Subject: [AUDITORY] Successor to Cakewalk From: Ian Colley <idc001@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:59:37 -0400 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--001a11c2047a5a091d04e8dea001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hello List, I am a graduate student studying music cognition and have been tasked with finding a suitable replacement for the program, Cakewalk. Our lab has used it for past experiments but now our PC is being upgraded to Windows 7 which, to my knowledge, does not support Cakewalk. I understand that SonarX2 is the current software in the Cakewalk family, but it seems that it may not be right for our purposes. What we liked about Cakewalk was the ease of use and intuitive controls. It made designing and presenting stimuli very straightforward as it could create playlists of customized music samples. Also, users were able to adjust very specific qualities of individual pitches which was a useful characteristic. Is anyone familiar with Cakewalk and able to recommend a more up-to-date replacement? Might SonarX2 be the best option? Thank you, Ian Colley --001a11c2047a5a091d04e8dea001 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><span style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px= ">Hello List,</span><div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13= px"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I = am a graduate student studying music cognition and have been tasked with fi= nding a suitable replacement for the program,=A0<span style=3D"background-c= olor:rgb(255,255,204)">Cakewalk</span>. =A0Our lab has used it for past exp= eriments but now our PC is being upgraded to Windows 7 which, to my knowled= ge, does not support=A0<span style=3D"background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Ca= kewalk</span>. =A0I understand that SonarX2 is the current=A0<span style=3D= "background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">software</span>=A0in the=A0<span style= =3D"background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Cakewalk</span>=A0family, but it see= ms that it may not be right for our purposes. =A0What we liked about=A0<spa= n style=3D"background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Cakewalk</span>=A0was the eas= e of use and intuitive controls. =A0It made designing and presenting stimul= i very straightforward as it could create playlists of customized music sam= ples. =A0Also, users were able to adjust very specific qualities of individ= ual pitches which was a useful characteristic. =A0=A0</div> <div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div s= tyle=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Is anyone familiar wit= h=A0<span style=3D"background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Cakewalk</span>=A0and= able to recommend a more up-to-date replacement? =A0Might SonarX2 be the b= est option?</div> <div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div s= tyle=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Thank you,</div><div s= tyle=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Ian Colley</div></div> --001a11c2047a5a091d04e8dea001--