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Cakewalk Music Software and DigiFreq Announce Sonar 5 Giveaway Contest!
Press Release
2006-01-06

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Cakewalk Music Software and DigiFreq today announced that together they are sponsoring the Sonar 5 giveaway contest. There will be two lucky winners - one will receive Sonar 5 Producer and the other will receive Sonar 5 Studio.

Striking the perfect balance between passion and precision, SONAR 5 shatters the limitations found in ordinary digital audio workstations. Offering a complete spectrum of creative technologies, SONAR 5 inspires your artistic expression. These technologies are fully integrated within a cutting edge engineering and mixing environment to transform your musical dreams into professional finished productions.

Version 5 adds an arsenal of responsive instruments, more effects, and powerful editing tools including Roland V-Vocal VariPhrase technology. These features are complemented by a double precision floating point engine that delivers dramatic increases in dynamic range. SONAR's pristine 64-bit audio engine, seamless and accessible even on 32-bit computers, sets new standards for digital mixing. In addition, SONAR 5 introduces ground-breaking advances in RAM and native processing power on systems running Windows XP x64 Edition.

Music technology users who would like the chance to win a copy of Sonar 5 from Cakewalk Music Software can sign-up at the DigiFreq web site: http://www.digifreq.com/digifreq/contest.asp

The only information users need to provide is their e-mail address, which will be kept completely confidential. The following rules apply: One entry per person. Must be 13 years or older. No geographical restrictions.

The Sonar 5 giveaway contest will run until January 31, 2006. Winners will be chosen shortly thereafter, and notified via e-mail. The list of winners will be announced in the February issue of the DigiFreq newsletter.

About Cakewalk Music Software

Founded in 1987 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, Cakewalk Music Software (www.cakewalk.com) is the industry-leading provider of software for creating music and sound on the desktop. Their award-winning products are used by more than 1,000,000 professional and home users around the world, for applications including music CD creation, post-production editing, film and video soundtracks, and the integration of sound with computer games, multimedia applications, and the Internet.

About DigiFreq

DigiFreq (www.digifreq.com) provides free music technology news, articles, reviews, tips and tutorials for home recording and professional musicians. Published by Scott R. Garrigus (author of Cakewalk, Sound Forge, Sound Forge 6 & 8, SONAR 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 Power books), DigiFreq is a monthly e-mail newsletter that helps you learn more about music technology. You can learn all about the latest music product releases, read straightforward reviews, explore related Web resources, and have the chance to win free products from brand-name manufacturers.

SOURCE: DigiFreq

Web Site: http://www.digifreq.com/digifreq/contest.asp