SONAR Professional and Platinum on STEAM are tailored for aspiring musicians, content creators and game sound designers. The program includes features like unlimited audio and MIDI tracks, VST3 support, virtual instruments, effects, editing and mixing tools, step sequencer, Matrix View, and much more.

2017 Season Passes

2017 pass holders enjoy Cakewalk's rolling updates to 12/31/17. After that time you can keep and use SONAR forever. Continued updates will be available via 2018 season passes.

SONAR Core Features:

• Unlimited Simultaneous I/O
  
• Unlimited Audio Tracks
  
• Unlimited MIDI Tracks
  
• Unlimited Sends/Buses
  
• 384kHz Maximum Sample Rate
  
• 64-Bit Maximum Bit Depth
  
• 64-Bit Internal Mix Engine Resolution
  
• VST 2.4 32/64-Bit Support
  
• VST3 32/64-Bit Support
  
• ARA Support
  
• ReWire 32/64-Bit Support
  
• Groove Clip Support (follow tempo & Pitch)
  
• Windows 7/8/10 support
  
• Windows 8/10 Multi-touch support
  
• Project Tutorials
  
• Mixing and Mastering Templates

Supported Formats:

• Wave and Broadcast Wave (time stamped)
  
• WMA, WAV, W64, ASF
  
• AIFF, CAF, SD2, RAW
  
• FLAC
  
• DSD-DSF, DSD-DFF
  
• OGG, RF64
  
• MP3
  
• WAV RIFF, ACID, Rex, Rex2, Rex64
  
• AVI, QT, MPEG video import/export
  
• Dithering options on export
  
• SMPTE/MTC
  
• SoundCloud integration
  
• MusicXML Export
  
• 32/64-Bit VST3 support
  
• 32/64-bit VST2, VSTi and DXi support
  
• Bit Bridge (allows 32-bit plug-ins in 64-bit mixing environment)
  
• PNG Track Icon support