	Groove Quantize, Retrograde, Velocity Scale, Fit To Time, Fit Improvisation, and Interpolate	x		x	x	x	x
49	External Insert	x			x	x	x
50	AudioSnap 2.0	x			x	x	x
51	ARA support	x		x	x	x	x
52	Melodyne	Melodyne Editor Trial			Melodyne Essential	Melodyne Essential
53	Surround Sound	x			x	x	x
54	SoundCloud export	x	x	x	x	x	x
55	MusicXML export	x	x	x	x	x	x
56	Automation record modes	x		Touch only	x	x	x
57	Patch points and Aux Tracks	x			x	x	x
58	Plug-in CPU load balancing	x				x	x
59	Plug-in upsampling	x	x	x	x	x	x
60	Lenses	Factory and user lenses	Factory lenses only	Factory and user lenses	Factory and user lenses	Factory and user lenses	Factory and user lenses
61	Lens Manager	x			x	x	x
62	Screensets	x		x	x	x	x
63	UI themes	x	x	x	x	x	x
64	SONAR Theme Editor	x				x
65	MIDI Transform tool	x				x	x
66	Piano Roll view Track pane filter	x			x	x	x
67	Piano Roll view Track pane filter presets	x				x	x
68	Ripple editing	x		x	x	x	x
69	Pow-r dither	x				x
70	Control Bar
71	Control Bar	x	Simplified	x	x	x	x
72	Tools module	x	x	x	x	x	x
73	Snap module	x	x	x	x	x	x
74	Transport module	x	x	x	x	x	x
75	Loop module	x	x	x	x	x	x
76	Mix module	x		x	x	x	x
77	ACT module	x		x	x	x	x
78	Screensets module	x		x	x	x	x
79	Mix Recall module	x		x	x	x	x
80	Performance module	x		x	x	x	x
81	Punch module	x		x	x	x	x
82	Select module	x		x	x	x	x
83	Markers module	x		x	x	x	x
84	Event Inspector module	x		x	x	x	x
85	Sync module	x		x	x	x	x
86	Custom module	x	x	x	x	x	x
87	ProChannel
88	ProChannel	x	MixStrip	MixStrip	x	x	x
89	QuadCurve Equalizer	x		Curve EQ	x	x	x
90	QuadCurve Zoom	x				x	x
91	PC76 U-Type Channel Compressor	x				x	x
92	PC4K S-Type Bus Compressor	x				x	x
93	Console Emulator	x				x	x
94	Tape Emulator	x				x	x
95	Tube Saturation	x				x	x
96	Softube Saturation Knob	x			x	x	x
97	FX Chain	x			x	x	x
98	BREVERB SONAR	x				x	x
99	REmatrix Solo	x			x	x	x
100	Boz Digital Labs Bark of Dog				x	x