Education at EDIROL

SONAR 8 Academic Editions - Designed for Education

The SONAR family provides students with an intuitive environment for recording and editing audio and MIDI, composing with virtual instruments, remixing with loops, and using professional effects and audio processing tools to produce top quality recordings.

SONAR's interface can be fully customized to suit different teaching groups. Younger students can quickly create and arrange musical ideas using a range of sounds from the supplied soft synths. SONAR's sophisticated audio processing tools and surround capabilities also make it an ideal choice for college and university studios, where flexibility and audio quality are key considerations.

 

About the SONAR Academic Editions

SONAR Studio Edition offers a comprehensive and cost-effective music production package for secondary school Music and Music Technology projects.

SONAR Producer Edition offers an enhanced range of audio tools for further and higher education projects. SONAR 8 programs can be run using Windows XP/Vista (32 and 64-bit) and Mac OS X with Boot Camp

The Academic Editions of SONAR Studio and Producer also include SONAR Music Projects.

Other programs in the SONAR series include SONAR Home Studio / XL, an entry-level version which is ideal for younger students, and SONAR LE (included with many Edirol hardware products).

 

What Can I Do With SONAR?

 

Create

• Record and edit unlimited tracks of audio and MIDI, with effects on input.
• Create backing tracks with MIDI groove clips and ACID™-format loops.
• Create beats and drum tracks using the Step Sequencer or Session Drummer
• Compose music using thousands of amazing sounds from a range of virtual instruments
• Create video soundtracks.

 

Edit

• Edit MIDI in new and intuitive ways with an integrated Step Sequencer, Smart
• MIDI Tools, and other extensive MIDI enhancements.
• Use AudioSnap to non-destructively fix audio timing.

 

Control

• Customize SONAR's look and feel for different teaching groups: colours, menus, toolbars...
• Use Active Controller Technology (ACT) for total control of virtual instruments, effects, and mixing from MIDI controllers and control surfaces.
• Control all the virtual instruments in a project from the Synth Rack. Achieve creative and dynamic sound design by linking controls of multiple synths together with SONAR's advanced grouping options

 

Mix

• Mix projects with complete flexibility using SONAR's configurable console view and intuitive controls.
• Automate mix, instrument, and effect parameters with freehand and pattern-based envelopes, and individual read / write control of all tracks, instruments, and effects.
• Use a range of professional effects to enhance your mix, including dynamics processing, amp, tap and tube simulation, EQ, reverbs, delays and modulation, stereo and panning, signal analysis, mastering and more...
• Deliver audio at virtually any bit-depth, and sample rate (up to 64-bit, 500 kHz). Native 64-bit audio is the highest quality in today’s industry.
• A variety of file formats supported for flexibility when importing and exporting audio.
• Upload songs directly to the Internet and build song players using Cakewalk Publisher.
• Burn mixes directly to CD with integrated CD burning.

 

Interested in trying out SONAR?

Request our free CD containing the current SONAR trial version and SONAR Music Projects. Contact education@edirol.co.uk

 

Integrated Music Technology Solutions

Edirol offers a selection of integrated hardware and software music technology solutions for classrooms and labs. Designed to save on both space and budgets, here are some examples of solutions based around Edirol's popular PC-50 Keyboard Controller and the top-selling SD-20 Studio Canvas, with the option of adding MA-7A active speakers and the new UA-25EX Audio / MIDI interface. Also included is SONAR LE music software for PC, a perfect music production starter! Education customers can also upgrade from SONAR LE to SONAR Studio or SONAR Producer at academic discount prices.

Music Technology Solution 1:

• PC-50 MIDI Keyboard Controller
• SD-20 Studio Canvas Sound Module
• SONAR LE Music Software for Windows PC

Music Technology Solution 2

• PC-50 MIDI Keyboard Controller
• SD-20 Studio Canvas Sound Module
• MA-7A Active Speakers
• SONAR LE Music Software for Windows PC

Music Technology Solution 3:

• PC-50 MIDI Keyboard Controller
• SD-20 Studio Canvas Sound Module
• MA-7A Active Speakers
• UA-25 USB Audio / MIDI Interface
• SONAR LE Music Software for Windows PC

Click here to download more information on Edirol's Integrated Music Technology Solutions

For pricing, email: education@edirol.co.uk or call 0870 350 1515.