Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Successor to Cakewalk From: Stefano Papetti <Stefano.Papetti@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 16:22:29 +0200 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------010302080706060404080104 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Ian, Cakewalk is the current name of the company that develops Sonar and other music software http://www.cakewalk.com/ Actually the Sonar software has been around since several years now, and the latest version is called Sonar X3. I think it's quite unlikely you didn't use a previous version of Sonar even on a 10 year old pc. However, Cakewalk was also the name of a software sequencer developed by Twelve Tone Systems Inc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cakewalk_%28sequencer%29 Confusingly enough, in 1999 the company Twelve Tone Systems Inc. changed their name into Cakewalk, while at the same time changing the name of their software Cakewalk into Sonar... Hope this helps. Best, Stefano On 16.10.13 18:59, Ian Colley wrote: > 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 --------------010302080706060404080104 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Hello Ian,<br> <br> Cakewalk is the current name of the company that develops Sonar and other music software <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.cakewalk.com/">http://www.cakewalk.com/</a><br> Actually the Sonar software has been around since several years now, and the latest version is called Sonar X3. <br> I think it's quite unlikely you didn't use a previous version of Sonar even on a 10 year old pc.<br> <br> However, Cakewalk was also the name of a software sequencer developed by Twelve Tone Systems Inc. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cakewalk_%28sequencer%29">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cakewalk_%28sequencer%29</a><br> Confusingly enough, in 1999 the company Twelve Tone Systems Inc. changed their name into Cakewalk, while at the same time changing the name of their software Cakewalk into Sonar...<br> <br> Hope this helps.<br> <br> Best,<br> Stefano<br> <br> <br> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 16.10.13 18:59, Ian Colley wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote cite="mid:17045_1381985387_525F6C6B_17045_111_1_CANQwxKtWw3vZvb_ENx_yZaoCtD2X4FdgXP1wXqUK3eEaB+A+6g@xxxxxxxx" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Hello List,</span> <div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br> </div> <div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I am a graduate student studying music cognition and have been tasked with finding a suitable replacement for the program, <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Cakewalk</span>. 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 <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Cakewalk</span>. I understand that SonarX2 is the current <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">software</span> in the <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Cakewalk</span> family, but it seems that it may not be right for our purposes. What we liked about <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Cakewalk</span> 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. </div> <div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br> </div> <div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Is anyone familiar with <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Cakewalk</span> and able to recommend a more up-to-date replacement? Might SonarX2 be the best option?</div> <div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br> </div> <div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Thank you,</div> <div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Ian Colley</div> </div> </blockquote> <br> </body> </html> --------------010302080706060404080104--