Everything You Need to Craft Your Masterpiece.
Designed to meet the needs of any musician, SONAR's advanced recording suite has your creativity matched at every stage of your musical process.
Following the acquisition of certain assets and the complete set of intellectual property of Cakewalk Inc. from Gibson Brands on 2/23/18, BandLab Technologies announced the relaunch of SONAR as Cakewalk by BandLab - available free-to-download to all BandLab users worldwide.
As of Feb 21st 2018, information elsewhere on this website may no longer be accurate.
SONAR’s creatively tuned musical environment means fast-paced, inspiring music creation in the home, on the road, or in the studio.
Score your music with SONAR’s integrated staff view - ideal for songwriters and composers
No band? No problem. Count on SONAR to fill out your tracks with an impressive suite of virtual instruments
Use SoundCloud integration to share your music on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites
Hum, whistle or sing into SONAR - then use Melodyne's audio-to-MIDI function to convert your melodies into instrument parts
From vintage throwback to futuristic perfection, inspiring guitar and bass tones are only a click away with SONAR's amps and effects - and complement guitar-specific tools like chord chart notation, tab, and fret view
Plug in to exclusive virtual rigs - and take your guitar anywhere, from sparkly clean to high-gain madness
Accompany yourself as SONAR triggers realistically strummed acoustic guitar parts
Add character, warmth, and serious mojo with vintage tube amp saturation effects
Notate, compose, or print music with standard notation staff view and guitar tab - perfect for guitar students and teachers
Export your songs and performances directly from SONAR to today’s #1 music delivery medium
Creating the perfect vocal take has never been easier thanks to SONAR's seamless workflow and toolset.
Experience lightning-fast vocal dynamics control with this accurate model of iconic FET-based compression
Polish vocals with one-stop dynamics, de-essing, EQ, doubling, saturation, and frequency-selective delay
When creating rhythmic patterns, grooving with loops, or tweaking live drums to studio perfection, SONAR has the tools - from instruments to processors.
This drummer shows up on time, never misses a beat, and brings high quality kits from Roland, Steven Slate, and more
From hip-hop to hardcore, make body-shaking beats in minutes - with options for deep editing and “humanization”
One-stop drum processing with EQ, dynamics, transient shaping, saturation, and delay
"Glue" your kit’s audio tracks together with this meticulously modeled classic bus compressor
Go beyond conventional dynamics for larger-than-life sounds - from cracking snares to ultra-powerful kicks
Deliver every mix with state-of-the-art clarity, nuance, and speed using SONAR’s massive collection of processing plug-ins and unique, configurable mixer architecture
Record your performances with utmost precision using SONAR's brilliant 64-bit audio engine.
SONAR now supports DSD, a high definition 1-bit audio format commonly used to archive masters in high resolution
Produce, arrange, edit, enhance, overdub, and remix with SONAR’s agile user interface and cutting-edge production environment.
This sound designer’s dream offers a mind-boggling 47 unique filter types and 8 different distortion models
Remix on the fly, try different arrangements, and even capture everything in track view - never lose your inspirations
From hip-hop to hardcore, make body-shaking beats in minutes - with options for deep editing and “humanization”