Cakewalk Kinetic 2 (Windows)

Produce your own beats
With Cakewalk Kinetic, you're the Dance and Hip Hop producer. Simply put, Kinetic represents the fastest and easiest way to create electronic music. Even if you have no musical background, it's a snap to get started making tracks. And that's not all, your grooves are going to be huge because Kinetic features the best instrument sounds ever available on a PC. Whether you have dance club aspirations or need beats to back your rhymes, Kinetic has all the juice you need.

The best sounds
Kinetic features 100%-genuine Roland® sounds from their genre-defining groove boxes and synthesizers. The Roland name is synonymous with the cutting edge tones of Hip Hop, Dance, and Electronica. These instruments have been used by chart-toppers and underground legends for over 20 years. It would take thousands of dollars of hardware to create these sounds, but now they can instantly be yours—all you need is Kinetic and your PC.

The easiest way to make music
Kinetic doesn't just sound good; it makes musical creativity accessible to anyone, regardless of musical experience. Just select the instrument and style of music you want, and you are given hundreds of professionally recorded music patterns and loops to make music. To add your own flavor to the mix you, can modify these patterns or create your own. Then just point and click to trigger different instruments and you're composing your own song.

Key features:

• Compose music and create beats with an easy point and click interface
• Choose from over 400 instrument patches, featuring genuine Roland sounds (101, 606, 808, 909, more)
• Add audio loops to your mix for even more rhythmic variety
• Get started with hundreds of professionally recorded music patterns and ACID™-format loops in popular styles
• Quickly access patterns and sounds by instrument type and music genre through Kinetic's innovative content browser
• Use the included patterns or create your own
• Tweak your sounds with professional studio effects
• Connect Kinetic to other recording programs like Music Creator™, Home Studio™, or SONAR™ to expand your capabilities
• Export WAV files of your mix to burn on CD or MP3s* to share on the web

*MP3 encoder is available as a 30-day trial version.

Rock right out of the box
Immediately start making music — just hit play and click these buttons to trigger 64 sections of music with up to 16 instruments each. Load up other demo songs for even more fun…then, when you're ready, explore the other music making features that Kinetic has to offer.

You're the mixmaster
Take full control of your mix — bring individual instruments up and down, go with the flow, move the sounds from left to right, mute and solo parts for dramatic effects.

Get your groove on
Kinetic features the actual genre-defining sounds of legendary Roland groove boxes and synths. With Kinetic, these instruments are easier than ever to use-simply select the instrument type you want (drums, bass, leads, etc.) and then select from an assortment of instrument patches. You can play these sounds live with a MIDI keyboard or instrument, or trigger them live with music patterns using your mouse.

Take it deeper
Enhance your sonic landscape by expanding the Roland instruments—you get access to all the important parameters that shape your tone, right at your fingertips.

System Requirements:

• Windows 2000, XP
• 800 MHz processor
• 256 MB RAM
• 180 MB free hard disk space
• 800 X 600, 16-bit color
• CD-ROM drive (for installation)
• Windows-compatible sound card*
• Windows-compatible MIDI interface**

*Required for audio playback
**Required to connect to external MIDI devices