Sony Music Studio 8 (PC)

Studio Multitrack recording: Music Studio gives you complete freedom & flexibility to record your music. Record track by track or capture the entire band at once with each instrument on a different track. This gives you total control over volume, panning and effects on each instrument or vocal track for the perfect mix.

New Audio & MIDI Mixing Console: The new Mixing Console provides an integrated view of all tracks and busses in your project with the appearance of a traditional hardware-based mixer. The look can be customised to provide you with the best view of even the most complex session. The new audio and MIDI Mixing Console has additional routing options, allowing for a more flexible and efficient studio recording environment.

New Metronome countoff: Perform more accurate recording with Music Studio 8. Use the metronome countoff to play a determined number of bars prior to recording or playback for greater timing and accuracy when recording a performance.

New Enchanced remixing tools: For remixing your favorite songs, only Music Studio software has the Beatmapper tool. This tool automatically finds the tempo of a complete song, making it easy to remix. New markers in Music Studio 8 allow you to Beatmap songs with varying tempos and time signatures.

New Tempo curves: Easily create gradual transitions from one tempo to another over the duration of an Music Studio project. Transition types include Linear, Fast, Slow, Smooth, Sharp, and Hold.

Powerful MIDI production: Perform complete MIDI editing, recording and sequencing. Manipulate MIDI data directly on the Music Studio timeline with a piano roll or a drum grid interface. Apply VST instruments to your MIDI files for a wide variety of sound options.

Studio-quality audio effects: Apply professional-quality audio effects and processes including EQ, reverb, delay, chorus, flange, phase, distortion, and echo. Music Studio includes DirectX and VST audio effects support, as well as support for VST instruments so you can play back your MIDI tracks through virtual synthesizers, filters, and effects.

New Zplane élastique timestretching: With élastique Pro technology, you can perform dramatic time stretches and pitch-shifts of Beatmapped tracks while retaining maximum sound quality.

New Exclusive guitar and piano software bundle: Music Studio 8 includes Studio Devil British Valve Custom guitar amp and TruePianos Amber Lite piano plug-in – a set of powerful studio-quality software packages.

Music Studio includes over 3,000 studio-quality music loops in a variety of genres so you have unlimited possibilities when creating your mix

CD layout and burning: Music Studio software makes it easy to create your own CDs in minutes. CD layout and burning is fully integrated into the software so you can conveniently create your music and produce professional-sounding CDs all within one application.

New AAC and FLAC format support allowing for more options with media and hardware devices including the PSP, iPod and iPhone.

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