Cakewalk Music Creator 5

With the Music Creator 5 your creative dreams become the truth. Get polished, professional recordings from your home computer with Music Creator 5 - no previous recording experience required. Music Creator 5 guides you through initial set-up, making it easy for you to plug in your instrument or microphone and immediately start recording. Music Creator's powerful tools, instruments, and effects are designed to be right up your street. Creating music on your PC has never been such an easy thing. You will have fun and get pleasure - all from Cakewalk, makers of the #1 selling music software in the world.

Key Features:

* Record Your Music Today
With a new user interface, assistant tools, and instrument tracks, it's easier than ever to record.

* Play & Record with Virtual Instruments
Access hundreds of instrument sounds and even create drum parts to fill out your songs.

* Connect Your Instruments Easily
Plug in your guitar, microphone, MIDI controller, or any other instrument to your audio interface and start recording.

* Edit and Mix Like a Pro
Powerful editing tools and a simple on screen mixer make it easy to edit and mix just like a pro.

* Studio-quality Effects
Record and mix with studio-quality effects like reverb, EQ, delay and the new IK Multimedia Amplitube X-GEAR guitar amp simulator.

* Publish and Promote Your Music
Easily burn your mixes to CD to share with family and friends. Create and customize streaming music players and playlists on your website.

Technical Specifications:
* Up to 160 total tracks (32 audio and 128 MIDI);
* Professional 24-bit audio quality;
* Create backing tracks fast using the Loop Explorer;
* Play and record using hundreds of high-quality instrument sounds from the included Cakewalk Sound Center and the Roland TTS-1;
* Add drum beats to your songs with Studio Instruments Drums;
* Get a studio-quality sound with 10 effects including IK Multimedia Amplitube X-GEAR amp simulator, EQ, Delay, Compressor, Reverb, and more;
* Add more instruments and effects with support for DirectX, VST, and ReWire;
* Print lead sheets and notation; publish music to the internet; and burn CDs for fans, family, and friends.

Minimum System Requirements:

*Operating System: Windows XP (32-bit) / Vista (32-bit)/ 7;
* Processor Speed: Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2800+ or higher;
* RAM: 1 GB;
* Hard Disk Space: 500 MB + for core program;
* Video Resolution: 1024 X 768, 16-bit color;
* Hard Disk Type: Any;
* MIDI Interface: Windows-compatible;
* Audio Interface: Windows-compatible;
* Optical Drive: DVD-ROM, DVD+/-RW for installation /CD-R or CD-RW capability required for CD audio disk burning;
* Web Server Access: Available web server space with FTP access privileges.

Recommended System Requirements:

* Operating System: Windows XP (32-bit) / Vista (32-bit) / 7;
* Processor Speed: Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 (2.8 GHz) or AMD Athlon X2 3600+ or higher;
* RAM: 2 GB or higher;
* Hard Disk Space: 6 GB for program and content;
* Video Resolution: 1280 X 960, 32-bit color;
* Hard Disk Type: EIDE / Ultra DMA (7200 RPM) or SATA;
* MIDI Interface: Windows-compatible;
* Audio Interface: Windows-compatible;
* Optical Drive: DVD-ROM, DVD+/-RW for installation /CD-R or CD-RW capability required for CD audio disk burning;
* Web Server Access: Available web server space with FTP access privileges.